The Richard Nicholls Mental Health Podcast

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Send us Fan Mail You don't need to be a therapist to find that being a good listener can be helpful. Listening is one half of ALL good communication. Support the show Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls Social Media Links Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/richardn…

Send us Fan Mail Being called mature for your age is meant as a compliment. But quite often it's a description of a child who didn't get to be one.This week I'm looking at parentification, which is what we call it when the roles flip and a child ends up doing the caring instead of re…

Send us Fan Mail Once we expect something, our brain acts as if it's about to happen any second, and then gets cross when it doesn't. This week we look at why some waits feel endless and others fly by, what the marshmallow test was really measuring, and why something not happening yet mig…

Send us Fan Mail Somebody dies, or something awful happens, and sooner or later somebody will ask if you've got closure yet. Like it's a certificate. So this week I look at where that word actually came from, which is not psychology, and why it contradicts itself, and why the fact that yo…

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm looking at Radical Acceptance, where it comes from, what the word radical actually means, and why letting go of the fight with reality isn't the same as giving up.  Support the show Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls Social Me…

Send us Fan Mail Today I'm talking about a phrase that gets said to people all the time, usually by someone who loves them, and it's meant as a criticism even though it's usually evidence that something's gone RIGHT. Support the show Join the Patreon community https://www.patreo…

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking about compulsive lying, and why the picture most of us have of it, someone cold and calculating who's worked out exactly what story gets them what they want, is usually wrong. Most compulsive lying isn't strategic at all. It's automatic, it…

Send us Fan Mail Does venting your frustrations make you feel better?Turns out, not so much. No.So what we can we do instead? Support the show Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls Social Media Links Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/richardnicholls.net Threads https://w…

Send us Fan Mail Is laughter the best medicine? Maybe not, but it's better than nothing! Support the show Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls Social Media Links Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/richardnicholls.net Threads https://www.threads.net/@richardnichollsr…