Health, Wellbeing & Lifestyle - Episode 11 Season 12
Summary
TLDRIn this episode of Health, Wellbeing, and Lifestyle, guests Deb Stathis, Dr. Zara Chellick, and Pauline Rooney discuss overcoming life's challenges. Deb emphasizes creating opportunities from trauma through personal assessment and action plans. Dr. Zara tackles depression, urging a shift in mindset and language to overcome it. Lastly, Pauline addresses sleep deprivation, offering yoga and breathing techniques to improve sleep quality, highlighting the importance of a positive approach to rest.
Takeaways
- 🌟 Deb Stathis discusses turning trauma into opportunities by focusing on the lessons learned and using them to improve oneself.
- 🔍 The process of creating a 'tragic opportunity' involves two steps: personal assessment and developing an action plan.
- 🤔 Personal assessment involves reviewing one's beliefs, behaviors, and emotions to understand how they interpret trauma and challenges.
- 📋 The action plan is crucial for taking the insights gained from personal assessment to make better decisions and improve life.
- 👩🏫 Deb shares a personal example of how she turns daily stress into a chance for growth and learning.
- 🧘♀️ Dr. Zara Chellick talks about overcoming depression by focusing on the language used to describe one's reality and shifting the mindset.
- 🌀 Depression is often a result of comparing one's current situation to the past or others, leading to internal conflict.
- 🗣️ Changing one's language and thought patterns can help shift out of a depressed state and improve overall well-being.
- 🌙 Pauline Rooney highlights the impact of sleep deprivation on well-being and offers tips for better sleep, including yoga and breathing exercises.
- 🚗 Sleep deprivation can be as impairing as drunk driving, emphasizing the importance of getting adequate rest.
- 🧘♂️ Yoga and meditation can help prepare the body and mind for sleep, reducing stress and promoting better rest.
Q & A
What is the main concept of 'tragic opportunity' as discussed by Deb Stathis?
-Deb Stathis describes 'tragic opportunity' as a process of transforming trauma into opportunities for growth. It involves shifting focus from the negative aspects of a traumatic experience to the lessons learned, which can be used to improve oneself and one's life.
How does Deb Stathis suggest one should approach personal assessment?
-Personal assessment, as suggested by Deb Stathis, involves a review of one's beliefs, behaviors, and emotions to gain a deeper understanding of oneself and one's challenges. This process is aimed at shifting one's perspective for the better and learning from past experiences.
What is the significance of the action plan in creating a 'tragic opportunity'?
-The action plan is crucial in the 'tragic opportunity' process. It involves taking the insights gained from personal assessment and using them to make better decisions and choices, ultimately improving all areas of one's life.
Can you provide an example of how Deb Stathis creates 'tragic opportunities' in her daily life?
-Deb Stathis gives an example of juggling daily responsibilities as a mother, such as dealing with her children's noise when trying to leave the house on time. Instead of getting frustrated, she uses the moment to reflect on her reactions, recognizing the noise as a positive sign of her children's energy, and uses this as an opportunity to improve her response to stress.
What is the role of self-reflection in overcoming challenges according to the script?
-Self-reflection plays a key role in understanding why we make certain decisions and react in specific ways to situations. It allows us to gain insight into our actions and feelings, which can lead to better decision-making and improved relationships.
How does Dr. Zara Chellick define depression?
-Dr. Zara Chellick defines depression as a comparison of one's current reality, life, or events to either past experiences or someone else's reality, which creates internal conflict and can lead to a shift in biochemistry within the individual.
What advice does Dr. Zara Chellick give for identifying the triggers of depression?
-Dr. Zara Chellick advises paying attention to the language one uses and the thoughts one has about their current reality or situation. Identifying the triggers involves recognizing the patterns of self-talk that lead to feelings of depression and then shifting that language to change one's mindset.
What is the impact of sleep deprivation on our well-being as discussed by Pauline Rooney?
-Pauline Rooney highlights that sleep deprivation can significantly affect our work performance, thought processes, moods, and eating habits. It can make us feel grumpy and lead to poor decision-making, such as reaching for comfort foods.
What are some of the strategies Pauline Rooney suggests for improving sleep?
-Pauline Rooney suggests strategies such as programming the mind for sleep, practicing gratitude before bed, focusing on breathing exercises if waking up at night, and avoiding arguments with oneself. She also recommends yoga postures and meditation to prepare the body and mind for sleep.
How does Pauline Rooney address the issue of children's sleep deprivation?
-Pauline Rooney emphasizes the importance of creating a positive sleep environment for children, encouraging them to feel comfortable and relaxed. She suggests using positive language to talk about sleep and guiding them to find comfortable positions to fall asleep, rather than imposing pressure.
Outlines
🚀 Transforming Trauma into Opportunities
Deb Stathis, a personal and professional success coach, discusses the concept of turning trauma into opportunities. She explains that trauma can provide a unique position to create opportunities by shifting focus to the lessons learned from the experience. This involves a two-step process: personal assessment, which is a review of one's beliefs, behaviors, and emotions to understand oneself and the trauma, and an action plan to use the gained knowledge to improve life decisions and choices. Deb uses her personal experience as a mother and someone who has been through trauma to illustrate how to create 'tragic opportunities' by changing one's perspective and reactions to stress.
🌟 Overcoming Depression Through Mindful Language
Dr. Zara Chellick, an Integrative Health and Wellness expert, talks about overcoming depression. She explains that depression often stems from comparing one's current reality to past experiences or other people's lives, leading to internal conflict. To overcome depression, Dr. Chellick emphasizes the importance of identifying the triggers behind such feelings and changing one's language patterns. She suggests that individuals should pay attention to their self-talk and mindset, and not just rely on professional help but also take personal responsibility for their mental state. By shifting the way they think and speak about their situation, individuals can change their physiological and psychological state, thus overcoming depression.
🌜 Addressing Sleep Deprivation and Its Impact on Well-being
Pauline Rooney, a yoga for well-being instructor and author, discusses the effects of sleep deprivation on well-being. She points out that inadequate sleep can affect work performance, mood, and eating habits, often leading to a reliance on comfort foods. Rooney suggests strategies for improving sleep, such as programming the mind for sleep, practicing gratitude before bed, and engaging in calming activities like breathing exercises or gentle yoga if one wakes up during the night. She also addresses the impact of sleep deprivation on children due to societal pressures and emphasizes the importance of creating a sleep-friendly environment and mindset. Rooney highlights the dangers of sleep deprivation, comparing it to driving under the influence and mentions modern car technology that warns drivers to rest when needed.
🛌 Prioritizing Sleep for Optimal Health and Performance
Continuing the discussion on sleep, Pauline Rooney emphasizes the importance of not going to bed when extremely tired and the role of digestion in sleep quality. She advises having meals well before bedtime to allow the body to digest and prepare for rest. Rooney also suggests incorporating yoga postures and meditation into one's routine to reduce stress and improve sleep. She stresses the importance of not arguing with oneself when waking up in the middle of the night but instead focusing on calming activities to facilitate falling back asleep. The segment concludes with a reminder to viewers to take charge of their sleep habits for overall health and well-being.
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Keywords
💡Trauma
💡Opportunities
💡Personal Assessment
💡Action Plan
💡Self-Reflection
💡Depression
💡Language Pattern
💡Mindset
💡Sleep Deprivation
💡Yoga
💡Breathing Exercises
Highlights
Deb Stathis, a personal and professional success coach, discusses creating opportunities from trauma.
Trauma can provide a unique position to create opportunities by shifting focus to lessons learned.
The concept of 'tragic opportunity' is introduced, where tragedy is the stress and challenge, and opportunity is the focus on learning and improvement.
Personal assessment involves reviewing one's beliefs, behaviors, and emotions to develop a deeper understanding of oneself and trauma.
An action plan is key to taking the knowledge from personal assessment and using it to improve life.
An example of creating a tragic opportunity is given, where daily stress can be an opportunity for self-reflection and growth.
The importance of self-reflection in identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns is emphasized.
Dr. Zara Chellick discusses overcoming depression by addressing the internal conflict caused by comparing one's reality to past or others'.
Depression is linked to the language an individual uses to describe their current reality or situation.
The advice to pay attention to one's language and mindset to overcome depression is given.
Pauline Rooney talks about the impact of sleep deprivation on well-being and provides tips for better sleep.
Sleep deprivation can affect work performance, mood, and eating habits, and is compared to driving under the influence.
Tips for improving sleep include programming the mind for sleep, practicing breathing exercises, and doing gentle yoga.
The importance of not going to bed when overly tired and the impact of digestion on sleep is discussed.
Pauline Rooney suggests doing yoga postures and meditation as part of the day's preparation for sleep.
Transcripts
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hello and welcome back to health
wellbeing and lifestyle for our first
guest today we have Deb stathis who's a
personal and professional success coach
and she's here today to talk to us about
steps to success welcome Deb thank you
thanks Linda so you talk about
going from trauma to Opportunities can
you tell us a bit more about that
absolutely so trauma provides us with a
unique position where we can actually
create opportunities and what we do
there is we shift our Focus to look at
the lesson what we've learned within
that experience of trauma challenge
adversity stress as well and then what
we can do is we shift our Focus to that
lesson what we've learned and we then
choose to use the knowledge that we have
gained there to improve ourselves and
our life I actually call this a tragic
opportunity so the tragedy is the stress
challenge emotions pain experience the
opportunity comes from how we choose to
focus on the learn and improve ourselves
and our life
oh that sounds wonderful can you tell us
a bit more then about
um from there going with some of those
steps that you talk about oh absolutely
creating like I said what I call a
tragic opportunity
is a two-step process so we start off
with personal assessment so personal
assessment is a review of ourself our
beliefs our behaviors and our emotions
and the aim is to develop a deeper
understanding into ourself
and into our trauma and our challenges
and the way we have we have interpreted
them in order to then shift our
perspective for the better and learn
about ourselves the next step is the
action plan which is key so the action
plan is then taking the knowledge that
we gain in personal assessment and using
that to improve ourselves make better
decisions and choices and improve all
areas of our life
okay what would be an example something
for something for instance that comes up
in daily life that
you could go you could say this is how I
can I can look at it differently or it
actually comes up every day every single
day and I I create tragic opportunities
for myself all the time when I'm
particularly getting very stressed out
uh perhaps with trying to juggle
everything I'm a mum of two young
children and
um it can be really hard sometimes to
just get out of the door and you've got
two screaming children and you've got to
get to a meeting on time uh you've maybe
forgotten your briefcase or whatever it
is
and it's easy to think oh God nothing
ever goes my way or you can flip and say
okay
this feeling right now what is it doing
is it giving me the opportunity
to think about why I'm acting this way
what is it that is making me so frantic
is it the sound of the children like for
myself I've been through a lot of trauma
so sometimes a lot of now loud noises
when my children get very frantic
actually Sparks a bit of the PTSD so for
me I need to stop for a moment and take
that opportunity to grow to and say
their children this is not noise that is
negative this is positive noise actually
they're beautiful fun children if I run
with this I'll actually get out of the
door quicker so the opportunity is to
get them on board learn about why I'm
getting frantic in that scenario and
actually improve the environment and get
out the door happily instead of
frantically
how can we have for the viewers what
could they do in their daily lives to
create uh success from trauma
to talk about what's really important is
self-reflection and thinking about how
and why we do things and that's where
the two-step process comes in so
if we're when we're faced with a
challenge stress trauma taking that time
to sit and reflect on
why we made certain decisions and why we
feel the way we do in certain situations
enables us to gain incredible insight
into ourself and into how and why we do
things by doing so we can identify what
serves us and what doesn't this then
enables us to make better decisions for
ourselves for our life to improve our
relationships because we understand
where perhaps we don't have the most
empowered perspective or perhaps our
perspective has been warped due to
stress trauma our previous experiences
childhood Etc so we can really use that
knowledge to change every every day of
our life and every aspect of our life
for our viewers out there how would
people apply this in their life what
would be the top tip that you would
suggest to them the top tip is taking
action
so we can do as much personal
development and assessment as we like
and that's great however if we don't
take action if we don't change things
that we do every single day and actively
work on ourselves and change our
perspective nothing will change in our
life so what it's really important to to
remember is that it doesn't really
matter for lack of a better way of
saying it what's happened in our
childhood or what trauma and stress
we've had we actually can be empowered
to change that and have a happy and
fulfilled future by taking action to
change how we behave every day and the
way we view Life by you know using the
knowledge that we gain by looking into
ourselves
oh thanks so much tip for that that's
wonderful and for more information on
Deb's status and steps to success please
go to our website healthwellbeing and
lifestyle.com.au
now we'll go to break and after the
break we'll be back with more wonderful
topics to share
stay tuned after the break Integrative
Health and Wellness expert Dr Zara
chellick is talking about overcoming
depression
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our Integrative Health and wellbeing
expert and today she's back talking to
us about overcoming depression so Dr
Zara we know that depression is a big
thing with many many of our viewers I'm
sure experience it or know someone with
it can you tell us a bit more about how
to overcome it yeah so depression is
comparison of our reality our current
situation life or event that took place
in our life it's a comparison of that
event or a memory or our sort of um
lifestyle
or our personality and our achievements
to either past or someone else's reality
so there would that whole comparisoned
will create internal conflict and
internal conflict of energy inside the
individual
so as we are comparing our life to
either our past and we want to be always
there or if we are comparing our reality
to someone else's there will be that
shift of biochemistry happening inside
normally when we talk about depression
us practitioners will go with the
symptoms and then we do the diagnosis
but I like to know the real trigger what
is the real trigger
is it the language that the individual
is using and associating with day-to-day
activities is it the language that
individuals are using to describe the
current reality or the situation that
they're in is that then really creating
that internal turbulence
and that internal vortex
with the turbulence and it really pulls
them down so I like our viewers to see
what really is tricking that triggering
that when you say you are depressed or
you know someone pay attention to what
actually talking about I find
particularly with this current situation
globally majority of the people that I
know and I'm sure you will do uh you do
too um
people compare the reality of now to the
past so then they feel they are stuck
and they say I am depressed because I'm
not doing what I used to do I'm
depressed because I'm not going out to
the restaurant and wearing my glamorous
clothes you know language pattern you
can really see where it's coming from
so I like to see how people describe
their this you know depression they say
I'm depressed well what is really
triggering that so that is important
that's what we need to really need to
pay attention and as an individual
ourselves
but also to those people they're saying
I am depressed pay attention to what the
trigger is that is crucial then of
course when there is when we say I'm
depressed the physiology shifts right
the body shifts the psychology shifts
the um physiology is telling you
something isn't quite right because
you're creating that through the
language pattern and you're
automatically taking yourself to that
state
to depressed state and you want to be
there it's comfortable because you're
getting some nice attention and again so
you find the trigger
and use the language
then shift yourself out of that you can
do it so anyone can really do that
yes the professionals we do come in I'm
a mindset coach as well work with the
psychologists work with the coach but
really it comes down to the language
that you use maybe you are seeing your
Professionals for 45 minutes a week
right but you are with yourself for the
rest of the time
then how do you talk to yourself
how do you shift yourself out of that
state of being so that's what I would
like people to pay attention and stop
comparing themselves to other people and
compare their current situation to their
past and that's the key to Overcoming
Depression
it's a huge topic isn't it and it is
very and very common as well people
experience it and as I said it is
creating that by chemical reaction then
in the whole biochemistry shifting then
there will be Interruption to the gut
flow right the gut function rather they
will be also imbalanced in the nervous
system remember I talked about our
nervous system how you know big role it
plays
especially when we say I am depressed
I'm not happy in this it creates that
imbalance in the autonomic nervous
system so the parasympathetic nervous
system is down regulated the sympathetic
nervous system is upregulated we're
constantly running away from something
it's a fight and flight kicking in so
what does that do when the
parasympathetic is down the gut
functions down and when the gut
functions down neurotransmitters
responsible in the brain are also not at
Optimum level
the other thing will be the mindset
right when we are in the fight of flight
and we I spoke about that in our last
episode The imminent mind kicks over so
we are focusing on the problem and we're
not objective we're not creative we're
not authentic and at that stage we are
not thriving
because we are focusing on the threat
constantly and worrying your brain to
focus on the threat rather than getting
creative and objective to shift
ourselves out of that state
so what would your best advice be for
our viewers before we go to the break
today so I just want to talk about an
individual actually which I encountered
and met quite recently he was depressed
due to the covid-19 regulations so he
felt like his freedom was taken away so
as soon as he actually saw how he was
thinking and went to the thinking
process it immediately immediately
shifted the thinking process and it
helped him to overcome and come out of
that situation and then use it to his
Advantage so it can be achieved but it
is all about the mindset and the
individual and the commitment itself so
the advice will be to pay attention to
your language
and what you are doing with your mindset
and your thinking process are you
constantly comparing yourself to
somebody else or your past and you want
to stay there so which feels comfortable
because it it is all up to you how you
want to shift yourself and your life and
what direction you want to go
towards because if you choose and it is
comfortable to be in that depressed
state then you will be in that state at
all times but if it doesn't feel
comfortable and you want to actually
snap out of it then move towards that
and take actions to move forward get a
coach if you need to see a psychologist
whatever works
have a goal and it is that goal that
will get you closer to the outcome but
if you don't have any realistic
outcome or any goal setting then it is
going to be challenging and it's going
to be slower to get out of that
depression state
thank you Dr Zara my pleasure and for
more information on Dr Zara cellick and
Overcoming Depression then please go to
her webpage on our website
healthwellbeing and
lifestyle.com.edu we'll go to break and
be back after the break with more
interviews
after the break yoga for wellbeing
instructor and author Pauline Rooney is
talking about sleep deprivation and yoga
so stay tuned
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welcome back and now we have Pauline
Rooney back with us our yoga for
well-being instructor and author and
today she's talking about sleep
deprivation so Pauline welcome back
thanks Linda and how does sleep
deprivation affect our well-being Linda
it's absolutely amazing it's huge and I
don't think people understand it as what
it is sometimes we toss and turn and we
say oh we've had a bad night's sleep
didn't get a good sleep Etc all those
types of things but not realizing the
effect that it actually does have on us
and I'm sure many of us your viewers
have woken up in the morning and felt as
though you haven't even had a night's
sleep and that can affect our work so
we're not switched on so to speak it can
affect the thought process it can affect
our moods it can affect our eating
because sometimes we haven't had that
good night's sleep we think we feel a
little grumpy so we go to the Comfort
foods and that does not help we're
better off to take charge of the night's
sleep and there's such things as
when we get into bed saying to ourselves
I'm going to sleep comfortably all night
and program the mind to know that it is
sleep time instead of going to bed and
saying oh I never sleep I bet I don't
sleep tonight you're programming the
thought process not to sleep so when
you're hopping the bed
there's a couple of things that I like
to do I like to pop my hands on my chest
and just give a couple of thank yous for
what I've done through the day that's a
really nice end of day it can be
anything you like and if you do wake up
in the night
if you don't lie there and arguing with
yourself do something to really make you
feel comfortable and want to go back to
sleep so you might do
seven rounds of beautiful breathing and
you really focus on the breath nothing
else focus on the breath if you wanted
to you could visualize a lovely blue
color coming in and out of your nostrils
you could I always say you could just
lie there and play it's better than
having an argument and so you focus on
your breathing you might want to do a
couple of little gentle exercises in the
yoga that's okay too lift your arm raise
your legs bend your knees those types of
things the breathing turn your pillow
over so you've got that lovely pool
underneath you again there's just so
many ways in order to get your mind back
on track that it is time to sleep the
other thing is the moon can have an
effect Linda and sometimes the moon will
wake us right and therefore if it is a
full moon learning we can take the time
to go isn't this a magic time and really
Embrace that in preference of oh the
moon's full and I can't go to sleep so
stop the blame
and take charge and the breath the
posture the pillow turning all those
types of things are massive it really is
a large problem and the other thing
Linda I'm not sure how many people are
aware of the children
that are not sleeping and there's so
much pressure on our children today
they've got to perform at school they've
got to be good at sport the just the
pressures and it's a really big problem
so instead of putting the children to
bed and saying you better sleep tonight
or please save tonight it's you have a
lovely comfy snuggly sleep and sometimes
you can say to them lay there and feel
really uncomfortable you know if you
don't like sleeping on your back lie on
your back until you've had enough and
then you curl over to your comfy side
and it's ah so lovely you want to go to
sleep and you do go to sleep so it's
taking the action of Feeling Fabulous
about going to sleep and it does help it
changes our moods as I started with the
sleep deprivation the makers grumpy not
think
it's interesting that research shows
that sleep deprivation and driving is
almost as bad as drink driving you're
totally impaired driving under the
influence of sleep deprivation and
there's incredible amount of research
under that in fact some of the cars of
today Linda a bit spooky but you'll be
driving along and they'll say
sleep you've been driving X number of
hours it's time to pull over and rest or
your eyes are tired uh there's this
amazing technology and that's a great
help but we need to take the charge we
need to get into that bed with the love
of the sleep love of being asleep and
staying asleep and breathing and as I
say embracing it if you wake up and
think about I can do a couple of post
yoga postures I can do my beautiful
breathing instead of going I can't sleep
and going with the fight I call it a
fight an argument with one's own self
you know whatever but get into the habit
of saying to yourself tonight is my
gorgeous night's sleep I have X number
of hours the other thing is don't go to
bed when you're really tired that's a
big mistake we tend to wait till we're
very tired you then are almost hitting
the over tired so you can get into bed
and I'm wide awake it's because you're
over tired
so many of us because of their work time
we eat too late
we just have a little snack with the
couple of nine two o'clock no we should
have our intake well before then
because the system is digesting of
course and as it's digesting we're
saying excuse me I want to sleep it's
got a job to do too it's better to do it
while you're awake and heading out
instead of doing it when you're resting
you know it's time to rejuvenate that's
a it's really uh the top thing for today
out of all those amazing tips that
you've just given what would you say to
our viewers I think some yoga posture is
always very good because it just slows
you down takes out the stress of the day
and Linda that can be as simple as doing
a little turn in your chair right just
as simple as that and you go both ways
you might want to do
uh some work on the floor put yoga
postures on the floor that's okay it
doesn't matter it's to separate day
preparation for sleep and if we can do
that we do sleep a lot better really we
do so a little yoga a little meditation
little breathing and most important
don't argue with yourself should you
wake up just embrace it love it and go
back to sleep
great well that's a wonderful way to end
our program thank you Pauline so for
more information on Pauline Rooney and
sleep deprivation then please go to her
webpage on our website healthwellbeing
and
lifestyle.com.edu and now we'll finish
the show and see you next week
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