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A GROWTH Mindset vs. a FIXED Mindset With Mental Health
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A GROWTH Mindset vs. a FIXED Mindset With Mental Health

Developing a Growth Mindset for Mental Health

In this video, the speaker discusses how to tell if you have a growth or fixed mindset and how to develop a growth mindset in regards to mental health. The speaker explains that having a growth mindset can completely change how you feel about your mental health.

Growth vs Fixed Mindset

  • A growth mindset is the belief that basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.
  • A fixed mindset is the belief that skills are due more to luck or chance than effort.
  • With a fixed mindset, feedback is seen as a personal attack, and all-or-nothing thinking often occurs.
  • With a fixed mindset, appearances are important, and people may avoid asking questions in class because it could make them look bad.

Growth Mindset for Mental Health

  • Having a growth mindset is essential for mental health.
  • Most people have never received any formal education about how to process emotions or improve their mental health.
  • Your biology influences your mental health but only to a degree; there's still much you can do to influence your mental health.
  • Problems should be seen as opportunities to learn new skills and grow.
  • Instead of saying "I'm bad at math" or "I'm not talented," say "I haven't learned that skill yet."
  • Every problem or difficulty can become an opportunity for learning with a growth mindset.

Developing a Growth Mindset

In this section, the speaker discusses how having a growth mindset can change the way we approach problems and emotions. Instead of feeling stuck, we can see challenges as opportunities to learn and grow.

Benefits of a Growth Mindset

  • Changing our perspective on anxiety from being terrible to an opportunity to learn something new about ourselves.
  • Seeing anxiety as a chance to gain more empathy for others who also experience anxiety.
  • Having an open mind towards improving and progressing instead of stagnating and wallowing.

How to Develop a Growth Mindset

  • Considering ourselves as works in progress rather than good or bad people.
  • Focusing on progress rather than perfection.
  • Trying different learning opportunities such as books, support groups, therapy, and coaching.
  • Focusing more on our values rather than approval from others.

Applying a Growth Mindset to Kids

  • Encouraging kids to have a growth mindset by identifying challenges and seeing what they can learn from them.
  • Emphasizing that emotion processing is an essential skill for working through intense emotions.

Conclusion

  • The speaker offers her 30-skill course "How to Process Your Emotions" which teaches essential skills for resolving depression, anxiety, and improving mental health.
  • Accessing the entire course in one place ad-free with its workbook, exercises, downloads, extra videos, live Q&A's, additional short readings is possible by contributing to her Patreon or sponsors.
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Do you want to learn How to Process Emotions and improve your Mental Health? Sign up for a Therapy in a Nutshell Membership, you'll get access to all of Emma’s courses, workbooks, and a Live Q and A with 100’s of exclusive videos: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership Get the course: How to Process Your Emotions https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Oct%2021,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=YouTube Most people don't even realize that they have a fixed mindset in regards to their mental health. A fixed mindset can keep you stuck feeling depressed or anxious. In this video you’re going to learn how to tell if you have a growth or a fixed mindset, how to develop a growth mindset in regards to mental health. And why having a growth mindset can completely change how you feel about your mental health. Carol Dweck, the author of Mindset (which this video is based off of) said “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work - brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.” Looking for affordable online therapy? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/?utm_campaign=10212021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=YouTube Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/free-resources Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Check out my podcast, Therapy in a Nutshell: https://tinpodcast.podbean.com/ Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC ---- Music licensed from www.Bensound.com or Artlist.io Images from Freepik.com (premium license), Pixabay, or Wikimedia commons

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