Are you feeling overwhelmed?
5/13/202627 min
Kimberley asks her guest, clinical psychologist Dr Trudi Edginton, what we can do when our minds are overstimulated. Understanding the point at which we feel too busy and too stressed is the key to learning how to manage ourselves better.
Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, is on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health. She invites expert guests - trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists - to help her share insight and some valuable tips.
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First 90 secondsDilly Carter0:00
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Kimberley Wilson· Host0:35
[gentle music] Hello and welcome. I'm Kimberley Wilson. I'm a counseling psychologist, and this is Complex. The psychology podcast that I hope can help you find your way through the cracks and crevices of all the information out there about our mental health. In today's episode, I'm exploring how to calm your mind. And I think you know what I mean. Everything is too much. Your brain is going too fast. You can't stop criticizing yourself. You can't stop worrying. We're constantly plugged in, right? Scrolling on social media, checking our emails, updating our calendars, and before we know it, our minds