HOW TO HEAL LOW CONFIDENCE, SELF-DOUBT AND NEGATIVE THOUGHTS: MARISA PEER’S METHOD
5/18/202650 min
Matt sits down with world-renowned therapist Marisa Peer to dismantle the self-sabotaging loops that keep us stuck. If you’ve ever felt like your brain is working against your recovery, this conversation provides the ultimate manual for reclaiming control.
We explore the "Ladder of Looping Thoughts" and the powerful truth that you weren’t born broken, you learned it. Marisa explains the link between creativity and addiction, showing how high suggestibility can lead to deep-seated shame. Healing is framed as stripping away these learned layers to reactivate your original sense of self.
This discussion also provides practical tools like the AAA Method (Aware, Accept, Articulate) and simple language shifts to resolve internal conflict.
This episode covers the following themes: Language, Beliefs, Worth, Addiction, and Self-Awareness.
Marisa Peer's new book 'Your Mind, Your Rules,' is out now: https://amzn.eu/d/08ebrG3Y
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First 90 secondsMatt Willis· Host0:00
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Marisa Peer· Guest0:05
[gentle music] Muhammad Ali said, "I told people I was the greatest, but factually I wasn't, but I said it, and you know what happened? I became it." The mind doesn't know if what you tell it is true or false. It really has no idea because the mind can't tell the difference in what's real or imagined. If you watch a terrifying show at night, you feel scared. If you watch a gruesome operation, you think, "Oh, I can't look at this bit."
Matt Willis· Host0:26
Yeah, yeah.
Marisa Peer· Guest0:27
Because the mind does not know, is this existing in reality or in your imagination? And I want you to say, "I accept that I'm feeling angry, overwhelmed, and not good enough."
Matt Willis· Host0:37
I accept that I'm feeling angry, overwhelmed, and not good enough.
Marisa Peer· Guest0:41
Because ...
Matt Willis· Host0:44
Hi, everybody. Matt Willis here, and this is the podcast where we look back at life's toughest moments to figure out how to move forward. I spent years trying to kind of get control of my own mind, right? Through, um ... Even I think when I think about addiction, I was kind of trying to kind of correct something or kind of trying to find something. Um, and I'm still working on it now. Exploring this with me today is world-renowned therapist Marisa Peer. Marisa, thank you so much for coming on.
Marisa Peer· Guest1:10
Thank you for inviting me.
Matt Willis· Host1:12
I'm so excited to have you on.
Marisa Peer· Guest1:13
Me too.
Matt Willis· Host1:13
I've been very, very excited. I mean, lots of our audience are either people struggling with problems with addiction or with mental health, and they're kind of suffering in some way, or they're the loved one of someone who's suffering. So we kind of get loads of questions in and loads of messages. They ... One that