Read by Tana. Source: DBT Skills Workbook. In this episode I read about why it's important to regulate your emotions and steps to control high intensity emotions. I read an example that helps recognise thoughts, emotions, actions and outcomes ..read more

Listen to the Meditation Practice to Turn Toward Stillness and Silence exercise from chapter 5, pg 120 of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook Exercise begins and ends with a chime ..read more

Listen to the Meditation Practice for Mindfulness of Space exercise from chapter 5, pg 119 of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook to cultivate awareness of space, stillness and silence. Exercise begins and ends with a chime ..read more

Today we talk about the negative filtering thought process, listen to several examples and learn how to stop letting your negative thoughts take control by asking yourself 6 questions. Discover how you can look at the bigger picture of a distressing sitUation and act in a healthy way.  Finally we re-cap pleasurable activities and increasing your daily positive emotions.  Check out the Pleasurable Activity Spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17wO66-5ZTbFycm005-q21Ny9Fxg_WeWGUZbDGXmzaPs/edit?usp=sharing Listen and follow along to the The Dialectical Behavior Therap ..read more

Observing Yourself Without Judging Yourself, Reducing Your Cognitive Vulnerability, Thought and Emotion Defusion (exercise), and Using Coping Thoughts ..read more

Listen in to chapter 5 of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook to work on your mindfulness and Lovingkindness skills. Join us on Discord to discuss the workbook and connect with other people working on their DBT skills too! https://discord.gg/WjQFths Read by Kate (aka Penny Dragon on Discord ..read more

Read along to chapter 6, pages 142-145 of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook as we learn some ways to help us sleep better, and a worksheet for identifying your self-destructive beahiours and their emotional consequences. Read by Kate ..read more

Practice the Judgements vs. the Present Moment Exercise from chapter 4, page 99 of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook. This exercise begins and ends with a chime ..read more

Read by Tana. In this episode, I read about why it's important to reduce physical vulnerabilities and come up with ways to reduce them. Content warning:Reference to eating disorders, drugs, and illness ..read more

*Content warning for self harm. Listen along to chapter 6, pages 132-135 of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook as we discover how emotions, thoughts and behaviours are interconnected, and how to identify, and see the costs of some harmful behaviours ..read more