15: DOCTORS, do you invalidate yourself? Becc's 'BOARDROOM MODEL of our minds'.

If your current strategy to deal with your concerns, fears and anxieties are to dismiss them, this episode is for you. Doctors aren't generally used to being BAD at things. But Becc has recognised something that we're pretty bad at across the board.    Self-validation   She's very passionate about bringing this skill to doctors for the benefit of both our professional and personal lives.    Why? Because it's extremely productive.  And because invalidating ourselves can be extremely destructive.    What is self-validation? What does it mean to validate yourself? The simplest way to think about self-validation is that it's the opposite of self-denial, dismissal and resisting our own experience.  The objection to self-validating that Becc has found to be ubiquitous in her high-achieving, successful clients is that looking by giving more attention to the 'negative' aspects of our experience, we'll only magnify them. That they'll then be more likely to play out in our behaviours or take up more space in our minds.   Paradoxically, it's *usually* the opposite.    Think… Can you can recall many experiences where resisting and denying yourself has cost an enormous amount of attention and energy? That's attention and energy that can't go to your productive outputs.    In this episode, Kristeen and Becc talk about Becc's BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE MIND which helps us relate to our minds in a different way. This analogy helps us to make decisions about how to treat the competing, conflicting and concerning thoughts that are normal and expected in the mind of someone taking on challenges and risks on their missions in life.    Ready to change your mind?    Ready to treat yourself differently?   Join us and let us know if this resonates with you!