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Just a Minute with Dr Kumari
by Dr Kumari Valentine
We discuss mindfulness and try just a minute of mindfulness and self care. We explore issues of attachment trauma and experiences in childhood that influence our beliefs, behaviors, and relationships
Episodes
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How on Earth can I feel Hope?
How on Earth Can I Feel Hope? What happens when you can’t see a way forward and the things that are happening in the world feel so heavy? When you’ve tried everything you can think of, the barriers are real, and being told to ”stay positive” only makes things worse? In this episode of Just a…
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What if I make the Wrong Decision?
What If I Make the Wrong Decision? — Certainty, Control and Perfectionism Have you ever made a decision, only to find yourself questioning it over and over again? Or hesitated to make a decision? Sometimes the hardest part of making a decision isn't choosing between the options. It's accepting…
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Why Can't I Stop Overthinking Even When I'm Exhausted?
Why Can't I Stop Overthinking Even When I'm Exhausted? Have you ever been completely exhausted, yet found yourself unable to switch off your thoughts? You replay conversations, worry about tomorrow, or revisit things that happened years ago. You know you're overthinking, but somehow you can't…
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Why Do I Overthink Whether People Like Me?
Why Do I Overthink Whether People Like Me? Do you reread messages, analyse someone’s tone, or worry you’ve upset them after a conversation? In this episode of Just a Minute with Dr Kumari, clinical psychologist Dr Kumari Valentine explores the connection between rejection sensitivity and...
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Can Journaling Make Overthinking Worse?
Journaling is often recommended — but what if writing things down sometimes keeps us stuck? In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr Kumari Valentine explores the difference between processing and rumination, drawing on the work of James Pennebaker and Susan Nolen-Hoeksema. We look at how...
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Why Do I Find It So Hard to Just Enjoy Things?
Why is it so easy to replay an awkward conversation for hours — but so hard to stay with a lovely moment for more than a few seconds? In this lighter episode of Just a Minute, Dr Kumari explores the other side of rumination: our ability to linger on positive experiences. We look at the psychology...
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Why Do We Replay Conversations in our Head?
Why do some conversations continue in our minds long after they have ended? In this episode, Dr Kumari explores rumination as a relational process. We may replay conversations because we are searching for the understanding, reassurance or emotional validation that was missing from the original...
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Why Do I Overthink Everything?
Why Do I Overthink Everything? Why does your mind replay conversations, search for certainty, and circle the same question without ever reaching an answer? In the first episode of our Overthinking Series, Dr Kumari explores why overthinking happens, the difference between productive reflection…
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Father's Day Bonus Episode
Do I Still Want My Dad’s Approval? A Father’s Day bonus episode Why can our dad’s opinion still matter so much — even when we’re well and truly grown up? In this special Father’s Day episode of Just a Minute, Dr Kumari Valentine explores how our relationships with our fathers can shape the way we...
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Returning to Ourselves, Resetting, Why Just a Minute
After quite a long pause, a new season of Just a Minute with Dr Kumari is here. We’ll be exploring overthinking, the invisible load, deeper self-care, the nervous system, our inner critics, relational wounds and the complicated realities of being human. Each episode will offer something to...
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Deeper Self Care - Looking After Ourselves
This Valentine’s Day, Just a Minute with Dr Kumari invites you to turn your attention inward and practice deep self-love. In this episode, I explore how to hold your inner child, vulnerable self, and past and future selves with compassion. I released my first digital journal and colouring book...
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The Invisible Load
In this episode we talk about overwhelm, stress, the invisible load of mothering and the role that progesterone can have on working memory.
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A Just a Minute Manifesto
In this gentle and grounding episode, Dr Kumari Valentine shares the Just a Minute Manifesto—a compassionate philosophy of healing through micro-moments of self-connection. Rooted in trauma-informed mindfulness, this episode explores how just one minute can reconnect us with our body, our breath,...
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Dissociation
In this episode I talk about Dissociation and introduce the idea of the Dissociation Thermometer I developed this week. You are welcome to download it and use it. Please share: https://pdflink.to/eccbd83c/ I also mentioned the petition that is taking up my time and is part of the concerning…
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Protecting Psychology and the Public: The Threat to Evidence-Based Practice
I had planned to talk about this at a later point, but recent events have caused me alarm. The Minister for Mental Health (NZ) revealed on Tuesday that the government is developing Associate Psychologist Scopes of practice, with the help of the Psychologists Board in NZ. The proposed pathway…
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Eating for a Stress Less and more Healthy Christmas with Bridget Foliaki Davis
Can the way we eat affect how stressed we feel? The Christmas or holiday season is typically associated with a variety of stressors. In this episode with award winning chef and author, Bridget Foliaki Davis, we talk about gut health, stress, and eating. Bridget has some amazing tips to eat better...
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Mood Boosting Strategies Backed by Science
Low or depressed mood affects EVERYTHING. I am a clinical psychologist with almost two decades of clinical experience as well as previously having been a researcher and lecturer in psychological science. In this episode, I share some evidence based tips for lifting low mood or maintaining mood.…
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Mindfulness and Relational Trauma
Mindfulness has many benefits but can also be misunderstood. I talk about what mindfulness is and how it can be useful when we are dealing with relational trauma.
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The Gut Brain Axis and Polyvagal Theory in a Nutshell
Episode 47: There is so much to the Gut Brain Axis but I give you a very quick overview and briefly cover Polyvagal theory.
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People Pleasing and Fawning in Response to Relational Trauma
Do you struggle with people pleasing and perhaps even identifying your own needs? In this episode I talk about the "fawn" response to relational trauma. My deeper self care course is available here: https://kumari.gumroad.com/l/deeperselfcare
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The Body in Stress and Six Things I did during an Extra Stressful Week
I often talk about the nervous system and soothing it for dealing with stress and trauma. Here I talk about what I mean by the nervous system. A couple of weeks ago, I had an extra stressful week and was pleased with a few things I put into place - I'm always learning! I hope these tips are…
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Some Reflections on Waitangi Day 2024
Waitangi Day is pretty important in New Zealand and a day I have mixed feelings about. One the one hand, it is really important, I feel, to honour our known guardians of the land and the special history and culture. On the other hand, there has been so much wrong doing, bias, racism, and...
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New Year Goals Driven by VALUES
Best wishes for the holiday season! This is often a time of year when we start thinking about "resolutions" and "goals". These are more likely to succeed when they are driven by values. In this podcast, I talk about how we might discover or re-discover our values and some tips. Goal setting and...
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Intergenerational Trauma
I'm Dr Kumari Valentine, Clinical Psychologist. I'm interested in trauma, including relational trauma. I'm an EMDR therapist amongst other things. I'm talking about intergenerational trauma and intergenerational resourcing on this podcast. I talk about soothing the nervous system and talk about 5...
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Using Terror Management Theory to understand Conservative Leanings
Terror Management Theory is one of Psychology's "Grand Theories", explaining how existential terror influences decision making and choices. This is my contribution to an observation that we are moving into a time of more right leaning politics. Change can be hard to manage and mean that...
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Somatisation, Conversion, and Somatic Symptom Disorder
What do we mean by Somatisation? In this episode I look at the connection between body and mind and what we mean by these diagnostic terms. I read some lines from the amazing book by Professor Bessel van der Kolk: "The Body Keeps the Score". Relearning to be in our body means resetting our…
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Just a Minute of Ease and Breath
What would bring you more ease in this minute? Might it be easing your breath?
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Self Compassion Meditation Exercise
Perhaps not one to do actively while driving or doing something hazardous! We do a short mindfulness meditation aimed at increasing self compassion.
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Why is Self Compassion the necessary ingredient in Healing?
Our childhood experiences can mean that it is hard to be compassionate towards ourselves. I talk about why self-compassion is the magic ingredient in healing and how to develop more self-compassion.
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Just a Minute of Turning Compassion Inwards
Many of us are so skilled at being compassionate towards others. Here's Just a Minute of turning that outward reflex inwards....to build self compassion.
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We are allowed to have it Easy - a Just a Minute meditation
We are allowed to have things easy and to have ease in our lives! Our life experiences and messages from growing up might give us ideas against this. Let's take a moment to notice what comes up when we sit with the idea of ease.
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What is PTSD and Complex PTSD?
In this episode I talk about what PTSD and Complex PTSD are, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-5) and ICD-11.
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Overthinking Part 1 - What, Why, and What to do
What is Overthinking? I talk about worry and rumination and the functions that they have. I talk about the socialisation of types of thinking and some alternatives to overthinking as well as some of the difficulties. I briefly talk about mindfulness (and why it might not be the solution for...
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My Self Care Journey and Nutrition Part 1
In this episode I share about my own self care journey, just a minute, and nutrition. Hope you enjoy this! I would love to hear from you! The self care cards I mention can be purchased from www.kumarivalentine.com
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Valentine’s Day, Parts of the Self, and Deep Self Care
In this episode, I talk about some deep stuff! Valentine's Day brings up all sorts of feelings for people (with good reason!). I talk about Parts of the Self and Deep Self Care.
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Deep Self Care
In this episode, I'm starting to talk about deep self care and have some ideas of exercises and techniques for this. I'm referring to a list I made: https://drkumari.ck.page/selfcare with these exercises. Sign up to receive them into your inbox. Thanks heaps for listening and wishing you the best...
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Just a Minute of Healing Light
In this podcast we do a healing visualisation, imagining light entering through the crown of our heads. I realised I didn't walk you through the Crown Pull by Donna Eden that I had intended to! I'll do that next! Keen for other strategies to reset and rewire your nervous system for greater ease…
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The difference between Pain and Suffering and how this helps dealing with physical sensations
In this episode I share how I coped with "Traveller's Belly" using some teaching from Bruno Cayoun and Melissa Spilsted and talk about the difference between pain and suffering. Keen on more audio tracks to support your mindfulness or self care journey? My tracks are on iTunes, Spotify and more -...
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Just a Minute Sydney
Just a Minute to step back from mental chatter, in Sydney.
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Just a Minute Singapore
Taking Just a Minute to breathe into gratitude from Singapore.
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Just a Minute Bali
Taking a minute to breathe in compassion.
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just a minute Perth
Catching a minute while I can? !
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Just a Minute in Real Life
The Just a Minute concept is that we take a real minute, in our actual lives, to connect with ourselves and our body. I also mention my new deck of 90 mindfulness inspired self care cards - www.kumarivalentine.com. Note that the last day for posting before Christmas 2022 is Tuesday the 13th of...
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Attachment, Co-regulation, and Big Feelings with Aisling O’Connor
Aisling O'Connor is a Child Psychologist in Sligo, Ireland. Today we talk about attachment, disruptions in attachment, co-regulation, and the big feelings that occur in childhood. We also talk about Aisling's passion for online safety and how connection with children is one of the pillars that...
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Just a Minute of Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Ultra brief progressive muscle relaxation to bring your awareness into your body and also to help the body relax and let go, even for Just a Minute, of some tension.
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What is a Clinical Psychologist?
What does a Clinical Psychologist do? What do we mean by a Scientist-Practitioner? What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist? What can therapy help with? For this and more, tune into this session. Please share! Maybe there is a budding clinical psychologist who…
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Just a Minute of Healing Vibrating Light
In this week's Just a Minute, we visualise healing light moving through the body.
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Getting to No
Is it difficult to say no because of guilt, people-pleasing, or obligation? Why is it so hard? I talk about some experiences that might contribute to this feeling. I also offer some journalling prompts.
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Just a Minute - The Butterfly Hug
The Butterfly Hug is an amazing technique, developed by Lucina Artigas, used in a variety of therapies including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. I invite you to try just a minute with me.
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Cutting the Energetic Cord
Our relationships with others can affect us in powerful ways. There comes a time when we take stock and realise that some are no longer helpful to us. I talk about cutting the energetic cord and walk you through two exercises.
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We discuss mindfulness and try just a minute of mindfulness and self care. We explore issues of attachment trauma and experiences in childhood that influence our beliefs, behaviors, and relationships
HOSTED BY
Dr Kumari Valentine
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We discuss mindfulness and try just a minute of mindfulness and self care. We explore issues of attachment trauma and experiences in childhood that influence our beliefs, behaviors, and relationships
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