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Know Your Own Psychology
by Dr Laura Williams
Join Dr Laura Williams, Clinical Psychologist, on a journey to know you own psychology better, influence all the areas of your life and achieve more meaning, freedom and purpose. Doctor Williams has over over 17 years experience working within applied psychology. After losing her husband suddenly in 2018, she embarked on a new way of living and working. Today she is a private therapist, digital course creator, mum to 5 and a bestselling author. Doctor Williams has previously worked in specialist services in the NHS and in various Scottish prisons. Recently she contributed to both ITV and Channel 4 documentaries on the subject of morbid obesity. Doctor Williams specialises in trauma. If you want to raise your self-awareness and understand your own psychological story, then this is the podcast for you. Find out more at www.drlaurawilliams.com.
Episodes
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Episode 50: The Parent Trap: Five Ways We Get Stuck
The Parent Trap: Five Ways We Get Stuck Know Your Own Psychology Podcast | Dr Laura Williams Parenting is one of the hardest — and most meaningful — roles we’ll ever take on. And yet, there’s no manual. In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr Laura Williams explores five common parenting traps...
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Episode 49. Can AI Replace Therapy? A Psychologists Perspective
Can AI Replace Therapy? A Psychologist's Perspective Know Your Own Psychology Podcast – Episode 49 Can AI replace therapy? It’s a question more people are asking as tools like ChatGPT become part of everyday life. Some are even turning to AI for emotional support, guidance, and self-reflection.…
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Episode 48: Are You For Real? The Power of Authenticity
Why does being authentic sometimes feel so uncomfortable? In this episode, I’m exploring what it really means to be genuine with ourselves and with other people. Many of us move through the world performing versions of ourselves that feel safer, more acceptable, or less likely to be judged. But...
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Episode 47. Trauma: Myths, Misconceptions and the Truth About Healing
Trauma: Myths, Misconceptions and the Truth About Healing In this episode of Know Your Own Psychology, I’m breaking down common myths about trauma therapy and explaining what responsible, ethical trauma treatment actually looks like. As a clinical psychologist and trauma specialist, I see how…
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Episode 46. No Contact - No Problem? The Complexity of Family Estrangement
Family estrangement is often talked about online as a simple, binary choice — stay or go, cut contact or don’t. But in real life, it’s rarely that straightforward. In this episode, Dr Laura explores the psychological complexity of family estrangement, moving beyond polarised debates to consider...
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Episode 44. When the World Feels Unsafe: Making Sense of Collective Trauma and Psychological Safety
In this timely episode, Dr Laura explores the psychological impact of the events unfolding in Minneapolis and why people across the world may be feeling destabilised, overwhelmed, or emotionally reactive. Drawing on the concept of collective trauma, she explains how repeated exposure to threat...
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Episode 43. Burnout: Is Your Nervous System Overloaded? A Session with Dr Claire Plumbly
In this episode, I’m joined by fellow clinical psychologist Dr Claire Plumley to talk about burnout — what it really is, how it shows up, and why so many of us miss the early warning signs. Claire is the bestselling author of Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You and…
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Episode 42. Medication Matters: An Honest Conversation about Stigma and Mental Health Medication
Why do so many of us feel shame or self-judgement for taking medication—especially when we wouldn’t think twice about treating a physical illness? In this episode, Dr Laura explores the stigma around medication for mental health, where it comes from, and how it quietly seeps into our self-talk....
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Episode 41: Real Resilience for the Year Ahead
Resilience is often described as “pushing through” or “bouncing back” — but for many people, that idea feels exhausting and unrealistic. In this episode, Dr Laura explores what resilience actually looks like in real life and why struggling, feeling tired, or feeling changed by difficult…
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Episode 40. Calm at Christmas: A Mindfulness Meditation
Calm at Christmas: A Mindfulness Meditation Christmas can be a complicated time. For some, it’s joyful and connective. For others, it can feel overwhelming, lonely, emotionally charged, or quietly painful.And for many people, it’s all of those things at once. This episode of Know Your Own...
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Episode 39. Body Image, Shame and Feeling Good In the Skin You're In (Part 2).
Body Image, Shame, and Feeling Good in the Skin You’re In Body image struggles are not about vanity — they are about safety, belonging, and the stories we learn to tell ourselves about our worth. In this bitesize 20 minute episode, clinical psychologist Dr Laura Williams explores the emotional…
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Episode 37. Body Image, Shame and Feeling Good in the Skin You're In (Part 1)
In this episode, Dr Laura dives into body image, exploring why talking about our bodies can feel so loaded and how negative body image impacts our emotions, self-esteem, and daily life. Drawing on her personal reflections growing up in the 80s and early 2000s, she highlights the cultural…
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Session 36: Meeting What's Hard with Grace - A Session with Hannah Wallace
In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant Hannah Wallace — TEDx speaker, writer, disability advocate and host of the Finding Grace podcast — for a deeply human conversation about meeting life’s hardest moments with honesty, hope and courage. Hannah’s story is extraordinary. Diagnosed with...
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Session 35: The Psychology of Endings: What we learn when things come to an end...
Today’s episode is a short, thought-provoking reflection on the endings we all move through — the ones we choose, the ones that happen to us, and the ones that change us in ways we never expected. In just 15 focused minutes, we explore: • why endings stir up such strong emotional responses • how…
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Episode 34. A Session on High Performance Careers with Steph McTighe
🎙️ Episode 34: A Session on High Performance Careers - with Steph McTighe In this episode, Dr Laura sits down with her long-time friend Steph McTighe, a specialist in dispute resolution, litigation, and arbitration, to explore what it really takes to thrive — and survive — in a high-performance...
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Episode 33. Lightening the Load
🎧 Episode: Lightening the Load Know Your Own Psychology Podcast with Dr Laura Williams. Ever feel like your brain has 50 tabs open — and you’re the only one who knows which ones are about to crash? That invisible weight of remembering, planning, and keeping life moving is what psychologists call...
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Episode 32. What to Do When You Feel Broken: The Book Edition
In the latest episode of my podcast, What to Do When You Feel Broken: The Book Edition, I take you behind the scenes of my book-writing journey, from winning the Hay House Writers Workshop competition to navigating procrastination and receiving endorsements from Mel Robbins and my former…
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Episode 31. A Session With Steven Cranston, The Soul Man
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses topics related to suicide and suicidal ideation. In this thought-provoking episode, Dr. Laura Williams, clinical psychologist and trauma expert, sits down with Steven Cranston, widely known as The Soul Man, a respected medium who bridges the gap between the...
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Episode 27. Emotional Regulation & Distress Tolerance
In this weeks episode of the podcast I talk about techniques we can all use to build our tolerance to distress and ability to regulate our emotions. We talk about strategies that can be found within Dialectical Behavioural Therapy or DBT, developed by Marsha Lineman and about how the aim is to...
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Episode 26. 'A Session With' Sophie McGown, Founder of Earsass
In this podcast I talk to Sophie McGown. Sophie is the founder of EARSASS – a product based business selling striking statement earrings that she set up through the pandemic. In this episode, we discuss creativity, psychological wellbeing and how a traumatic life event catapulted Sophie into the...
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Episode 25. 'A Session With' Simone Heng on the Power of Human Connection
In today's episode of the podcast I am talking to Simone Heng. Simone is a Hay House author and speaker who has delivered keynote speeches at SXSW, TedX, Harvard and the UN. We explore Simone's story of familial trauma and how human connection helped her to heal her from the patterns of her past....
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Episode 24. Set Your Intentions For 2024
It's 2024! Come and set your intentions with me in this micro episode of under 20 minutes. I outline 8 key questions to ask yourself while planning your year ahead. No new year's resolutions here! In the 'Know Your Own Psychology' community we love a vulnerable share and that's what you get here.…
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Episode 23: Balance is an Illusion
In today's podcast episode I talk about all things balance. My own take is that balance is actually an illusion and that rather than striving for that elusive equilibrium, we should instead be thinking about our emotional balance and regulation. This is essentially a 'behind the scenes' look at…
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Episode 22. 'A Session With' Laura Carey from Big Hearts Little Minds
In todays episode of the podcast I talk to Laura Carey from 'Big Hearts Little Minds'. Laura is such a generous and lovely human being who has supported me from the very beginning. We began as strangers and I am now so grateful I get to support other women like Laura in their work. You can...
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Episode 21. 'A Session With' Stephen Clark
In this episode I am talking to Stephen Clark, co-founder of the Kilted Coaches. In it Stephen tells his story from his early life growing up in Glenrothes, Fife, joining the military at the aged of 16, becoming a PT and then training in NLP and life coaching. Today Stephen helps his clients to...
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Episode 19. Examining Our Eating Behaviour
In this episode I talk about all things eating. This is a topic which often generates lots of interest, not least because for many women and increasingly for men too, what we eat can be linked to how we feel about our weight, shape and body image. I discuss comfort eating, diets and the…
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Episode 18. Challenging Childhood Conditioning
In this weeks episode of the podcast I am talking about childhood conditioning. What it is and how to challenge it. I also share my thoughts on the process of incremental change and how this is 'lifetime work'. The episode is designed to be a mini therapeutic session with time for you to hit…
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Episode 17. 'An Episode With' Hannah Bardell, MP for Livingston
In this weeks podcast I am talking to Hannah Bardell, Member of Parliament for the Livingston constituency. Hannah is also one of my oldest friends and has been on quite a journey from a small-town in West Lothian to a prominent female politician. Along the way there have been highs and lows....
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Episode 16. 'A Session with' Dr Wallace J Nichols on 'Blue Mind'.
In episode 16 of the podcast, I am talking to Dr Wallace J Nichols. Wallace is a marine biologist turned ‘blue mind’ advocate and author. In this episode, you are going to hear about how Wallace has dedicated his life to the healing power of water, how water helped him personally after a...
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Episode 15. 'A Session With' Kirsty Mulcahy, of Soberbuzz Scotland on alcohol use, how mums are influenced in their drinking decisions and the joy of being sober.
Today on the podcast I am talking to Kirsty Mulcahy, founder of Soberbuzz Scotland and SkyRose Coaching. Kirsty has went from party girl to alcoholic to living her best life alcohol free. Five years sober in December last year, Kirsty’s life mission is to show people that there is another way to...
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Episode 14. Five Things You Should Know BEFORE You Start Therapy
In the first episode of 2023, I talk to you about 5 things I believe everyone should know before they begin therapy. This felt like a timely episode, as I know many people are considering how they might make changes in their lives and therapy is often the place they start. In this bitesize…
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Episode 13. Kindness, Compassion and Why New Years Resolutions Rarely Last!
In this end of year review, I talk about kindness and compassion. Why it's good for us and the benefits we can see when we are kind to both self and others. I also discuss visibility and how a recent tweet I sent out into the world about THAT Netflix documentary (the Meghan and Harry one) got me...
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Episode 12. Christmas Survival Guide
In this weeks episode of the podcast I talk about not just surviving the festive period, but thriving. In it, I cover things that deplete us in the areas of time, money and energy, getting intentional about how we want our Christmas to be and the relational dynamics that can trip us up and what…
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Episode 10. 'A Session With' Stephanie Milne, on women's health, birth trauma and infertility.
Today on the podcast I am talking to Stephanie Milne. Steph is a women's health physiotherapist who earlier this month opened her own private clinic to support women in West Lothian and the surrounding areas. She specialises in pre and post-natal care of women and offers support for menopause,...
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Episode 9. 'A Session With' on Neurodiversity in Women
In today’s episode of the podcast I will be discussing neurodiversity with two expert clinicians in the area. Neurodiversity is so topical currently as more and more women are coming to recognise that the source of their mental health challenges have actually been undiagnosed neurodivergence.…
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Episode 8. Anxiety - Six Things Everyone Should Know
In today's episode of the podcast, I talk you through six things I believe everyone should know about anxiety. I also give some context as to how our ever increasing mental load and the external pressures we may be under can contribute to this. Here are some of the headlines. Anxiety is normal.…
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Episode 7 - Grief, Trauma & Me
In today's episode of the podcast I talk candidly about the loss of my husband, Matty, in 2018. His loss was sudden, traumatic and it changed my life's trajectory in an instant. In talking about my experience, I hope to model how we can overcome challenging events and use them to empower…
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Episode 6. 'A Session With' Josh Connolly
***Trigger Warning*** In this episode references are made to suicide. If you find any of the content difficult, please reach out and seek the appropriate support. Samaritans - 116 123 Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87 ***************************************** In today's episode of the podcast I speak...
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Episode 5. Knowing Your Own Psychology...what does that even mean?
In this solo episode I uncover what I really mean when I talk about 'knowing your own psychology', share my teen obsession with serial killers and why that is linked to work I do now and offer a sneak peak of some of the concepts I teach in my new online course. Spoiler alert...you can cultivate...
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Episode 4. 'A Session With' Dr Sarah Madigan
***Trigger Warning*** Topics include child loss, abortion and traumatic loss. There are also references made to suicide. In today's episode of the podcast, I talk to Dr Sarah Madigan. Sarah and I first met as colleagues completing our clinical psychology training in the NHS in 2009. She is now a...
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Episode 3. 'A Session With' Tom Lowndes of Hot Dub Time Machine
In today's episode of the podcast, I talk to Tom Lowndes of Hot Dub Time Machine. Tom is best known as the worlds first time travelling DJ. After his recent gig at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I reached out and Tom agreed to appear on the Pod. This was a great conversation in which we talk…
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Episode 2. 'A Session With' Danniella Westbrook
In today's episode of the podcast, I talk to Danniella Westbrook. An actress and television presenter, Danniella is best known for playing the role of Sam Mitchell in Eastenders. Following a very public battle with addiction, she now spends her time speaking out about substance misuse, helping...
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Episode 1. You are NOT an Imposter!
In episode 1 of the podcast, I wanted to offer discussion on something that I know resonates with many of you who follow my work. Imposter Syndrome is something that studies estimate 70% of the population will experience at one time or another. In this episode, we explore what Imposter Syndrome…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join Dr Laura Williams, Clinical Psychologist, on a journey to know you own psychology better, influence all the areas of your life and achieve more meaning, freedom and purpose. Doctor Williams has over over 17 years experience working within applied psychology. After losing her husband suddenly in 2018, she embarked on a new way of living and working. Today she is a private therapist, digital course creator, mum to 5 and a bestselling author. Doctor Williams has previously worked in specialist services in the NHS and in various Scottish prisons. Recently she contributed to both ITV and Channel 4 documentaries on the subject of morbid obesity. Doctor Williams specialises in trauma. If you want to raise your self-awareness and understand your own psychological story, then this is the podcast for you. Find out more at www.drlaurawilliams.com.
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