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This Won't Fix You

Nadine Pittam

27 episodes

2 months ago

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Episodes (20/27)

This Won't Fix You

Farewell, friends

Send me a text (Note: I can't reply, but I will read your comment and might respond to your message in a future episode) Support the show Nadine’s links: Podcast: www.thiswontfixyou.com Counselling: www.nadinepittam.com Instagram: thiswontfixyou Do you like and value what I do here? Show your appreciation by visiting my Buy Me A Coffee page where you can show your gratitude! Subscribe in the podcast app of your choice. If you like what you hear, please share with a friend… Re...

2 months ago

2 minutes

This Won't Fix You

Clutter as a burial mound with Helen Sanderson

I welcome Helen Sanderson, the Clutter Therapist, to explore her metaphor of clutter as a burial mound. Helen explains how clutter often symbolises unresolved trauma, bereavement or unrealised dreams, and likens decluttering to an excavation where hidden treasures and forgotten parts of ourselves are unearthed. Her approach focuses on creating healing spaces by addressing the emotions tied to possessions, rather than striving for superficial perfection. This therapeutic proc...

3 months ago

49 minutes

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Prioritising Myself or My Relationship: B-Side

If you've ever found yourself bitching about somebody, this episode is for you! Find a new way of seeing everyone else's behaviours. Send me a text (Note: I can't reply, but I will read your comment and might respond to your message in a future episode) Support the show Nadine’s links: Podcast: www.thiswontfixyou.com Counselling: www.nadinepittam.com Instagram: thiswontfixyou Do you like and value what I do here? Show your appreciation by visiting my Buy Me A Coffee page where you can show ...

6 months ago

16 minutes

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Prioritising Myself or My Relationship: A-Side

Relationships (all relationships: friendships, family relations as well as intimate relationships) have a dynamic energy that is constantly in flux. Meg Harper and I talk about this ever-present tension between protecting ourselves as individuals (perhaps at the expense of a relationship) and protecting our relationship(s) perhaps at the expense of ourselves. We start with a quote from Marisa G Franco’s book: Platonic, which is all about attachment styles and how they influence the ways we op...

8 months ago

52 minutes

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Trigger Warning B-Side

Trauma. This episode I build on Gabor Mate's metaphor that a trigger is just one part of what causes people problems. It distinguishes between "small t" and "Capital T" trauma. The latter is defined as experiences too terrifying for the psyche to process. I talk about the "Window of Tolerance" model, featuring three zones: a green band (regulated state), orange bands (increasing disregulation), and red bands (hyper-arousal and hypo-arousal). The therapeutic approach emphasises keeping clients...

8 months ago

19 minutes

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Trigger Warning A-Side

'Being triggered' is so much more in our awareness than ever before. How do we identify our triggers and what can we do and what can we reasonably ask others to do to help us manage them? Psychotherapist, Emma McDermott, and I chat about it. Send me a text (Note: I can't reply, but I will read your comment and might respond to your message in a future episode) Support the show Nadine’s links: Podcast: www.thiswontfixyou.com Counselling: www.nadinepittam.com Instagram: thiswontfixyou Do you ...

9 months ago

51 minutes

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Drama Triangle - Relationship Games We Don't Know We're Playing: B-Side

Episode Key Points: The Drama Triangle fundamentally revolves around controlFocus on the Rescuer role as the most socially celebrated and potentially toxic positionRescuers often believe their worth is tied to how much they help othersSigns You Might Be a Rescuer: Feeling exhausted by constant requests for helpGetting frustrated when people don't take your adviceFinding others' suffering difficult to bearBelieving your goodness is measured by how effectively you helpKey Insights: Society cele...

9 months ago

23 minutes

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Drama Triangle - Relationship Games We Don't Know We're Playing: A-Side

Most of us communicate in ways which are unhealthy at least some of the time. This episode, Nadine sits with Richard Chadwick to discuss the Drama Triangle, especially how the unhelpful roles of Rescuer, Victim and Persecutor are embedded in our culture and in our psyches. I challenge you to not recognise yourself in here somewhere! Richard Chadwick is a therapist working in the north west and online. You can view his BACP profile here. Send me a text (Note: I can't reply, but I will read y...

10 months ago

40 minutes

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Mirrors of the Soul; What is Equine Therapy: B-Side

In this special B-side episode, host Nadine hands the reins over to equine practitioner Alex Gulland. Alex walks you through the process of a first session in equine therapy, from initial client assessments, to a serene body scan amidst nature, and finally incorporating therapy with horses. Alex brings you to Silver Birch Animal Therapy Farm, detailing the therapeutic benefits of working with horses and what clients can expect. Alex Gullands's Links www.contentedpeople.co.uk www.silverbirch...

11 months ago

19 minutes

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Emotional Mirrors Of The Soul, Benefits of Equine Therapy: A-Side

How much do we know what is going on inside our bodies? How much do we ever really know about what we give off that other people around us are picking up on unconsciously (or consciously!)? This episode, Equine Practitioner, Alex Gulland and I talk about how horses can be seen as emotional mirrors to our internal worlds. Horses, being prey animals, are incredibly sensitive to our energy, our stress levels and our emotions generally. Alex shares how powerful it can be for people to work...

11 months ago

47 minutes

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Managing Difficult Emotions: B-Side

Emotions, even so-called negative emotions, can be helpful if we see them as guides. Emotions like guilt and ager can be helpful if they lead to positive change. So how do we know whether what we are feeling is helpful or unhelpful? It's essential to differentiate between guilt that prompts growth and guilt that is rooted in shame. Similarly, self-perception and societal judgements complicate how we view our actions and worth. As always, reflecting on our emotions with curiosity rather ...

1 year ago

17 minutes

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Managing Difficult Emotions: A-Side

“Emotions don’t kill you.” A discussion between Nadine and Oakland DBT therapist Jonny Cragg about how taking emotional inventories (in a therapeutic modality called DBT) tailor therapeutic skills to emotional intensity. High emotions need robust interventions, while moderate ones require cognitive strategies. Mindfulness in DBT helps manage emotions and communication. However, challenges include accurately observing emotions and applying strategies consistently. The approach is e...

1 year ago

45 minutes

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Gravity - Surviving Overwhelming Pain: B-Side

This episode discusses the importance of confronting unresolved pain, as we see with Dr. Ryan Stone in Gravity. Avoiding pain can lead to emotional shutdown and inauthentic living. Therapy helps by revisiting past traumas, breaking rigid coping mechanisms, and allowing individuals to process and integrate their feelings. Through this process, we can heal, rediscover joy and reclaim control over our lives. While difficult, facing buried pain with therapeutic guidance leads to emoti...

1 year ago

13 minutes

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Gravity - Surviving Overwhelming Pain: A-Side

If you, like most people, enjoyed the episode on Frozen (Conceal; Don’t Feel: A-Side) then buckle up because Anoushka Beazley is back with an exploration of the film Gravity. We talk about grief, loss, loneliness, and Anoushka brings her unique and tender insight to help us all understand what it’s like when we are trying to survive the crisis of loss. Anoushka’s website: https://www.manderlaytherapy.com/ Send me a text (Note: I can't reply, but I will read your comment and might respon...

1 year ago

48 minutes

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Being Curious: B-Side - Jung's Shadow Theory

There are things that influence us which lie deep in our subconscious. This episode is about some of those. They are psychological backseat drivers. We all have a shadow, and into our shadow we stuff all the parts of ourselves we wish weren't true. And we stuff them in so well that we don't even know they're there. But they affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. This episode is all about that! And I think it's a belter. As always, the things I discuss here are of a reasonably challengi...

1 year ago

23 minutes

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Being Curious About Yourself: A-Side

Therapist, Emma McDermott, and I talk about how we can only really be curious about ourselves, especially the darker parts of ourselves, when we have the luxury of being stable. When we have the luxury to be able to reflect, we are empowered to make real changes in our lives, changes that make us stronger, rather than changes which simply remove the obstacles which cause us pain. Emma's Links https://www.bacp.co.uk/therapists/382326/emma-mcdermott/Manchester Nadine's Links www.nadinepittam....

1 year ago

45 minutes

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Anxiety and The Monster In The Cupboard: B-Side

Delving in more detail into the difference between red flags and anxiety, as discussed by Meg and I on the A-Side. I talk a lot about a model, a graph, in this episode. You can have a look at the graph by visiting the podcast page of my website. Seeing the graph will almost certainly aid your understanding of what I am talking about! Send me a text (Note: I can't reply, but I will read your comment and might respond to your message in a future episode) Support the show Nadine’s links: Pod...

1 year ago

23 minutes

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Anxiety and The Monster In The Cupboard: A-Side

Meg and I talk about fear, and how much of our fear (maybe all of it) is generated by the mind itself as we try to predict the future, project the best version of ourselves out into the world and avoid pain. We all strive to find happiness, but most of us are seeking it somewhere outside of ourselves. But we are rewarded for our striving, so we just pile on more anger at ourselves when we can't control our fear. Meg and I also try to establish the difference between fear which is help...

1 year ago

52 minutes

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One Task Of Mourning: B-Side

This episode explores how therapy might help you to process your grief... It is the B-Side to the One Task Of Mourning A-Side which was released two weeks previously. Send me a text (Note: I can't reply, but I will read your comment and might respond to your message in a future episode) Support the show Nadine’s links: Podcast: www.thiswontfixyou.com Counselling: www.nadinepittam.com Instagram: thiswontfixyou Do you like and value what I do here? Show your appreciation by visiting my...

1 year ago

18 minutes

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One Task Of Mourning: A-Side

How our loss of a person, either through death or separation, is also a loss of the way we related to that person – which is ultimately a loss of a part of us. Or let me put it this way, when we lose someone we must grieve the unique soul of the person we have lost. We grieve the soul connection. And though grief can’t be neatened up, we can observe it, look at it as a series of tasks: the 4 tasks of mourning written by J William Worden: To accept the reality of the lossTo process the pain of...

1 year ago

42 minutes