The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast - Celebrating wonderful you - Aspiring Psychologist - Psychology graduate - DClinPsy

Episode Date: August 7, 2023

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode 87: Marianne's Summer Soundbites – 3Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to my new short series – Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track over the busy summer period. I hope you find this helpful, no matter where you are in your journey in becoming an aspiring psychologist – whatever this may look like for you! This episode focuses on another 2 key steps when thinking about being an aspiring qualified psychologist; the significance of self-care, exercise and nature, as well as celebrating achievements, no matter how small. There is also a little reminder about our free compassionate Q&A sessions, and the Aspiring Psychology membership. I hope you find this helpful. I’d love any feedback you might have, and I’d love to know what your offers are and to be connected with you on socials so I can help you to celebrate your wins! The Highlights:(00:00): Summary (00:49): Introduction (01:42): Dates of the free compassionate Q&A session (02:32): Connect with me & the Aspiring Psychologist Community (03:09): Self-care isn't all face packs and eye masks(04:15): Enjoy some fresh air and connect with nature (05:01): Move our bodies in a way that is good for our body and our soul(06:09): Take care of yourself well to support and take care of others (07:33): Celebrating achievements (no matter how big or small they are)(08:29): Be proud of both the professional and personal wins(09:31): Summary and closeLinks:📚 To check out The Clinical Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3jOplx0 📖 To check out The Aspiring Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3CP2N97 💡 To check out or join the aspiring psychologist membership for just £30 per month head to: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/membership-interested✍️ Get your Supervision Shaping Tool now: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/supervision📱Connect socially with Marianne and check out ways to work with her, including the Aspiring Psychologist Book, Clinical Psychologist book and The Aspiring Psychologist Membership on her Link tree: https://linktr.ee/drmariannetrent💬 To join my free Facebook group and discuss your thoughts on this episode and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aspiringpsychologistcommunityLike, Comment, Subscribe & get involved:If you enjoy the podcast, please do subscribe and rate and review episodes. If you'd like to learn how to record and submit your own audio testimonial to be included in future shows head to: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/podcast and click the blue request info button at the top of the page. Hashtags: #aspiringpsychologist #dclinpsy #psychology #assistantpsychologist #psychologycareers #podcast #psychologypodcast...

Hi there, it's Marianne here. Before we dive into today's episode, I want to quickly let you know about something exciting that's happening right now. If you've ever wondered how to create income that works for you, rather than constantly trading your time for money, then you'll love the Race to Recurring Revenue Challenge with my business mentor, Lisa Johnson. This challenge is designed to help you build sustainable income streams. And whether you're an aspiring psychologist, a mental health professional, or in a completely different field,

the principles can work for you. There are also wonderful prizes to be won directly by Lisa herself. And if you join the challenge by my link, you can be in with a chance of winning a one-to-one hours coaching with me, Dr. Marianne Trent. Do you want to know more? Of course you do. Head to my link tree, Dr. Marianne Trent, or check out my social media channels, or send me a quick DM and I'll get you all the details. Right, let's get on with today's episode. Coming up in today's episode of the Aspiring Psychologist podcast, I am guiding you through two important steps that can help you think about weathering the storm on your journey

to becoming whatever type of aspiring psychologist you fancy being. If you're looking to become a psychologist Then let this be your guide With this podcast at your side You'll be on your way to being qualified It's the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast With Dr. Marianne Trent Hi, welcome along to the Aspiring Psychologist podcast. I'm Dr. Marianne Trent and I'm a qualified clinical psychologist. Here we are with another episode from the Marianne's Summer Soundbite series, which are going to be slightly shorter episodes than the standard episodes to help you to be able to

continue engaging with your goals for learning and development in psychology over this summer period when you might be a little bit busier. Don't worry, this isn't a permanent change to the format and the usual longer and guest episodes will be around over the summer and in the autumn again too. Another series that you might well know and love is the free Compassionate Q&A series. Don't worry, that one is back for the 2023 season too. Here's all the details you need to know. So as you can see on your screen we have the first of those coming up on Monday the 4th of September 2023 and that starts at 6pm. A replay will of course be available too and the best place to find the replay is Dr. Marianne Trent on YouTube. The second of the sessions is Tuesday, the 3rd of October, 2023, also at 6 p.m. Again, a replay is available.

And the third and final session to support application season for the Declined Cyber, also EdCycle, is also a similar time of year, is going to be Tuesday, the 7th of November,th of November 2023 at 6pm. So don't wait, don't delay, connect with me on socials now so that you can dive right in when the time comes. On LinkedIn I am Dr Marianne Trent, come and connect or follow. On Twitter I'm also Dr Marianne Trent, although on Twitter I can't see your comments because StreamYard and Twitter

don't integrate properly, but if you want to just watch from Twitter, you absolutely can. On YouTube, I am Dr. Marianne Trent. My Facebook page is also Dr. Marianne Trent. And last but of course not the least, come and join my free Facebook community group, which is called the Aspiring Psychologist Community with Dr. Marianne Trent. I do always endeavour to get live on Instagram as well, but it's not quite so interactive because it means I have to get my phone rigged up behind my webcam. It's a little bit rusticic but you absolutely should be able to catch it there too. So the first of today's Summer Soundbites is all about self-care. I absolutely think it is essential. In business it's said that the more time and money even we invest in our own self-care

the more productive we will be in business and the more lucrative that will be. This is absolutely something that I try to encourage among my colleagues and I want you to be able to do the same as well. Self-care isn't all face packs and eye masks, it isn't all spending money either. It might be that you make time as I I've always done, to stop for lunch and to do something completely different and not to eat lunch at your desk. That is an excellent, in my opinion, way to show yourself great self-care. And if that also involves a short walk before you head back to your desk or to see your clients, then all the better for it because we absolutely can get a

bit sitting yes that word is sitting when we're working in mental health and an opportunity to get our heart beating faster and to get some fresh air and move those legs and the opportunity to get out there enjoy some fresh air to connect with with nature, to see, you know, who and what is about in your local area where you are working can be so powerful. And also, I find, can lead to creative ideas for how to tackle problems that you're struggling with, either with clients or with business processes in a different way. How can you prioritise exercise in your day-to-day life? So as I speak to you today, certainly when I'm recording it, I've been for a run, even just a short run, every day, every morning since the end of May.

I absolutely recognise that my sleep is better, that my mood is better, that my fuse, my window of tolerance is broader. And it helps me make mindful choices about my eating too. All part of my strategy to nourish myself physically and emotionally. So if you've got young children, especially if you're a solo parent, it might feel difficult for you to leave the house to do something like that. But we all need to be able to exercise, even if you are a wheelchair user or you've got limited mobility, you need to be able to see how we can move our bodies in a way that is good for our body and our soul. I have some very fond memories of doing wheelchair or CT yoga classes with some of the clients that I used to support in the physical disability team.

So how can you make plans to move your body or to relax your body to do something a little bit more low key? It might be self care, such as relaxation or mindfulness. It might even be something a little bit more high-locked on, something that really feels like a joyful or fulfilling endeavour. I absolutely believe that you taking care of yourself well better equips you to be able to support not only those that you work with, but everybody around you too. Let's take a quick break here and I'll be back along very shortly with the next of Marianne's Summer Soundbites. Thank you. It's the clinical psychologist collective.

Welcome back. So the next of our Summer Soundbites is all about celebrating achievements. Depending on how you were raised and some of the messages that you've given about yourself, either from those in your family or those around you, it might be tricky for you to feel like you can really lean in to the things that you've achieved and you've accomplished. But let me give you permission, if you need it it to do just that. It might be that you've completed a doctorate, it might be that you've completed your undergraduate degree or that you've handed in an assignment or that you're working hard on your masters or your postgraduate certificate. It might be that you're

conducting research, it might be that you're writing something up for publication, it might just be the practical experience and the way that your knowledge and skills are shifting and growing. It might even be the way that you're engaging with supervision and how that is changing. Absolutely celebrate those. And whilst it can be tricky when we rely upon the external feedback of others, because that's thought to be an extrinsic motivator. If you're hearing good stuff, it is okay to feel good about that. And of course, we need to be able to do the intrinsic motivating as well. We need to have these things feel good just because of

ourselves, not because of what someone else has said about them. I like to think about the stuff that's gone well for me or some of the lovely client feedback testimonials that I've had across my years, both in one-to-one work, in group work, and in my work with aspiring psychologists and for the Clinical Psychologist Collective book, the Aspiring Psychologist Collective book, and the Grief Collective book as little sort of nuggets to keep you know under my belt that I can draw on and lean upon on days where I feel a little bit more depleted. Each and every achievement in your journey not just professionally but personally is something that you can feel so proud of and that you should. If you have found this useful and you'd welcome some more permission to celebrate wonderful you and to grow and nurture and shape yourself

but under my expert care and attention but also my hand-selected and crafted panel of experts that includes a CBT specialist consultant psychologist, research clinical psychologists and a whole host of specialist teaching and training practitioners. Why not check out the Aspiring Psychologist membership which you can jump on board for just £30 a month with no minimum commitment. Come and talk about how you find the podcast and let me know your ideas for future Aspiring Psychologist podcast episodes. In the free Facebook group. The Aspiring Psychologist Community. With Dr. Marilyn Trent.

Thank you so much for making time to prioritise yourself. And to listen to this episode. I will be back along with the next episode from 6am on Monday. Thank you so much for being part of my world. Take care. then let this be your guide with this podcast at your side you'll be on your way to being qualified it's the aspiring psychologist with dr marianne my name's Jana and I'm a trainee psychological well-being practitioner I read the clinical psychologist collective book I found it really interesting about all

the different stories and how people got to become a clinical psychologist. It just amazed me how many different routes there are to get there and there's no perfect way to become one. And this kind of filled me with confidence that, no, I'm not doing it wrong and put less pressure on myself. So if you're feeling a bit uneasy about becoming a clinical psychologist I'd definitely recommend this just to put yourself at ease and everything will be okay but trust me you will not put the book down once you start.