246 - Friday Fix: 5 Mental Strength Exercises You Can Do From Your Couch

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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People often associate mental strength building challenges with physical endurance tasks. But, you don't have to subject yourself to incredible physical challenges to build mental muscle. In fact, you can build mental strength without even getting off the couch. There are many ways to build mental strength. Here are five of my favorite mental strength building exercises that you can do right now from anywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:45.7	Okay. You're listening to the Friday fix.
0:52.5	Every Friday, I share a quick mental strength strategy that can help fix the thoughts, feelings, and actions that can hold you back in life.
0:57.9	Today I'm talking about five mental strength exercises that you can do from your couch.
1:03.7	When people imagine a mental strength exercise, they often think about a physical endurance task where someone pushes themselves to complete some sort of navy seal-like endurance task.
1:10.4	But you don't have to push your body to the physical
1:12.9	limits to test whether you're mentally strong. In fact, torturing yourself isn't required to build
1:18.8	mental strength. Sure, you might do things that feel slightly uncomfortable, but you can choose
1:24.8	whether that means physical or emotional discomfort.
1:30.6	Building mental strength doesn't have to be miserable.
1:34.2	In fact, if it's miserable, you probably won't stick to it.
1:37.7	Building mental strength is a lot like building physical strength.
1:42.6	If you're trying to force yourself to do something that you hate, you're going to struggle.
1:45.4	If you love running outside, it's easier to stick to that fitness routine than it is to hit the treadmill. So while some people love
1:50.1	physical challenges that help them build mental strength, others appreciate mental strength
1:54.9	exercises that require more emotional work than physical. So that's why today we're talking about
2:00.1	the best mental strength
2:01.6	exercises you can do from your couch. Here are five of my favorites. Number one, put a name to whatever
2:08.9	it is you're feeling right now. You may have heard people say things like, you have to name it to tame it.
2:16.0	Research shows just putting a name to your feeling takes some of the sting out of it.
2:20.8	Labeling an emotion also helps you make more sense of your situation.
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