Maintain a Thriving Mind Through Life's Messy Moments with Dr. Julie Smith

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Jim Kwik, Your Brain Coach, Founder www.KwikLearning.com

Education, Brain, Memory, Jimkwik, Productivity, Business, Kwikbrain

4.7 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

How do you maintain an inner sense of calm during overwhelming and difficult situations?

Sometimes, it can feel like life does nothing but throw curveballs at you. When that happens, it might feel like your life is spinning out of control. The thing you need most is to be able to find a place of calmness, strength, and positivity. But those are often the most difficult things to find when you’re stuck in the thick of life’s trickiest moments.

I’m excited to welcome Dr. Julie Smith to our show today. Dr. Smith is a clinical psychologist who has devoted her career to learning everything possible about adult mental health and the intricacies of the human mind. Her first book, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before, sold over one million copies, and today, she’s here to discuss her newly released book Open When…: A Companion for Life’s Twists & Turns.

When life feels messy, the inner balance you need most can feel impossible to grasp. It gets easier to say yes to someone—even if that means you’re actually saying no to yourself. Listen in as Dr. Smith shares some tools to help you shift your mindset and set healthy boundaries to avoid things like self-criticism, decision-making paralysis, and toxic positivity in stressful situations.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Quick Brain, bite-size brain hacks for busy people who want to learn faster and achieve more.
0:06.0	I'm your coach, Jim Quick.
0:08.0	Free your mind.
0:10.0	Let's imagine if we could access 100% of our brain's capacity.
0:15.0	I wasn't high, wasn't wired, just clear.
0:18.0	I knew what I needed to do and how to do it. I know Kung Fu.
0:23.3	Show me.
0:25.4	Welcome back Quick Brains. I am your host and your brain coach Jim. When life gets messy,
0:30.7	most of us struggle to be the voice that we need to hear. The moment that storm hits, the last thing you need to hear is how you could
0:41.4	have been better prepared. And today, we'll discover how to navigate some of life's most
0:47.8	tricky moments and return to a place of calmness, of strength, of positivity when you're in the thick of it. Our guest today is Dr.
0:58.1	Julie Smith. I'm so excited for this conversation. It's a long time happening. I enjoy following
1:04.6	her on social media. She is a clinical psychologist, author, and content creator. She has
1:10.1	devoted her career to learning everything possible
1:12.7	about adult mental health and the intricacies of the human mind. Dr. Julie's first book,
1:18.7	Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before, sold over a million copies, and has been rated number six
1:25.7	in the biggest nonfiction books of the 2020s. And today we'll be
1:30.5	discussing her newly released book, Open When. And if you're watching this on YouTube, which I
1:37.0	highly suggest you do, or you put the extended version, I'm holding a copy of the book right here.
1:40.8	Welcome to the show, Dr. Julie. Thank you so much for having me, Jim. Like you said,
1:44.6	it's been a long time coming, hasn't it? I've been looking forward to this one, for sure.
1:48.7	Thanks for taking the time. Why don't we start here? Open When is a, it's a fascinating concept.
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