When Life Falls Apart: A Psychologist's Step-by-Step Guide | Being Well

Life has a way of throwing unexpected curveballs: a sudden job loss, a relationship ending, a health crisis, or losing faith in something. These moments can leave us feeling overwhelmed, lost, and unsure of how to move forward. In this episode, @RickHanson and I explore a practical framework for navigating life's most challenging transitions. We break down the essential steps for finding your footing when things fall apart: managing the initial emotional impact, steadying yourself, gathering information, working with loss, and taking meaningful action.

You'll learn how to process difficult emotions without getting stuck, ways to evaluate your situation objectively while avoiding common cognitive biases, strategies for decision making under stress, and approaches to building resilience and finding meaning in challenging experiences.

Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction
4:55 Four steps to find your footing when things fall apart
7:00 Stabilizing your body, and reestablishing routine
14:45 Slowing down, and confirmation bias
17:30 Emotional first aid, limiting stressors, and rumination
29:00 Identifying what is reliable in your life
32:05 Facing reality, and gathering information
39:20 Processing loss and disappointment
47:35 Making a plan and taking action
52:10 Post-traumatic growth
57:45 Recap

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Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (https://amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (https://apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.

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