Solution-Focused Therapy Insights: "So it's about identifying people's strengths, what they do well, what's working well, so they can do more of it."

Overcoming Mental Blocks: "And once you start to visualize what it might be like without the problem, then you start to see the solutions a bit clearer. You start it's a little bit easier to identify what so, you know, what would be happening if you were then a bit better? What, you know, what would it look like? What would you be doing? What would people notice about you?"

The Power of Conversational Accountability: "And when you talk to somebody else, it comes out a bit differently. And sometimes people talk about having a bit of accountability even though I'm not going to hold them accountable because I'm not even though at the end of each session, I've got them to identify a small little action they're gonna take, I won't check them up because I'm solution focused, future focused."

Exploring the Link Between Mental Health and Nutrition: "And then I realized how, you know, all things to do with her childhood were were all sort of tied up with her relationship with food."

Emotional Eating Insights: "We eat when we're bored. We eat when we're angry even. We eat when we're happy. We eat when we're lonely."

Understanding the Brain's Logical Zone: "we are very much wanting people to be in the part of our brain we've kind of talked about as, like, our intellectual part of our brains, the part of the brain where we're much more positive, we're seeing things more logically, and we're coming up with the answers based on a proper assessment of the situation."

Understanding Primitive Responses: "Because if you talk about a problem, that's when you go into your primitive mind, and you can't solve your problems when you're like, you know, sort of this."

Imaginary Solutions in Therapy: "Just imagine that there's a miracle that just happened and, well, you've gone home tonight and you've done all the normal things that you do And, you go to bed and you go to sleep and wake up tomorrow morning. And while you're asleep, a miracle happens, but you don't know that the miracle happens because of the sting, and the miracle ends that problem, and then you just thought, oh, the ash is gone."

Overcoming Procrastination: "Because we need to tell our brains exactly what we need to do in order to make it happen."

Goal Setting in Therapy: "I'd say trust the process because if you've found the right therapist for you, you know, it's about that collaborative presence between you. But, yeah, because when it worked, it really works. You know, you you like the person."