From Introspection to Action: The High-Level Professional's 28 Day Journey to Improving Mental Health

By Dr. Nicole Washington

Do you take care of your mental health?  How do you react when you hear that term: mental health? 

Even with increased awareness surrounding mental wellbeing, admitting to and receiving treatment for mental disorders still remains a stigma for individuals within most communities. Especially for overa

• Language: English
• Publisher: Purposely Created Publishing Group
• Release date: Mar 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781948400312

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FROM INTROSPECTION TO ACTION

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Copyright © 2018 Nicole Washington

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The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore

—C. Joybell C.

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all you busy business professionals out there who need to take a step back and engage in some self-care. You work day in and day out, often leaving very little time for you. You know who you are!

You can’t remember the last time you did something just for yourself. You have hobbies and interests you used to love that you vow to pick back up when you have the time. You have hobbies you would like to take up but are still waiting on. So, do you know when that will be? Never! Why? Because you can’t sit still. You don’t feel comfortable unless you are busy and active and involved in something. You may not even be able to separate your identity from your career anymore. Yes, you are a doctor, lawyer, or C-Suite executive, but there is also a person in there, beyond the title. A person who needs just as much attention as your family or career does.

Let’s face it: your careers are demanding and, if you have a family on top, things can feel downright overwhelming. Sometimes you feel like you can’t have one more thing put on your plate or you might snap, so you put yourself on the back burner. Maybe you have an untreated mental health disorder. Maybe you are just in a funk and need to take some time to evaluate your mental health and make minor changes.

Whatever the case, this book is for you! I pray that its chapters give you the opportunity to take some time out for you. Give yourself a little mental health checkup, learn new concepts, refresh your knowledge, and spend the next 28 days investing in one of your most valuable assets: your mental health. You’ll be glad you did!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

WEEK 1:

So, You Want to Be a Psychiatrist

Day 1 What Is a Normal Mood?

Day 2 Mood Disorders

Day 3 Personality Disorders

Day 4 Functional Addictions

Day 5 Sleep Matters

Day 6 Social Media and Mental Health

Day 7 Treatment Options

WEEK 2:

Tackling Dysfunctional Thoughts

Day 8 Holding Yourself to Unreasonably High Standards

Day 9 Focusing on the Negative

Day 10 I Feel, Therefore I Am

Day 11 Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

Day 12 Holding Yourself Responsible

Day 13 Downplaying Your Positives and Blowing Up Your Mistakes

Day 14 Making Always and Never Regular Parts of Conversation

WEEK 3:

Dysfunctional Thoughts Continued

Day 15 Mind Reading and Fortune Telling

Day 16 Name Calling

Day 17 Thinking Too Highly of Yourself

Day 18 Inflexibility to Other Points of View

Day 19 Assumptions That Everyone

Day 20 Refusing to Admit You Are Wrong

Day 21 The Problems Must Be Everyone Else

WEEK 4:

Time for Action

Day 22 Self-Care for the Busy