The Richard Nicholls Mental Health Podcast

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Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1149857/open_sms] Striking a balance between too much logic and too much emotion isn't easy. But with a bit of practise you can create what therapists sometimes refer to as the Wise Mind. Support the show [https://patreon.com/richardnicholls] Join our Evolve to Thrive 6 month programme https://therapynatters.com [https://therapynatters.com/] Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls [https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls] Social Media Links Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/richardnicholls.net [https://bsky.app/profile/richardnicholls.net] Threads https://www.threads.net/@richardnichollsreal [https://www.threads.net/@richardnichollsreal] Instagram https://www.instagram.com/richardnichollsreal [https://www.instagram.com/richardnichollsreal] Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RichardNichollsAuthor [https://www.facebook.com/RichardNichollsAuthor] Youtube https://www.youtube.com/richardnicholls [https://www.youtube.com/richardnicholls] TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@richardnichollsauthor [https://www.tiktok.com/@richardnichollsauthor] X https://x.com/richardnicholls [https://twitter.com/richardnicholls]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1149857/open_sms] Outside of psychology, "Rumination" is the word used for the way certain animals chew their food. Animals with multiple stomachs are able to move food from one stomach back up to their mouth to chew it some more before swallowing it back down again ready to chew it again a bit later. That's why we use it in psychology to mean to chew over your thoughts. Even if you swallow your thoughts down they keep coming back up for you to chew over again. That's rumination.  Support the show [https://patreon.com/richardnicholls] Join our Evolve to Thrive 6 month programme https://therapynatters.com [https://therapynatters.com/] Join the Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls [https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls] Social Media Links Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/richardnicholls.net [https://bsky.app/profile/richardnicholls.net] Threads https://www.threads.net/@richardnichollsreal [https://www.threads.net/@richardnichollsreal] Instagram https://www.instagram.com/richardnichollsreal [https://www.instagram.com/richardnichollsreal] Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RichardNichollsAuthor [https://www.facebook.com/RichardNichollsAuthor] Youtube https://www.youtube.com/richardnicholls [https://www.youtube.com/richardnicholls] TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@richardnichollsauthor [https://www.tiktok.com/@richardnichollsauthor] X https://x.com/richardnicholls [https://twitter.com/richardnicholls]