Doing Well

Shelley Hall: Stimulating Your Brain for Better Self-Awareness | Doing Well #69

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Meet Shelley Hall

Shelley Hall is a Clinical Psychologist with expertise in neuroscience, trauma, and emotional regulation. She works with both adults and children, using BrainWorking Recursive Therapy (BWRT) to offer fast, client-centered care. Shelley is an international BWRT Supervisor, provides psycho-legal assessments, and runs practices across three towns.

With a Master’s in Clinical Psychology, she is registered with the HPCSA and the British Brainworking Research Society. Passionate about education, she also trains professionals in BWRT use with children and stays up to date through continual learning.

About the episode

In this episode of Doing Well, Shelley Hall defines well-being as being well within oneself, which involves physical, psychological, and emotional regulation. She emphasizes that well-being means being able to experience a full range of emotions without becoming dysregulated or ill. This simple yet profound definition highlights coping and emotional regulation as core to well-being.

Shelley discusses common misconceptions about well-being, particularly the false idea that it means being perfect or always feeling good. She points out that social media often exacerbates these misconceptions by promoting unrealistic standards of perfection and material success, which can lead to emotional distress.

According to Shelley, true well-being requires experiencing and regulating both positive and negative emotions.

Shelley also explains self-awareness as recognizing one’s role in recurring patterns. She stresses that self-awareness helps people stop blaming external factors and instead take responsibility for their actions, which is crucial for breaking negative cycles. Without self-awareness, people may remain stuck in harmful patterns that affect both mental and physical health.

In conclusion

Shelley Hall’s insights connect well-being, self-awareness, and emotional regulation as essential aspects of living a balanced life. She challenges the myth that well-being means perfection and highlights the importance of embracing all emotions. Her perspective underscores how self-awareness can lead to healthier mental and physical states.

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