Dr. Julie Smith

Once they had the educational stuff, a lot of people don't realize that when you go to therapy, you do a lot of talking, but you also learn a fair bit about how your mind works, right? And how you can impact on your mood and your relationships and stuff.

Once they had the educational stuff, a lot of people don't realize that when you go to therapy, you do a lot of talking, but you also learn a fair bit about how your mind works, right? And how you can impact on your mood and your relationships and stuff.

Once they had the educational stuff, a lot of people don't realize that when you go to therapy, you do a lot of talking, but you also learn a fair bit about how your mind works, right? And how you can impact on your mood and your relationships and stuff.

And I found so many people, once they had some of that education, they were so sort of empowered to be able to, you know, they felt confident to cope with whatever came next, you know, and people would say, I'd love those moments where people would say, I think I'm going to be all right. No matter what happens here, I think I can deal with it.

And I found so many people, once they had some of that education, they were so sort of empowered to be able to, you know, they felt confident to cope with whatever came next, you know, and people would say, I'd love those moments where people would say, I think I'm going to be all right. No matter what happens here, I think I can deal with it.

And I found so many people, once they had some of that education, they were so sort of empowered to be able to, you know, they felt confident to cope with whatever came next, you know, and people would say, I'd love those moments where people would say, I think I'm going to be all right. No matter what happens here, I think I can deal with it.

And so I used to, Matt, my poor husband, used to have to hear me complaining, you know, this stuff should be more available. People shouldn't have to pay to come and see me to find out this stuff. So he said, well, go on then, make it available and let's, you know, make some videos on, you know, put them on YouTube or something. And so we did. We made a couple of terrible YouTube videos.

And so I used to, Matt, my poor husband, used to have to hear me complaining, you know, this stuff should be more available. People shouldn't have to pay to come and see me to find out this stuff. So he said, well, go on then, make it available and let's, you know, make some videos on, you know, put them on YouTube or something. And so we did. We made a couple of terrible YouTube videos.

And so I used to, Matt, my poor husband, used to have to hear me complaining, you know, this stuff should be more available. People shouldn't have to pay to come and see me to find out this stuff. So he said, well, go on then, make it available and let's, you know, make some videos on, you know, put them on YouTube or something. And so we did. We made a couple of terrible YouTube videos.

And not long later, Matt discovered TikTok and all this short form video was just starting to happen. So that was end of 2019. And he said, why don't we make some bite-sized videos? you know, one message per video, stick them on TikTok and see what happens. And my initial response was not a chance. Like I'm talking about mental health.

And not long later, Matt discovered TikTok and all this short form video was just starting to happen. So that was end of 2019. And he said, why don't we make some bite-sized videos? you know, one message per video, stick them on TikTok and see what happens. And my initial response was not a chance. Like I'm talking about mental health.

And not long later, Matt discovered TikTok and all this short form video was just starting to happen. So that was end of 2019. And he said, why don't we make some bite-sized videos? you know, one message per video, stick them on TikTok and see what happens. And my initial response was not a chance. Like I'm talking about mental health.

I'm just going to be trolled out of there because, you know, this is like dancing and comedy and all this fun stuff. But we just kind of said, well, let's try. And then if it doesn't

I'm just going to be trolled out of there because, you know, this is like dancing and comedy and all this fun stuff. But we just kind of said, well, let's try. And then if it doesn't

I'm just going to be trolled out of there because, you know, this is like dancing and comedy and all this fun stuff. But we just kind of said, well, let's try. And then if it doesn't

you know if no one listens then we'll just stop and I honestly thought it would be something we did for a couple of months because it felt like a nice thing to do and then it would fizzle out and um but yeah so that was November 2019 and within a couple of weeks I would just get home from school run I would put my phone on the table and I would just kind of say a few words about something from therapy or something um but yeah within a couple of weeks people were just messaging emailing

you know if no one listens then we'll just stop and I honestly thought it would be something we did for a couple of months because it felt like a nice thing to do and then it would fizzle out and um but yeah so that was November 2019 and within a couple of weeks I would just get home from school run I would put my phone on the table and I would just kind of say a few words about something from therapy or something um but yeah within a couple of weeks people were just messaging emailing

you know if no one listens then we'll just stop and I honestly thought it would be something we did for a couple of months because it felt like a nice thing to do and then it would fizzle out and um but yeah so that was November 2019 and within a couple of weeks I would just get home from school run I would put my phone on the table and I would just kind of say a few words about something from therapy or something um but yeah within a couple of weeks people were just messaging emailing

That's really interesting. What are the next steps? Or can I hear more about this? Or can I have a video on that? And we were just kind of reaching these people who wanted more and more and more. And so by Christmas, I mean, I didn't tell anyone we were doing it, but by Christmas time, we had about 100,000 followers. So that was like a month later. And it was just kind of getting out of hand.

That's really interesting. What are the next steps? Or can I hear more about this? Or can I have a video on that? And we were just kind of reaching these people who wanted more and more and more. And so by Christmas, I mean, I didn't tell anyone we were doing it, but by Christmas time, we had about 100,000 followers. So that was like a month later. And it was just kind of getting out of hand.