Dr. Julie Smith

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.

And yeah, so now we're, yeah, 2025. And I think it's about nine or 10 million followers across all the different platforms. That's unreal. It just blows my mind.

And yeah, so now we're, yeah, 2025. And I think it's about nine or 10 million followers across all the different platforms. That's unreal. It just blows my mind.

And yeah, so now we're, yeah, 2025. And I think it's about nine or 10 million followers across all the different platforms. That's unreal. It just blows my mind.

Do you know, I think it was a few, it was a few people really, but all kind of young people, maybe in their early twenties and stuff where essentially they would come in with, the details are all different, but But the theme was the same, which is they just didn't have the confidence in their ability to manage their own mental health or the normal ups and downs of daily life. Right.

Do you know, I think it was a few, it was a few people really, but all kind of young people, maybe in their early twenties and stuff where essentially they would come in with, the details are all different, but But the theme was the same, which is they just didn't have the confidence in their ability to manage their own mental health or the normal ups and downs of daily life. Right.

Do you know, I think it was a few, it was a few people really, but all kind of young people, maybe in their early twenties and stuff where essentially they would come in with, the details are all different, but But the theme was the same, which is they just didn't have the confidence in their ability to manage their own mental health or the normal ups and downs of daily life. Right.

None of them had clinical disorders as such, but they just didn't trust in their ability to cope with things that came up. Right. And because they hadn't necessarily been given the tools to know that, you know, you're not at the mercy of your emotional experience, you know, emotions will come and go and you can soothe your way through that.

None of them had clinical disorders as such, but they just didn't trust in their ability to cope with things that came up. Right. And because they hadn't necessarily been given the tools to know that, you know, you're not at the mercy of your emotional experience, you know, emotions will come and go and you can soothe your way through that.

None of them had clinical disorders as such, but they just didn't trust in their ability to cope with things that came up. Right. And because they hadn't necessarily been given the tools to know that, you know, you're not at the mercy of your emotional experience, you know, emotions will come and go and you can soothe your way through that.

But there are also things you can do to help yourself in the process, you know, bring yourself back to calm or activate yourself, that kind of thing.

But there are also things you can do to help yourself in the process, you know, bring yourself back to calm or activate yourself, that kind of thing.

But there are also things you can do to help yourself in the process, you know, bring yourself back to calm or activate yourself, that kind of thing.

And, and so once they kind of had some of those skills, we used to talk about these, I used to call them kind of cheerleader moments where we would have this sort of like moment of personal victory for them where I wished I had like pom poms down the side of my chair that I could pull out and go, yeah, I did it.

And, and so once they kind of had some of those skills, we used to talk about these, I used to call them kind of cheerleader moments where we would have this sort of like moment of personal victory for them where I wished I had like pom poms down the side of my chair that I could pull out and go, yeah, I did it.

And, and so once they kind of had some of those skills, we used to talk about these, I used to call them kind of cheerleader moments where we would have this sort of like moment of personal victory for them where I wished I had like pom poms down the side of my chair that I could pull out and go, yeah, I did it.

And, you know, so many of those moments where people would just build in their confidence, you know, they'd, they'd learn about a concept or a skill and And then over the next few weeks, they would attach that to an experience. And then they'd come back and go, I did it. And you realize, oh, my gosh, this stuff, you know, it's not rocket science. It's fairly simple.

And, you know, so many of those moments where people would just build in their confidence, you know, they'd, they'd learn about a concept or a skill and And then over the next few weeks, they would attach that to an experience. And then they'd come back and go, I did it. And you realize, oh, my gosh, this stuff, you know, it's not rocket science. It's fairly simple.

And, you know, so many of those moments where people would just build in their confidence, you know, they'd, they'd learn about a concept or a skill and And then over the next few weeks, they would attach that to an experience. And then they'd come back and go, I did it. And you realize, oh, my gosh, this stuff, you know, it's not rocket science. It's fairly simple.

But when you take it seriously and you put it into your day-to-day life, it starts to make these differences that then add up and accumulate. And when that starts to happen, your confidence builds. And so then these people would get to a point where they'd go, you know,