Expert: Dr Carrie Hayward
Dr Carrie Hayward
Clinical Psychologist and Author
“If I can build a sense of clarity about who I want to be, this builds a sense of trust that I can cope. Maybe I don’t need to have control or certainty over what happens in the world but if I can find the trust, I know I can cope with what happens.”
Dr Carrie Hayward is a clinical psychologist who specialises in the mindfulness-based therapy, ACT. She also manages a mindfulness and meditation studio in Albert Park called A Place To Be. This is a communal space for wellness teachers to deliver their classes and events to the community.
In 2016, Carrie co-founded a community fundraising event called the Mindful Walk. The event brings the community together for a morning of mindfulness in the outdoors, which raises money for mental illness awareness and suicide prevention.
Carrie is the author of The Woman Who Lost the Sun.
Interview highlights
2:14 Carrie shares about her relationship with confidence as a younger woman
4:50 We speak about how confidence can wane in some settings
6:42 I ask Carrie what led her to study psychology
10:38 Carrie offers her thoughts about the term ‘self-esteem’
12:33 Carrie defines how she perceives ‘self-confidence’
15:40 As humans, we are much more similar than we often realise
16:40 Carrie shares the cultural differences she experienced while living in Zanzibar in Tanzania
21:50 Carrie and I speak about living in alignment with values
24:22 I ask Carrie to share about the mindfulness-based therapy, ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy)
27:02 We speak about how living purposefully begins with small actions
28:35 Carrie shares how our values can help build confidence including how we differentiate between values and goals
32:48 How we can express confidence as a value
38:55 Carrie speaks about the fact that there’s not just one way to be confident
40:10 We talk about how to approach goals that we don’t always have control over
45:53 Carrie and I speak about how self-trust can help us quieten anxiety
48:45 How we can live in alignment with our values, moment-to-moment
52:32 One easy way to align to values is to choose one value each morning to focus on
Carrie’s contact details:
Website: carriehayward.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcarriehayward/