Episode 6 - Dayna Lee-Baggley, Clinical Psychologist, on keeping well during COVID, showing up as a human and the challenges of parenting.

Beneath the Armour

This week I was delighted to have been joined by a wonderful guest on the other side of the world in Canada, Dr Dayna Lee-Baggley.
Dayna is a Clinical Psychologist and researcher in Nova Scotia, Canada and has interests in psychological approaches for management of chronic health conditions and also preventative measures for enhancing well-being.

Dayna recently wrote the book, "Healthy Habits Suck" which is all about health behaviour change and draws primarily on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is a science-based approach to behaviour change.

I had heard Dayna talking on a great podcast earlier this year (People Soup), where I was captured by her great ability to explain concepts in straightforward language and her willingness to open up about her own struggles.

Dayna has a wonderful ability to use metaphors to describe experiences and this conversation did not disappoint.
I won't spoil all of these for you but to give a taster, she talks about the difference between our cave man brain and our frontal lobe (which is more like a battery), and how COVID is affecting these.

We talk about how it’s important to acknowledge that we’re often asking clients to do more than what we would implement in our own lives.

We discuss how we both evolved the use of self-disclosure in our work and how we see ourselves as fundamentally the same as people we work with due to our common humanity and suffering.

Dayna talks about the role of being a mom and parenting at different points in our conversation and I really love how candid she is about this experience. She talks about struggling to take care of herself when her son was younger, and whilst her self-care has improved over time she still battles with a self-critical mind about her parenting ability.
I love how Dayna is so down to earth; she's someone who believes strongly in taking care of herself and others and at the same time is very realistic about the challenges COVID creates and how this means there are barriers to doing our normal routines.

Enjoy the episode and check out Dayna's book and socials on the links below.

Links and resources:

https://drleebaggley.com/

twitter: @DrLeeBaggley

instagram: @DrLeeBaggley

https://www.facebook.com/drleebaggley

Healthy Habits Suck – Dayna’s book: https://www.newharbinger.com/healthy-habits-suck