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Just a Minute with Dr Kumari

by Dr Kumari Valentine

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Latest episodes

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October 24, 2026 · 14 min
What if I make the Wrong Decision?

October 17, 2026 · 27 min

What If I Make the Wrong Decision? — Certainty, Control and Perfectionism Have you ever made a decision, only to find yourself questioning it over and over again? Or hesitated to make a decision? Sometimes the hardest part of making a…
Why Can't I Stop Overthinking Even When I'm Exhausted?

October 11, 2026 · 25 min

Why Can't I Stop Overthinking Even When I'm Exhausted? Have you ever been completely exhausted, yet found yourself unable to switch off your thoughts? You replay conversations, worry about tomorrow, or revisit things that happened years…
Why Do I Overthink Whether People Like Me?

October 10, 2026 · 17 min

Why Do I Overthink Whether People Like Me? Do you reread messages, analyse someone’s tone, or worry you’ve upset them after a conversation? In this episode of Just a Minute with Dr Kumari, clinical psychologist Dr Kumari Valentine…
Can Journaling Make Overthinking Worse?

October 3, 2026 · 22 min

Journaling is often recommended — but what if writing things down sometimes keeps us stuck? In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr Kumari Valentine explores the difference between processing and rumination, drawing on the work of…

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Why Do I Find It So Hard to Just Enjoy Things?

September 26, 2026 · 20 min

Why is it so easy to replay an awkward conversation for hours — but so hard to stay with a lovely moment for more than a few seconds? In this lighter episode of Just a Minute, Dr Kumari explores the other side of rumination: our ability…
Why Do We Replay Conversations in our Head?

September 18, 2026 · 30 min

Why do some conversations continue in our minds long after they have ended? In this episode, Dr Kumari explores rumination as a relational process. We may replay conversations because we are searching for the understanding, reassurance or…
Why Do I Overthink Everything?

September 11, 2026 · 24 min

Why Do I Overthink Everything? Why does your mind replay conversations, search for certainty, and circle the same question without ever reaching an answer? In the first episode of our Overthinking Series, Dr Kumari explores why…
Father's Day Bonus Episode

September 6, 2026 · 19 min

Do I Still Want My Dad’s Approval? A Father’s Day bonus episode Why can our dad’s opinion still matter so much — even when we’re well and truly grown up? In this special Father’s Day episode of Just a Minute, Dr Kumari Valentine explores…
Returning to Ourselves, Resetting, Why Just a Minute

August 29, 2026 · 19 min

After quite a long pause, a new season of Just a Minute with Dr Kumari is here. We’ll be exploring overthinking, the invisible load, deeper self-care, the nervous system, our inner critics, relational wounds and the complicated realities…
Deeper Self Care - Looking After Ourselves

February 14, 2026 · 21 min

This Valentine’s Day, Just a Minute with Dr Kumari invites you to turn your attention inward and practice deep self-love. In this episode, I explore how to hold your inner child, vulnerable self, and past and future selves with compassion…
The Invisible Load

September 29, 2025 · 18 min

In this episode we talk about overwhelm, stress, the invisible load of mothering and the role that progesterone can have on working memory.

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About the show

Small moments can make a meaningful difference. Just a Minute with Dr Kumari brings psychological science into ordinary life through warm, thoughtful conversations, guided practices and simple ideas you can actually use. Hosted by clinical psychologist Dr Kumari Valentine, the podcast explores overthinking, deeper self-care, mindfulness, the nervous system, relational and childhood wounds, the inner critic, connection and the complicated realities of being imperfectly human. Each episode offers something to understand, something small to try and a question to take with you. You don’t need a perfect routine or an uninterrupted hour. Sometimes, meaningful change can begin with just a minute. Psychological science—with a little bit of magic.