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285. Why Doing Enough Is Enough + Why Perfectionism Predicts Burnout, Depression, & Anxiety, Not Performance
Do you feel like you have to prove your worth through the shear amount of work you do or prove your value by making sure you're seen as busy, always hustling, and super productive?Β DoΒ you feelΒ burned out, overwhelmed...
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284. Having Enough: Why Acquiring More Will Never Fill the Hole in Your Self-Worth
It's easy to feel like you don't have enough; it's the message we constantly receive through media and advertisements. It's the message that once you have this thing, or make this much, then you will be happy... all...
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283. You Are Enough: The Science and Practices of Enoughness
Experiences with stress,Β depression, and anxiety are often paired with feelings of not measuring up or that you're not enough. However, feeling that you're lackingΒ in some way is not limited to a mental health...
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282. Manage Energy, Not Time for Better Mood and Mental Health (encore)
Rest and recreation are essential tools for resilience and good mental health as theyΒ help support theΒ biological rhythms your body is already running. We'll dig into these rhythms more in this episode by breaking...
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281. Rest Isn't the Opposite of Productivity (stress management tips & burnout recovery for us busy-busy humans) (encore)
We're constantly swamped by messages like rest or idleness leads to laziness or that if you rest, then you'll fall behind β it's been repeated by so many self-proclaimed gurus, business experts, and biohacking...
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280. Healing Doesn't Have to Feel as Heavy As Hurting: Supporting Mental Health With More Play (encore)
We're digging into a reframe that can change the way a lot of us think about depression, anxiety, stress, andΒ mental health treatment.Β The reframe has to do with the very common belief that there's one logical fix...
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279. The Power of Play for Depression, Anxiety, & Stress (encore)
Is theΒ opposite of depression happiness and the opposite of anxiety just calm? Some researchersΒ have actually played with the idea that theΒ opposite of depression and anxiety might just be... play.Β It's an interesting...
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278. Stop Optimizing & Exhausting Yourself and Start Re-Creating
A big chunk of the self-help andΒ wellness industry runs onΒ some core messages: you are not good enoughΒ and you need to be fixed, improved, and optimized.Β We disagree and hope this element of recreation (and...
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277. Self-Focused vs. Task-Focused Attention & How Great Things Are Done by a Series of Small Things
This final episode ofΒ our Confidence series ties everything together: the inner work of accepting discomfort and self-doubt, defusing from self-critical thoughts, and clarifying values now becomes the foundation for...
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276. Confidence, Motivation, & Values: Focusing on Direction, Not Perfection
When confidence is built on external approval, performance, and outcomes, it's fragile. It's also a fragile support for motivation that depends on getting the win,Β whichΒ then boosts your confidence and motivation...
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275. You Are Not Your Thoughts: Cognitive Defusion for Confidence & to Change Your Relationship With Self-Critical Thoughts
You've likely had a situation where you wish you had confidence, but instead feltΒ full of self-criticism, self-judgement, imposter feelings, and anxiety. The good news is that skills like cognitive defusion (the...
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274. Building Confidence with Mindful Acceptance (even when anxiety, self-doubt, & the harsh inner-critic show up)
One of the most essential coping skills for building real confidence is mindful acceptance. This is the practice of noticing that fear, self-doubt,Β and self-consciousness are present and... that's ok. Henry puts it...
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