Stress and overwhelm are not just personal crises; they are collective experiences that mirror the chaos and uncertainty around us. In this podcast from Tara Brach, she will invite you to investigate what’s underneath the overwhelm, what’s underneath the intense stress, and offers ways to respond to strong stress with agency.
Read MoreWhen we try to think our way out of stress, by over-analyzing every problem from every angle, we often make it worse. How can we train ourselves and broaden our understanding of anxiety? How can curiosity help us to swim with the current?
Read More“You could be brilliant, with an IQ that Einstein would envy, but if you’re unable to recognize your emotions and see how they’re affecting your behavior, all that cognitive firepower won’t do you as much good as you might imagine.”
Read MoreWe all stumble; we all mess up. Kimberly Snyder answers four questions from her community to understand and work through shame.
Read MoreRachel Hollis shares her struggles with anxiety and the tools she uses to navigate it successfully. She’ll have you asking yourself, “when did I start to feel this way, what set me off, and what are some tactical things I can do right now to feel better?”
Read More“We do so much to hold back our emotions that it creates so much tension within us, and it’s that environment where disease thrives.”
Read More“Being able to recognize, name, and understand our feelings affects everything from learning, decision making, and creativity, to relationships, health, and performance.”
Read More“You can understand how anxiety is really, really tied to our mental dialogue that we have with ourselves. That monkey-mind.”
Read More“Shame evolved like all emotions. It has a function. It’s a really yucky, unpleasant feeling that lets us know—you need to adapt your behavior in order to be in harmony with your community and with your own values.”
Read More“When we’re not relating with mindfulness, we forget our belonging. We forget a larger truth of really who we are.”
Read More“Vulnerability is an authentic power, it’s a real power.”
Read More“Your anger exists in you as an emotion because it offered your ancestors, both human and nonhuman, with an evolutionary advantage.”
Read More“Research on emotional suppression shows that when emotions are pushed aside or ignored, they get stronger.”
Read More“Former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy joins Jameela this week to discuss how widespread the problem of loneliness is, Western culture's tendency to give too much space, social media's role with loneliness, and how to foster connectivity.”
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