What is something that “triggers” you? I put that in quotation marks because I don’t mean in the clinical sense of a PTSD trigger – I am talking about the colloquial way we often use this word to simply mean something brings up a strong negative emotion in us. When
I want to talk about something our human brains hate, but something that is also part of nature and that we can’t avoid in life; uncertainty. Everything in our lives is uncertain, yet we often try to control the circumstances and people around us when really, they’re never within our control.
How do you feel when you don’t know what’s about to happen next? If the first feelings that come to mind are “worried” or “scared” then you’re not alone. To your primitive brain, uncertainty means danger. It means being eaten by a tiger or running out of food and starving
I’ve received lots of great questions from you guys over the last week, so I thought I’d bring you another Listener Q&A episode! These questions were so interesting and thoughtful, and I’m excited to address these topics on the podcast today.
I’m back with a listener Q&A episode this week but I’m taking a slightly different approach this time. Instead of answering longer coaching questions, I asked my Instagram audience for some questions they wanted answering, so I’ve got a few to share with you on the podcast.
Performance anxiety is something I’m sure all of you can relate to in some capacity, whether it’s a live talk or sporting event, or even when it comes to your thought work. It can be absolutely crippling and produce more anxiety than necessary, especially when we preemptively think about how we’ll feel when we have to get out there and perform. So this week, I’m approaching this concept from a slightly different perspective to show you what it really is, how we often exacerbate this negative feeling, and how to start resolving it.