Join Margaret and Janice as they explore the topic and the science of feeling stuck with guest Britt Frank, a clinician, educator, and trauma specialist. Most people beat themselves up when they feel stuck or unmotivated, but there is science behind our stuck-ness that might invite us into a different relationship with it.
Britt offers some practical tools to navigate challenges. For example, she wants us all to meet the check engine light of the mind and to understand how anxiety serves as a self-protective signal.
Want to learn more? You can read Britt’s blog post about Myths About Workplace Mental Health here.
Britt challenges the listeners to try a tool called the “micro yes.” A micro yes is the smallest action that you can do right now. The idea is to take a small step — like, maybe, a really small step — but that is sustainable and can be done immediately as a technique to move us towards positive change. Her challenge is to incorporate micro yeses into daily life to build momentum and make progress toward larger goals.
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