Modern Wisdom

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• “We are so good at noticing what is left undone but not particularly good at remembering what we accomplished”– Dr. Samantha Boardman
  • ACTIVITY: Think about the last thing you didn’t complete and how long it stuck in your mind. Then think about the last thing you did complete and how long that stuck in your mind.
    • Incompletion often evokes shame or guilt rather than encouragement, which tends to have a lingering impact
    • Completion is often passed off as relief rather than achievement, which lets the impact slip away quickly
• Humans are fairly resilient to large life stresses (death of family member) but can experiencenegative rumination asmicro-stresses continually pile up
• Stress is a personal perception, your response can help you build resilience or defeat your confidence
  • “Discomfort is data” – Dr. Samantha Boardman
  • Stress can be utilized as a tool or interpreted as a weapon
  • Reframe your mind around stress: when you’re at the gym, remember that you came there to feel the pain. When you are challenged by a textbook question, remember that is the reason why you came to university.
  • Be Un-You: self distance yourself from your natural reaction to stress, think about what your future self would say about your response
• Positive Psychology – use your positive attributes constantly and in different waysto counter-balance negative stress
  • If you consider yourself to be generous, find ways to create different and more plentiful opportunities for yourself to be generous

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Dr Samantha Boardman is a psychiatrist and an author.

Divorces, bankruptcies and moving house are major stresses. But what about the micro-stressors we deal with every day, how much do they contribute to diminishing our wellbeing and what can we do to stop that from happening?

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