We recorded today’s podcast episode on Friday the 13th so BEWARE

We’ve both been feeling a bit foggy and overwhelmed, chatting about how the world feels "fuzzy" 

We got curious today, about how anger can be observed and used constructively. 

Have you heard the quote "anger is meant to be acted on, not acted out"? Today we connect it to online reactions to a post about not shaming people for doing the behaviours we want to see, including debate around accountability and how shaming can push people underground or into rebellion. 

We are exploring boundaries as actions for oneself rather than insults toward others, as always chatting about our own lives 

Remembering again one of our favourites, Johann Hari’s book "Stolen Focus" and an analogy of the brain as an orchestra: spotlight focus for tasks and constant consuming (including doomscrolling), and the default mode network for meaning-making when not trying (e.g., washing up, walking, daydreaming). 

We’re chatting how psychological safety determines whether the default mode network leads to creativity and connection-making or to rumination and spiralling, with examples like journaling anxiety, food-related spirals, and performance pressure in yoga. 

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