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Episode 106 - Podcastaversary 2! How do you know when your needs are unmet?

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Well Sh*t. It really is that simple - Episode 106 - Podcastaversary 2! How do you know when your needs are unmet?is now LIVE!Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuideToday we celebrate TWO YEARS of podcasting, and we couldn't believe we haven't covered this topic yet! So today we dive into how to know when your needs are unmet and give you some ideas for how to start to shift things in a direction that will feel much better.In this episode, we cover…

  • Happy 2nd Podcastiversary...ish
  • Our highlights from the last year
  • How to know when your needs aren't being met
  • Recognizing that these indicators may relate to other things, for example medical conditions
  • The importance of assessing these indicators in the context of whatever your "normal" is
  • Using anxiety as an example to differentiate between the indicator being about unmet needs, being about a medical condition or being about both
  • Some of the indicators of unmet needs
    • Anxiety
      • What is needs based anxiety?
      • Irritability
      • Resistance
      • Lack of motivation or apathy
      • Stress
      • Feeling like you should be happy but your not
      • Feeling tension (physical, emotional, mental, relationships)
      • Feeling there's something missing
      • Life seeming to be full of problems
      • Mood swings
      • Addictive tendencies / bad habits / destructive behaviors we're trying to change (We may be doing these things to either to meet our needs or mask our unmet needs as a form of coping)
      • Relationship issues
      • Craving of approval / acknowledgement
      • Perfectionism
      • Wanting to have control
      • Feeling powerless (in respect to anything)
      • Not feeling enough / worthy / deserving
      • Imposter syndrom
      • Feeling of no choice (I have to do this because I don't have any other choice)
      • Feeling numb or disconnected
      • Feeling emotional
      • Moods, emotions, physical and psychological states that indicate unmet needs
      • How things that happen in day to day life will affect you more when your needs are unmet
      • How unmet needs are often unconsciously pulling the stings of our behaviors without us being  aware of it
      • How it's likely you'll be experiencing multiple of these indicators at the same time
      • How we can spin our unmet needs to sound like something positive
      • Examples of things to do if you notice these indicators showing up so you can begin to meet your needs better
      • How knowing that you have unmet needs allows you to start doing something to better meet them
      • What your highest priority is when you're experiencing 1 or more of these indicators
      • How just 2 minutes a day can start to make a difference in shifting this
      • What to do when you start to notice these indicators
      • How you can help support the people around you in keeping their needs met without it being to your detriment
      • Looking for the options for the ways you can meet your needs in easy and effective ways
        • Antidote to anxiety- Episode 28
        • Why am I not doing the thing I want to do- Episode 98
        • How to shift bad habits or change behaviors- Episode 91
        • How to get over perfectionism- Episode 23
        • What to do when you're really struggling- Episode 89
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