Figuring It Out
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  • Pt 3: Three Simple Steps to Reduce Stress | Jane Ollis

    In part three, Jane Ollis gives some actionable advice for dealing with stress, unpacks the concept of intergenerational stress and explains how accepting your stress could be the key to overcoming it…


    Plus, Jane and Dr Alex George discuss the importance of discipline when building resilience and how doing activities with others can help build feelings of motivation.


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    19 min
  • Pt 2: This Nerve Could Be the Key to Managing Your Stress | Jane Ollis

    In part two, Jane Ollis and Dr Alex George discuss the power of the vagus nerve. They explore what it is, what it does and how activating it can help reduce stress.


    Plus, Jane tells all about how she developed her neurotech device Sona and shares the importance of building resilience to help combat stress…


    Follow @jane.ollis.104 and check out her website


    Preorder Happy Habits here

    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


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    31 min
  • Pt 1: What You Know About Stress is Probably Wrong | Jane Ollis

    Jane Ollis is an entrepreneur, former medical biochemist and chronic stress expert on a mission to change how we understand and manage stress.


    In part one, Jane joins Dr Alex George to explore why our natural stress response hasn’t evolved over time, how to recognise the signs of chronic stress and why cortisol isn’t the villain you think it is…


    Plus, Jane explains how stress is linked to conditions such as tinnitus and reveals how simple breathing exercises can rapidly reduce feelings of stress.


    Follow @jane.ollis.104 and check out her website


    Preorder Happy Habits here

    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


    Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

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    26 min
  • Pt 3: Three Powerful Breathwork Techniques to Eliminate Worry | Stuart Sandeman

    In part three, Stuart Sandeman takes Dr Alex George through a series of transformative breathing practices, and shares how breathwork can access things that talk therapy cannot.


    Plus, Stuart discusses how breathing is the map for the human experience and why we can’t shy away from feeling our emotions…


    Follow @breathpod and check out Stuart’s book ‘Breathe In, Breathe Out’. By using our affiliate bookshop you’ll help fund Stompcast by earning a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too!


    Preorder Happy Habits here


    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


    Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

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    39 min
  • Pt 2: Using Breathwork to Heal Trauma and Calm Your Mind | Stuart Sandeman

    In part two, Stuart Sandeman shares how breathwork can transform the way you feel, how breath connects us to the present moment and how taking a moment to breathe can help you process and release your trauma.


    Plus, Stuart takes Dr Alex George through the ‘breath test’ and reveals why babies are the real breathing gurus…


    Follow @breathpod and check out Stuart’s book ‘Breathe In, Breathe Out’. By using our affiliate bookshop you’ll help fund Stompcast by earning a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too!


    Preorder Happy Habits here


    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


    Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

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    37 min
  • Pt 1: Are You Breathing in the ‘Right’ Way? | Stuart Sandeman

    Stuart Sandeman is a breathing expert and performance coach, who is on a mission to help people reach their full potential through the power of breathwork and music.

    In part one, Stuart joins Dr Alex George to share how grief led him to breathwork, how deep breathing can foster human connection and whether there is actually a ‘proper’ way to breathe…


    Plus, Stuart unpacks the different types of breathing and discusses how breathwork helped dismantle his ‘big boys don’t cry’ mentality.


    Follow @breathpod and check out Stuart’s book ‘Breathe In, Breathe Out’. By using our affiliate bookshop you’ll help fund Stompcast by earning a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too!


    Preorder Happy Habits here


    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


    Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

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    31 min
  • Pt 3: How Stress REALLY Impacts Your Decision-Making | Dr Shawn Watson

    In part three, Dr Shawn Watson unpacks the key things that impact your brain health, debates whether we can actually multitask and reveals what he’s most excited for regarding research into decision fatigue.


    Plus, Shawn and Dr Alex George discuss how a sense of purpose can improve your mental wellbeing and how exercising can boost your decision-making abilities…


    Follow @decisionsthatcount and check out Shawn’s podcast here.


    Preorder Happy Habits here


    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


    Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men


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    18 min
  • Pt 2: Science-Backed Solutions to Overcome Decision Fatigue | Dr Shawn Watson

    In part two, Dr Shawn Watson shares some useful tips for overcoming decision fatigue, unpacks why mindfulness is more than a spiritual practice and explains why you need to ditch your to-do list and start a decision list instead…


    Plus, Shawn and Dr Alex George discuss how our decision-making has been impacted by toxic productivity culture and ponder whether we have reached the limit of what humans are actually capable of when it comes to work.


    Follow @decisionsthatcount and check out Shawn’s podcast here.


    Preorder Happy Habits here


    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


    Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

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    24 min
  • Pt 1: The REAL Reason You Have Decision Fatigue | Dr Shawn Watson

    Dr Shawn Watson is a neuroscientist specialising in decision fatigue, and is regarded as a breakthrough mind in Alzheimer’s research.


    We make around 35,000 decisions every day, but what actually is decision fatigue? 


    In part one, Shawn joins Dr Alex George to unpack what happens in the brain when we’re making decisions, discusses the different neurotransmitters involved in the decision-making process, and reveals why we need to think of decision fatigue as a physical limitation - not a psychological one.


    Plus, Shawn breaks down the consequences of decision fatigue and explains how we’ve ended up with an evolutionary mismatch when it comes to our daily decision-making.


    Follow @decisionsthatcount and check out Shawn’s podcast here.


    Preorder Happy Habits here


    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


    Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men


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    31 min
  • Pt 3: Turning Self-Doubt into Confidence | Ro Mitchell

    TW: This episode contains reference to eating disorders and poor self-worth.


    In part three, Ro provides some actionable advice for turning self-doubt into confidence, how to learn to trust yourself and why you need to learn to sit with your emotions, no matter how hard it first seems…


    Plus, Ro and Dr Alex George share their experiences with rejection sensitivity dysphoria and discuss the concept of ‘post-traumatic growth’.


    Follow @romitchell and buy her book ‘How to Talk to Yourself: From Self-Doubt to Self-Confidence’. By using our affiliate bookshop you’ll help fund Stompcast by earning a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too!


    Preorder Happy Habits here


    Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcast


    Get the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual now


    Download Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    19 min

About Figuring It Out

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Having amassed millions of downloads with his hugely successful Stompcast podcast, Dr Alex George is putting down his stomping boots to try and answer life’s big questions. But he’s not alone. Dr Alex…

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