The Liz Show: Executive Psychology & Performance Under Pressure

How To Guard Your Heart + Nervous System


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Liz discusses the concept of "surgically" guarding your heart and nervous system through precise micro-moments, boundaries, and guardrails that protect your well-being, relationships, productivity, and overall homeostasis. 

Citing a Stanford study, she contrasts micro-avoidance with the benefits of quickly confronting discomfort. Liz explains how fear responses can prevent individuals from reaching their full potential and recommends tackling the hardest, most dreaded tasks first. 

She introduces an upcoming trauma series and invites questions via email and social media, sharing her personal history of severe abuse, loss, and nervous system conditioning. Liz emphasizes the importance of resilience and the ability to overcome trauma. 

Using Proverbs 4:23 and Luke 6:45, she points out that messages can shape our beliefs. She warns against "following your heart" or trusting feelings as facts due to conditioning and cognitive distortions. Instead, she urges the need for intentional inputs, wise counsel, self-awareness, and the removal of triggers (such as news, certain shows, and unsafe relationships) to keep the “drawbridge” up and maintain inner peace.

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The Liz Show: Executive Psychology & Performance Under PressureBy Liz Louis (Elizabeth Louis)