The Art of Wellbeing Lab

September was a turning point.

Not because I stopped caring

but because I stopped waiting for

someone to tell me it was okay to start.

In this episode I talk about what

actually shifted for me, why I was

really stuck (hint: it wasn't just

approval seeking I was also just drained),

and the neuroscience behind why

overthinking and external validation

keep you neurologically stuck.

Plus the three honest shifts that

made the most consistent month

of my life possible.

Science-backed. Personal. No fluff. 🤍

🔬 RESEARCH CITED:

[1] Kim et al. — Nature Communications, 2023

[2] Hitchcock et al. — Clinical Psychological

Science, 2022

[3] Isaac & Murugan — Trends in

Neurosciences, 2024

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Welcome to the very first episode of

The Art of Wellbeing Lab. 🎙️🤍

I'm Angely — doctor, lifestyle creator

and the person who spent years thinking

rest meant emptying her schedule.

Spoiler: it didn't.

In this first episode I'm sharing something

I stumbled into completely by accident —

teaching barre — and how it unexpectedly

changed the way I think about stress,

recovery and what it actually means to rest.

This is not a productivity hack.

This is not a morning routine.

This is something quieter and honestly

more useful than either of those things.

🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE:

→ Welcome to The Art of Wellbeing Lab —

what this podcast is and why I started it

→ Why I thought rest meant doing nothing

(and why I was wrong)

→ How teaching barre accidentally became

my best recovery tool

→ The difference between doing less

and doing different

→ The actual science behind why switching

activities helps you recover from stress

→ What the research says about recovery,

burnout and wellbeing

→ The one question I want you to sit with

after this episode

🔬 RESEARCH MENTIONED:

→ Kujanpää, M. & Olafsen, A.H. (2024)

"Optimizing Work and Off-Job Motivation Through Proactive Recovery Strategies"

Journal: Nature Reviews Psychology, Volume 3, Pages 340–351

Published: April 2, 2024

DOI: 10.1038/s44159-024-00298-w

🔗 Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-024-00298-w

→ Headrick, L., Newman, D.A., Park, Y.A. & Liang, Y. (2023)

"Recovery Experiences for Work and Health Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis and Recovery-Engagement-Exhaustion Model"

Journal: Journal of Business and Psychology, Volume 38, Pages 821–864

Published: August 2023

DOI: 10.1007/s10869-022-09821-3

🔗 Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10869-022-09821-3

📖 READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON SUBSTACK:

https://angelycatano.substack.com/p/i-didnt-need-more-rest-i-needed-a

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