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Perhaps that jittery feeling in your stomach isn’t anxiety, but determination. Lisa Feldman Barrett (@LFeldmanBarrett), a professor of psychology at Northeastern University
In this episode, we explore the reality that comfort does not equate growth. Sometimes we need an anxiety reframe as Lisa Feldman Barrett suggests. " This isn't anxiety- this is determination." Rather than perceiving anxiety as a "sign" to back off and play it safe- consider it the necessary next step to growth. And rather than trying to predict the worst-conside the possibility, that you couldn't even imagine how amazing it was going to turn out.
So when you start to feel all the feels- remember to "fly your butterflies in formation" and get to the other side of it...
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Perhaps that jittery feeling in your stomach isn’t anxiety, but determination. Lisa Feldman Barrett (@LFeldmanBarrett), a professor of psychology at Northeastern University
In this episode, we explore the reality that comfort does not equate growth. Sometimes we need an anxiety reframe as Lisa Feldman Barrett suggests. " This isn't anxiety- this is determination." Rather than perceiving anxiety as a "sign" to back off and play it safe- consider it the necessary next step to growth. And rather than trying to predict the worst-conside the possibility, that you couldn't even imagine how amazing it was going to turn out.
So when you start to feel all the feels- remember to "fly your butterflies in formation" and get to the other side of it...