243 Emma McAdam: Stop Trying to Feel Better and Get Better at Feeling
Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson
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The Difference Between Regulation and Relaxation
I think there has been a lot of talk about relaxation. Relaxation is when you take a break from what you're doing and you do something else. The idea with relaxation is you have to stop work to rest and recover. And the problem with that is that inherently pairs in your brain the idea that work is the cause of your stress. When the reality is, it's how we perceive work that is what causes stress. If our brain interprets it as threatening or dangerous, then that triggers the stress response. Our only option is to leave work, avoid work to de-stress to calm our body down.
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