I love that because the fact is, if you really think about it, this voice has been trying to protect me since I was a kid. So the motivation of this voice is really begins from a loving place, like wanting to help. And there's such a connection just physiologically between what happens in anxiety and with your breath and what happens in asthma. There's a real kind of similarity between the two.
We're often looking into the future... hunting for the "next big thing". That could be an exciting new job or a new relationship. We can get so fixated with these events and the happiness we hope they'll deliver, that we forget to look for joy right now.
Actor and author Tony Hale (Veep, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Arrested Development) was always chasing new accomplishments, until he realised he was missing the chance to be happy living in the moment. He used his experience to write one of Dr Laurie Santos's favourite children's books Archibald's Next Big Thing.
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