'I'm so glad you brought up shame, cause i think there is also something in how we're raised where some of us struggle with trusting in our inherent self worth,' she says. 'So that gets really wrapped up in our perfectionism, which itself ends up being a cause of a lot of procrastination.' She talks about the ancient hindoo philosophy called karma yoka - do your best for the sake of doing the right thing and remain unattached from the outcome. But it completely changes how it feels when we might have ordinarily called ourselves a failure when something doesn't go well,. Instead talk to ourselves much more gently and compassionately and say, you know it, i did
#367: Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, many commentators have remarked that we’re living in an “epidemic of anxiety.”
More than 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety, and countless millions more notice themselves “acting out” against their responsibilities in smaller, self-sabotaging ways: procrastinating, lacking motivation, grappling with an inability to concentrate.
In today’s episode, Dr. Ellen Vora, M.D., discusses both the internal and environmental factors that can exacerbate anxiety. She talks about nutrition and sleep, as well as the fact that, frankly, your job just might suck.
She applies these ideas to tactics that allow us to better handle our finances, investments, careers and lives.
Dr. Ellen Vora holds a B.A. from Yale University and a medical degree from Columbia University. She’s a board-certified psychiatrist.
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