The Myth of Motivation

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There's no such thing as an unmotivated person our brains are always motivated. Motivation is a mindset issue but that's secondary first and foremost motivation is a physiological issue. If you're nervous system is in a survival response fight flighter freeze. You're not going to be able to do your thing no matter how many affirmations you chant or what workbooks you try to do. So if we don't know that motivation is first physiological and cognitive seconds we're going to miss out on a whole bunch of stuff that's really important for getting the job done. We need shadow intelligence which is my favorite thing you know Carl Jung said until we make the unconscious conscious it will direct our

Feeling stuck? Can't build momentum to escape all the loops keeping you from moving forward? Our guest in this episode is professor, author, therapist, and speaker Britt Frank, a trauma specialist who treats people with unique and powerful techniques and approaches which help clients to get out of the feeling of being stuck.

In the show, we nerd out with Britt about how hard it is to be a person, and though this interview is supposed to be about her new book - "The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find your Path Forward" – at least of half of this interview turned out to be was wide-ranging conversation chasing down many nested tangents about everything from procrastination to somatic markers to trauma to the multitudes of the self and more.
Bringing together research-backed solutions that range from shadow work to reparenting, embodied healing, and other clinical practices, along with empowering personal stories, this book is a hands-on road map for moving forward with purpose, confidence, and the freedom to become who you’re truly meant to be.

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