The Importance of Focusing on the Nervous System

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i feel like we have hit a point where we need a different way of describing nervous system function, then fight, flight, freeze or flop. I think what's happening with a lot of us is what's happening nervous system wise, is mild, but chronic. And i believe that part of why we are so stressed is that we repress the extent of the experience that having as one of fight or flea can lead to. If you're not releasing that, you're literally just holding tension in your body - and this extends far beyond focus. The implications for relationships are profound. There's actually a need to fully embrace and and feeling our anger so we're not projecting it sideways

Taylor Jacobson is the CEO and Founder of Focusmate (www.focusmate.com), a virtual coworking community with a mission to help everyone do their best work. Thousands of people in 193 countries worldwide sit side-by-side, via video, to keep each other company, cheer each other on, and hold one another accountable. Taylor is a passionate voice on creating soulful work and workplaces and has been featured in The New Yorker, CNN, The Guardian, NPR, Fast Company, Bloomberg Businessweek, and more.

In this episode, Eric and Taylor discuss his company, Focusmate, along with many useful ideas for designing the life you want to live.

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Taylor Jacobson and I Discuss Tools to Find Focus and Accountability and…

His company, Focusmate, that he started to help himself and others to become more productive
The importance of feeling safe in a community in helping to accomplish your goals
Procrastination is an expression of feeling unsafe
How it’s difficult to focus when you’re feeling stressed or anxious
How having a morning routine is grounding and signals our body we’re safe and able to get started
Designing a life that demands what you want to give
Noticing when you need to make a shift and reinvent yourself
The ability to focus and the correlation to our nervous system
Fight or flight impulses
Learning to experience and release these energy forces
His choice to find the optimal environment to do the important inner work he desired
Spiritual practices and choosing and trusting your inner truth
Understanding that our experiences inform the gifts that we can give to the world
How living in fear limits our ability to share our unique gifts

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