High Performance Coach: How To Build Psychological Resilience - Dr Aria
Apr 6, 2023
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In this discussion, Dr. Aria, a clinical psychologist and performance coach renowned for his work with high-profile clients, shares profound insights on psychological resilience. He emphasizes that struggle is essential for growth and how vulnerability can lead to meaningful connections. The conversation delves into navigating life's challenges through self-awareness and mindfulness. Dr. Aria also introduces his ARIA framework for emotional recovery and highlights the importance of staying true to one's values in building resilience and authenticity.
Resilience involves accepting, processing, and growing through emotional pain to act in line with values.
Life is a quest to return to one's truth by unraveling beliefs and shedding coping mechanisms.
Moving from fear to love requires vulnerability and authenticity for deeper connections.
Identifying and aligning career choices with values and teaching others brings fulfillment and meaningful connections.
Deep dives
Importance of Acceptance and Resilience
Resilience is the ability to accept, understand, process, and grow through emotional pain. It starts with accepting and acknowledging the pain, then releasing and processing it. Understanding the pain allows for growth, and ultimately acting in line with one's values and vision.
Discovering True Purpose and Meaning
Life is a quest to return to one's truth. Along the way, we pick up beliefs and coping mechanisms that can hinder our journey. By unraveling these layers and shedding the armor we've built, we can find clarity and live a life aligned with our values and purpose.
Embracing Vulnerability and Sharing Truth
Moving from a place of fear to a place of love requires vulnerability. By embracing vulnerability and sharing our truth, we can deepen connections, experience joy, and live authentically. Vulnerability is the ultimate strength and enables us to connect with others on a deeper level.
Creating a Vision and Living from Love
Identifying what we would love to create in our careers allows us to align with our true vision and values. Moving from a place of love rather than fear empowers us to live authentically and experience joy in our work. Sharing our wisdom and teaching others brings fulfillment and meaningful connections.
The power of vulnerability in relationships
Vulnerability is essential for building deeper intimacy and connection in relationships. By being vulnerable, individuals can express their true feelings and create an open space for communication. It may involve sharing fears, insecurities, or past wounds, allowing for deeper understanding and emotional growth. Vulnerability also enables partners to support each other's emotional and psychological development.
Recognizing and expressing emotions
Acknowledging and understanding emotions is crucial for personal growth and healthy relationships. Often, people struggle to identify and articulate their feelings. It is important to learn to connect with emotions and express them in a safe and constructive manner. By paying attention to bodily sensations and being open to emotional experiences, individuals can improve their emotional intelligence and create more fulfilling relationships.
The relationship between external validation and self-expression
Balancing external validation with honest self-expression is a common challenge. Many individuals face this dilemma when they feel the pressure to conform to societal expectations or meet certain standards in their personal and professional lives. Choosing authenticity and following one's internal truth, even when it conflicts with external validation or success, can lead to personal growth and a more fulfilling life.
Navigating the journey of personal growth
Personal growth is a lifelong journey that involves self-discovery, facing challenges, and continuously evolving. It requires recognizing and accepting both the light and shadow aspects of oneself. The key is to move away from the conditioned mind and connect with one's true self, guided by intuition and love. Embracing vulnerability, practicing self-reflection, and following one's truth can lead to personal transformation.
‘There is no growth without struggle, painful experiences are why we change and difficulty is how we grow’. Dr. Aria is a clinical psychologist and one of the UK’s leading performance coaches who specialises in psychological resilience. He's worked with Academy Award winners, high profile creative artists, global entrepreneurs and some of the world’s most successful CEOs coaching them on mindset, resilience, and mindfulness. Dr. Aria is also co-author of the best-selling book A Mindful Year, contributing author to the academic textbook A Prescription for Healthy Living, and is regularly featured in mainstream lifestyle and news publications such as The Times, The Telegraph and Men’s Health. This conversation is really quite something. Dr Aria has been on an incredibly life changing journey and in this episode he's here to talk about that journey and share what he’s learned about our life quest and finding our truth, the importance of struggle in growth, the power of vulnerability and how to build greater resilience. A lot of this conversation gave me goosebumps, and I can guarantee it’ll make you reconsider your approach to finding happiness and fulfilment. I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did :)
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