The Model Health Show How Your PSYCHOLOGY Controls Your ENERGY & How to Use Wise Effort to Unleash Your Potential - With Dr. Diana Hill
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Sep 24, 2025 In this insightful conversation, Dr. Diana Hill, a clinical psychologist and bestselling author of 'Wise Effort', shares her expertise on harnessing energy for personal growth. She distinguishes between burnout and unfulfillment and explores the origins of wise effort rooted in Buddhist principles. Listeners will learn about their unique 'genius energy' and the psychological traps that can misdirect their focus. Dr. Hill also emphasizes the power of aligning energy with values and offers practical tools for making wiser choices and recharging one’s motivation.
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Burnout Versus Unfulfillment
- Burnout and unfulfillment are distinct psychological constructs with different causes.
- Burnout often stems from contextual overload while unfulfillment arises from lack of meaning and value alignment.
Apply Wise Effort
- Use the concept of wise effort to evaluate how you expend energy toward what matters.
- Aim to apply effort compassionately and in alignment with your values rather than just doing more.
Relapse, Recovery, And Career Shift
- Diana relapsed into eating disorder behaviors while in a top PhD program and hit rock bottom in a car with binge food.
- Recovery led her to integrate mindfulness with clinical work and return to complete her PhD and lead a treatment center.
