The OptimalWork Podcast

Exploring the link between shame and motivation, overcoming fear of failure, embracing willingness for personal growth, and using Internal Family Systems therapy to navigate inner conflicts and foster growth.

Negative feedback is a part of life. It’s also essential in helping us identify our biggest opportunities for growth. In this episode, we discuss how to give and receive negative feedback and the role it plays in the social dimension of growth. Find more at https://www.OptimalWork.com.

Discover a transformative three-stage approach to overcoming anxiety. First, tackle triggers head-on to acclimate to fear. Next, practice mindfulness to accept discomfort in challenging situations. Finally, channel adrenaline for personal growth by focusing on your ideals and goals. Learn how challenges can become motivating forces and how to use the 'golden hour' for productive mindset shifts. This insightful journey helps reframe anxiety into a powerful catalyst for achievement.

In this podcast, they discuss the second stage of overcoming anxiety: using mindfulness to focus on the alarm of anxiety rather than just the trigger. They explain how this can help flip fear into a feeling of daring and set the stage for peak performance. They also touch on the importance of accepting fear and anxiety and utilizing fear and adrenaline for personal growth.

The podcast discusses the three stages of overcoming anxiety, with the first stage being to confront the trigger head-on and embrace the fear. It explores the rise of anxiety in today's society, the power of thoughts and imaginal exposures, and the understanding of triggers. Overcoming anxiety involves engaging triggers and harnessing anxiety to achieve safety learning.

Discipline children with connection and understanding. Importance of discipline in child development. Discipline as teaching, not punishment. Unique parenting style emphasizing bonding and consistent limits. Connections between parenting and Optimal Work approach.

Learn how embracing dynorphins, the intolerable feeling produced in difficult situations, can lead to inner strength and the release of endorphins for improved mood and wellbeing. Discover the relationship between dynorphins and endorphins, building resilience through challenges, cultivating bonds in relationships, and creating virtuous cycles for personal growth.

Explore how to overcome tiredness and harness it for increased energy. The hosts discuss habit tracking apps, reframing tiredness, boosting endorphins, and embracing fatigue while pursuing one's ideals. Practical advice is provided on reducing fatigue and taking breaks.

#177: The goal of OptimalWork is to help people challenge themselves according to their highest ideals in each task. In this episode, we dive deeper into this core concept, showing how challenge is the surest path to growth. Find more at ⁠https://www.OptimalWork.com⁠.

#176: Whenever we do something repeatedly, we’ll tend eventually to do it in a rote, automatic way. This even applies to OptimalWork’s core practices: reframing, mindfulness, and challenge. In this episode we show how curiosity can help you overcome this tendency and bring a sense of newness to every challenge you face. Find more at https://OptimalWork.com