It’s February. It’s that time of year we start to wonder if we might not follow through with our New Year’s resolutions. It’s that time of the year when procrastination becomes a centerpiece of our psychological concerns.
If you only just now started working and answering emails and eating properly, that this just means you are a normal human living in really weird times, and everyone else is also slowly, and begrudgingly, starting to accept the fact that it is 2023 as well
Our guest in this episode is professor, author, therapist, and speaker Britt Frank, a trauma specialist who treats people with a unique and powerful set of techniques and approaches which, taken together, help clients to get out of the feeling of being STUCK. Author of The Science of Stuck, she says, “Procrastination is not a character flaw. Nor is it a sign of weakness. Nor is it a sign of laziness. Procrastination is an indicator that internal consent has not been given. When our inner parts are distressed, afraid, sad, angry, grief-stricken or anxious, it is important to listen to their concerns, not to shame them or coerce them into action.”
In the show you’ll learn about the physiological origins of procrastination – the inner brake pedal and gas pedal – and what to do to escape the two different versions of this universal challenge to getting unstuck and getting things done.
208 - The Extended Mind - Annie Murphy Paul
207 - A Slight Change of Plans - Maya Shankar
206 - Narcissism
205 - Unfollow - Megan Phelps-Roper
204 - On Being Certain - Robert Burton
203 - Transcend - Scott Barry Kaufman
202 - Desirability Bias (rebroadcast)
201 - Good Dog - Kate Leaver
200 - Socks and Crocs (rebroadcast)
199 - Math Without Numbers - Milo Beckman
198 - Reflection and Insurrection
197 - Conspiratorial Thinking
196 - Art (rebroadcast)
195 - Clearer Thinking - Spencer Greenberg
194 - Because Internet - Gretchen McCulloch
193 - Gossip
192 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect (rebroadcast)
191 - Livewired - David Eagleman
190 - Learned Helplessness (rebroadcast)
189 - The Vaccine
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