Welcome to episode 39 of the Mindful & Driven podcast! It's all about how to not lose sight of what really matters whilst chasing your dreams.
Episode 39’s guest is Nick Wignall. He’s a clinical psychologist, writer, teacher, and podcaster. He believes what’s really important in life is emotional fitness rather than emotional intelligence. He has written hundreds of articles about this and gained over a hundred thousand followers in Medium who believe in this idea too. He uses his day job where he helps real-life patients to inform the work that is put out there for wide and different people. He does a few courses as well and a podcast which is called Mind and Mics.
I think we had a fascinating conversation all about how psychology impacts what we are doing in our lives and how to make ourselves live the most fulfilling life we can.
Topics discussed in this episode:
How to handle your emotions better. Why it's important to be mindful of how you feel. It's not because something feels bad that it is bad. How to manage negative emotions. What to do to stick to healthy habits. How to be kind to yourself. How to achieve balance in life. How to deal with negativity. How to set boundaries with yourself to handle negative emotions. Why it's important to have internal boundaries. The importance of having internal limits in emotion management.
I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation! I'd love it if you could subscribe, leave me a review and follow me on social channels.
You can find all my work and socials here:
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http://antiburnout.mindfuldriven.com
United for Global Mental Health:
https://unitedgmh.org/mental-health-support
Find more about Nick: https://nickwignall.com/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ndwignall
Follow him on Medium: https://medium.com/@nickwignall
Keynotes:
Feeling bad about feeling bad (1:55)
Never miss twice (8:48)
The “toxic” label and setting boundaries (12:29)
What do you actually have control of? (18:45)
When your work aligns with your values (20:47)
A creature of habit (22:52)
Just because it feels bad doesn’t mean it is bad (31:01)
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Intro Music:
"Himalayas" by Mona Wonderlick — bit.ly/youtube-monawonderlick
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free download: bit.ly/himalayas-download
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