Welcome to Season 5 of the Big Self Show, episode 122!
We kick off this season with an exploration from a brand new release, The Microstress Effect, by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon. Conventional wisdom for coping with stress has often focused on finding ways to "steel" yourself to endure, through such practices as mindfulness and meditation. And recent research has highlighted the importance of relationships to our physical and mental well-being. We have probably heard that loneliness has been linked to cardiovascular disease, depression, anxiety and numerous other ailments. This is all important data, but hugely important in the scope of the work is to figure out what to do about and how to make life better here and now.
Finding ways to identify and remove negative interactions can make a significant difference in your life. And that's what our conversation was all about.
Time Stamps:
3:56--Microstress defined
5:50--An accumulation until the question, "How did I get here?"
6:40--The 14 micro stresses
10:30--Are we more stressed or less stressed since the pandemic?
12:20--The conundrum of being so incredibly stressed and yet we also have so much more control over what we do with our time
16:38--How leaders can inadvertently cause stress in their teams
19:07--What we can learn from the ten percenters
25:15--How mindfulness and yoga can help, but sometimes just to increase your capacity to managing your internal grit
26:10--How connections are vital in building resilience
27:45--The single takeaway our audience must get
Show Notes:
The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems -- and What To Do About It
Be sure and grab yourself a copy of Chad's groundbreaking book on stress, Shock Point: The Enneagram in Burnout and Stress
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