Imagine if you could follow your ambition without drowning in it – how much more fulfilling life would be? That’s what Pause Purpose Play is all about – finding balance over burnout by setting you free from needing to be perfect, so that you can take action and get started with what matters to you, instead of getting stuck in procrastination and holding yourself back with self-limiting beliefs your inner critic tells you. In this podcast, Michaela Thomas, Clinical Psychologist, Couples Therapist and founder of The Thomas Connection, shares bite-sized learning around psychology of performance, habits, self-confidence, stress, anxiety, perfectionism, parenthood and couples relationships. The podcast will mix solo episodes with guest interviews; diving deep into their professional zone of genius and learning about how they have found pause, purpose and play in their life and in their work. My new book, The Lasting Connection, is available now from all good bookshops.
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Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
All work and no play, does that bring you joy? In a culture where toxic productivity is praised and rewards you with achievement, it’s hard to stop and appreciate beauty, to find everyday joy.
In this episode, I speak with Tamu Thomas about how difficult it is to let go of toxic productivity, and move towards everyday joy and moments that matter instead. By letting the joy in, we also let the pain in.
Tamu Thomas is a Qualified Social Worker & Somatic Coach. She helps high-achieving women feel emotionally safe so they can recover from toxic productivity & under-living.
We cover:
- Overfunctioning impacts your body
- Somatic coaching, whole body approach
- Conditioned to over-productivity
- Appreciate the joy in every day
- Negativity bias blocking present joy
- Taking care of pain, fear, sorrow
- Toxic productivity and unrealistic expectations
- ‘Hack’s for overfunctioning dismiss humanity
- Showing up for ourselves with trust
- Western culture treating people as machines
- Fight/flight - got to be productive
- Freeze - overwhelmed
- ‘Not enough’ness, proving your worth
- Resistance to slow down, preparing for sleep with bedtime routine
- False sense of control from over working
- Working with yourself, not on yourself - you’re not a project
- Harmony improves productivity in a nourishing way
- Polyvagal theory and feeling safe
Tamu can be found at www.livethreesixty.com and @livethreesixty on Instagram
Order my book, The Lasting Connection, here
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This episode was edited by Emily Crosby Media
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