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 Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
If you’re ambitious, like me, you may have a long to-do list and plenty of goals you want to reach.
Being ambitious is fine, I am all for having drive and passion, or a big picture vision you want to fulfil.
In this short solo episode, I talk about the dark side of your drive and ambition – the ways it has a negative impact on you.
I cover:
- Perfectionism as an umbrella term and a set of behaviours
- The clinical problems linked to perfectionism
- how our creativity comes from a place of rest
- how striving for perfect has a negative impact on your wellbeing
- Adrenal fatigue and cortisol
- Being too busy to downregulate the nervous system
- The balancing act between burning bright and burning out
- What’s fuelling your drive for achievement
- Lack of satisfaction or joy from your achievements
- Dopamine and your rewards for striving
- Fear of failure and other fears fuelling your ambition
- The inner critical voice feeding overproductivity
I would love it if you could join me for a free masterclass, “How to burn bright, without burning out”. If you listen to this episode after the 21st of July, still head to the link and you’ll be able to see the replay recording of this live, free training.
Link to masterclass:
Burn Bright webinar opt-in (thethomasconnection.lpages.co)
Order my book, The Lasting Connection, here
Find me at www.thethomasconnection.co.uk
Instagram: @the_thomas_connection
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Pause Purpose Play Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/pausepurposeplay
This episode was edited by Emily Crosby Media
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