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"I need my stress to achieve." - No, "Stress makes you stupid.” Emily Fletcher of Ziva Meditation
Listen now (9 mins) | Emily Fletcher – founder of Ziva Meditation – notes “Stress is actually keeping you from performing at the top of your game."
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9:04
Embracing Our Emotions with Ziva Meditation founder Emily Fletcher and actor Travis Van Winkle
Listen now | "Emotional training does not just have to be for actors it's actually something that all of us can do."
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9:32
How to Recover and Rewire to be More Resilient With Mind Fitness Training
Listen now | “When we're regulated, we're more likely to find agency and access choice in every situation, no matter how challenging, stressful, or…
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17:04
How Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma affect our lives and creativity
Emotionally challenging, traumatic, or toxic relationship experiences in early life (and as adults, of course) can deeply impact our lives and access to…
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How Does Motherhood (or Not) Affect Your Creative Life?
“The motherhood thing – I think of it like a marathon, except a marathon is over in a day.” Filmmaker Caren McCaleb.
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Sensory Overload can lead to anxiety, fatigue. How to renew energy and calm?
Listen now | As various researchers and therapists note, being a highly sensitive person or another form of neurodivergent, we can experience many…
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Douglas Eby
8:49
Self-compassion Enables Emotional Health And Motivates Better Than Self-criticism
"Self-compassion is a powerful resource for enhancing emotional well-being." "Self-acceptance is one of the greatest foundations of feeling joyful".
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Mental health and emotional wellbeing involves more than our brain
A HeartMath article notes: “We now know that the heart plays a key role in our emotional and mental health."
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How even brief moments can foster our well-being
“Physical and emotional health and well-being are possible when your nervous system is anchored in regulation."
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What is being dysregulated, and how can we better process our emotions?
Listen now | "If emotions are getting in the way of living your life, you can learn how to slow down, think clearly..." | “One form of dysregulation is…
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Douglas Eby
10:16
Judith Orloff, MD on Transforming Strong Emotions
"We're faced with so much in our world today. We're faced with so much in our personal lives. How do we deal with these bigger energies?"
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10:26
Dysregulation and How to Improve Emotional Resilience with Psychologist Melanie Joy
Psychologist Melanie Joy notes this is an incredibly dysregulating time for everyone, especially those of us who are highly sensitive.
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