What Our Impulses Reveal
No matter the level of success, our impulse to stress eat, drink, or overwork all stem from ONE place and I explain it all in this episode of the Stressproof Podcast 👇
There isn't a single soul on this planet that hasn't ever felt an urge.
The urge to eat more chocolate.
The urge to pour the extra glass of wine.
The urge to fire off that email.
Or the urge to skip the workout and eat mac and cheese instead.
Inevitably, impulsive behavior such as overeating and pouring the glass of wine at 4pm, are becoming the norm as so many people struggle to keep it all together between the fast moving components of their job and of course their personal life too.
The good news is there is a solution.
But it will require you to get curious about your own impulses and ask the question, "What the heck am I REALLY running from?".
Because until we get curious we will continue to see undesirable results such as gaining weight and feeling less than stellar from having one too many glasses of wine the night before.
And before we know it we will then have to spend our precious time and energy solving an overeating or over drinking problem.
Not to mention the lack of productivity!
Listen to this episode as I reveal exactly what our impulses reveal and the top 3 reasons why our impulses feel so uncontrollable and what we can do about it.
TIMESTAMPS:
(0:47): Shelter in place, LA, gratitude, and more.
(2:03): Stress reveals our weakest link; example of stress testing via Jurassic Park.
(3:38): Why our impulses reveal some of our biggest, weakest link in our ecosystem of our brain and heart.
(4:20): What is an impulse and urge?
(6:20): The consequences of when we allow impulsive behavior.
(8:20): The number one reason we allow impulses is because we never question what we are feeling.
(11:29): The second reason we allow impulses is because we don’t know how to be with discomfort.
(12:17): Client example of impulsive eating due to boredom.
(13:33): Impulsive behavior is a result of ANY uncomfortable emotion by the individual. This can be even the feeling of happiness.
(15:20): The third reason we allow impulses is because we don’t manage our brain.
(18:50): When we overcome our impulses we constantly experience new delights because we’re not keeping ourselves in the same cycle of avoidance.
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