Finding Your Right Mind — with Vanessa Potter
Why Compassion Might Just Save Your Life
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More self-care this week with an information-packed chat with Kirsten McEwan, a senior researcher at Derby University. Did you know you have an ‘old’ brain and a ‘new’, updated nozzle? We also have three innate systems that make us utterly brilliant problem solvers — but also make us feel utterly rubbish, stressed out and unhappy. Kirsten simplifies and demystifies these complex systems so we can understand why we sometimes behave in the ways we do — and how that’s not our fault. This ‘neuro-knowledge’ is really important if you’re considering taking up a compassion practice as it helps us understand why we need a healthy dose of compassion in our lives.
Kirsten and I talk Zebras, perfectionism, inner critics and what “being a friend to ourselves” really means — and how to do it. If you’d like to understand your mind and why you sometimes beat yourself up, why you feel panic-stricken or anxious, this insightful interview will reveal the inner mechanics of your mind and how you can work with our innate humanness, rather than spend our day fighting it. An episode for women — and men.
Links:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kirsten-Mcewan-2
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by R. Sapolski - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Zebras-Dont-Ulcers-Revised/dp/0805073698
Kirsten Neff - https://self-compassion.org