Dr Emily - Overcome With Overwhelm?

About this episode

<p>Looking for strategies to help deal with the overwhelm of, well, everything? Same.</p> <p>Dr Emily, our resident psychologist, is back in the studio to talk through overwhelm; how to greet it, how to get through it, and how to build your resilience towards it.</p> <p>💌Join 6,500+ people getting our takeaways and favourite moments from this episode in our weekly newsletter -&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/45NyQDy">http://bit.ly/45NyQDy</a></p> <p>In this episode, Dr Emily introduces how to understand your &lsquo;window of tolerance,&rsquo; the cost of being overwhelmed for too long, and what happens when we slip into avoidance.</p> <p>OF COURSE, this episode is delightfully sprinkled with practical strategies that you can do right now, in this moment, to ease the burden of the overwhelm.</p> <p>Dr Em, this episode was an emotional regulation for the ages.</p> <p>🫖&nbsp;Other Imperfects episodes mentioned in this episode</p> <ul> <li>Dr Emily - How to Stress Less - <a href="https://bit.ly/4tiZa2y">https://bit.ly/4tiZa2y</a></li> <li>Mick Fanning - Riding The Waves Of Loss - <a href="https://bit.ly/4s29wCI">https://bit.ly/4s29wCI</a></li> </ul> <p>📖&nbsp;Things to read</p> <ul> <li>Burnout, by Emily and Amelia Nagoski - <a href="https://bit.ly/4c18Yah">https://bit.ly/4c18Yah</a></li> </ul> <p>💪&nbsp;Things to do</p> <ul> <li>The Hulk Progressive Relaxation Technique - <a href="https://bit.ly/3PFv4Yq">https://bit.ly/3PFv4Yq</a></li> </ul> <p>🩷To host your own Vulnerabilitea House, purchase here -&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz">http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz</a></p> <p>🩵To purchase our journal (or your novel)&nbsp;<em>My Imperfect Life,</em>&nbsp;click here -&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuWz"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/4lyuuW">http://bit.ly/4lyuuW</a></p> <p>🩵To join our subscriber community, <em>A Little More Imperfects,</em> follow this link - <a href="http://bit.ly/4mqunxu">http://bit.ly/4mqunxu</a></p> <p>🩷 AND you can subscribe to <em>A Little More Imperfects</em> through Apple Podcasts too, here - <a href="http://apple.co/theimperfects">http://apple.co/theimperfects</a></p> <p>The Imperfects is not a licensed mental health service and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice, treatment or assessment. The advice given in this episode is general in nature, but if you&rsquo;re struggling, please see a healthcare professional, or call lifeline on 13 11 14.</p> <p></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>