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Why Leaving Your Comfort Zone Feels Unbearable and How It Rewires Your Brain
Stepping outside your comfort zone sounds simple until you're actually in it. Johnna's first day at her new beach hut job left her questioning everything halfway through the shift. That discomfort is exactly what we're unpacking.
What we get into:
Why adult comfort zones feel harder to leave than they did when we were younger
How your comfort zone is really just a collection of deeply worn habits
What happens in the brain: hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and the creation of new neural pathways
The good stress chemicals (adrenaline, norepinephrine, dopamine) that show up when you do something…
The skinny
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