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Question Driven Living 6: Self Care Saturday · Dr. Derek H. Suite MD - The SuiteSpot

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Hey everyone, welcome.
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Sweet Spot.
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: You are in Self-Care Saturday.
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: I'm Dr Derek Sweet.
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: I'm your host.
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: As you know, I'm a board-certified psychiatrist.
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: I specialize in sports psychiatry and high performance, but more than that, I love helping people live a life they love, the best life ever.
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: That's what we're all after, and here on Self-Care Saturday, we're going to take some time to review what we've been talking about all week, which is about living a question-driven life.
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: Remember, when we focus on just finding the answers in life, we can get stuck.
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: We can get stuck in a rut, thinking we've got it all figured out when in fact we don't.
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: But questions are where the magic happens.
• 0:55
  Speaker 1: We've been talking about this all week.
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: Questions spark curiosity.
• 0:59
  Speaker 1: It sparks um creativity and and growth.
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: So when we embrace questions, we are opening ourselves up to new possibilities, to deeper connection with others.
• 1:11
  Speaker 1: When you ask people questions, you get more information, right, and you can have a more authentic understanding, not just of other people but of yourself, right, if you ask yourself the question.
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: So it's not about having all the answers, and that's what this week has been all about.
• 1:28
  Speaker 1: It's about being brave enough to ask the right question and being okay with exploring the unknown and making curiosity a thing.
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: So today is self-care Saturday, and our conversation isn't about bubble baths today, it's not about aromatherapy today, it's not about the spa today, because those are really good self-care things to do.
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: But we want to go a little deeper.
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: We want to think about self-care as fueling the mind, the body and the spirit, but from a question-driven perspective, and that's the idea today.
• 2:07
  Speaker 1: Ask ourselves a question that will help us nurture our mind, body and spirit.
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: And we're going to add one other thing to the mind, body, spirit today, and that's the ability to wonder, to wonder about things.
• 2:22
  Speaker 1: How can I nurture my curiosity today as part of my self-care?
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: So Carl Sagan said somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known.
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: And that incredible something isn't just out in the universe, it's within you too, within us.
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: Something is waiting to be known.
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: And here's the cool thing Curiosity is literally wired into our brains.
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: When we explore something new, when we're curious, our brain releases dopamine, the same chemical that gives us pleasure and motivation.
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: We've talked about this in the Sweet Spot a lot.
• 3:03
  Speaker 1: So curiosity isn't just about knowledge, it's about energy.
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: There's another benefit you and I get when we are curious, and that's where the magic happens.
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: That's where the self-care connection comes in today, on self-care saturday, when you and I nurture our curiosity, we're actually recharging our mental and emotional batteries.
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: It's like hitting the reset button on burnout and giving ourselves permission to be fully alive again.
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: Neil degrasse tyson put it this we are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out.
• 3:50
  Speaker 1: Stardust brought to life In a search of trying to figure itself out.
• 3:57
  Speaker 1: Your existence is an invitation to explore, to be curious.
• 4:04
  Speaker 1: Even the Bible captures it In Psalm 8, it says when I consider your heavens, what is mankind?
• 4:12
  Speaker 1: That you are mindful of them?
• 4:15
  Speaker 1: That's pure wonder, right there.
• 4:19
  Speaker 1: And for the no-nonsense listeners, let's look at David Goggins' approach.
• 4:21
  Speaker 1: And for the no-nonsense listeners, let's look at David Goggins' approach.
• 4:24
  Speaker 1: The worst thing that can happen to a man, according to Goggins, is to become civilized.
• 4:30
  Speaker 1: When you stop questioning, you stop growing.
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: Wow, never looked at it that way.
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: When you stop questioning, you stop growing.
• 4:44
  Speaker 1: Okay now.
• 4:58
  Speaker 1: So what's the self-care challenge today in light of this whole connection?
• 5:00
  Speaker 1: About curiosity helping our brains secrete dopamine, and about curiosity helping us be more fulfilled as humans.
• 5:04
  Speaker 1: The first thing you got to do is feed your curiosity somehow.
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: Maybe you watch a documentary about something totally outside of your field.
• 5:08
  Speaker 1: Read a book just because it interests you today.
• 5:11
  Speaker 1: Go outside and look at the world with childlike eyes.
• 5:17
  Speaker 1: I would like you to look at things as if you're seeing them for the first time, with new eyes.
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: Or just ask yourself what's the biggest mystery in my own life right now?
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: What's the biggest mystery in my life right now?
• 5:35
  Speaker 1: You see, when you nurture your curiosity, you're not just learning something new, you're waking up and lighting up a part of yourself that has been waiting to come alive, and you are caring for yourself by being curious.
• 5:55
  Speaker 1: I hope that you will live a question-driven life this weekend, starting right here, right now.
• 6:04
  Speaker 1: Okay, this is Dr Sweet.
• 6:06
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening.
• 6:07
  Speaker 1: This is Self-Care Saturday on the Sweet Spot.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to live with the questions how can I care for myself?
• 6:13
  Speaker 1: How can I be curious?
• 6:14
  Speaker 1: What questions can I ask myself?
• 6:16
  Speaker 1: How do I nurture my curiosity today by doing something outside the box for me.
• 6:22
  Speaker 1: I'll see you tomorrow for Slow Down Sunday, and if you'd like to connect with me on LinkedIn or Instagram or X or threads, I'm there.
• 6:31
  Speaker 1: Be blessed.