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Mojo Monday - Strategies to Move From Overwhelm to Focussed with Carly Taylor · Hardiness with Dr Paul Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hi everybody. It's Carly Taylor here for this week's Mojo Monday. So,
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  Speaker 1: if you have so much going on at the moment
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  Speaker 1: that you are struggling to cope, or your experience a
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  Speaker 1: stressful time that's affecting your ability to function, then I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to offer you some strategies to help you get
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  Speaker 1: through it. The first one is a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: shift in your mindset. You can only do one thing
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  Speaker 1: at a time, and there may be lots of things
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  Speaker 1: that are on your plate right now, but in this moment,
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  Speaker 1: you can only do one of them. And when you
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  Speaker 1: identify what is in your control right now and what isn't,
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  Speaker 1: then you can take that next step and do what
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  Speaker 1: needs to be done, giving it your full attention. The
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  Speaker 1: intensity of the overwhelmed feeling can be a matter of
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  Speaker 1: where your attention is. Is it scattered or is it focused.
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  Speaker 1: If you direct your attention to what you can do now,
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  Speaker 1: which is all you can do, then it may alleviate
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  Speaker 1: that feeling of overwhelm. You can feel overwhelmed and put
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  Speaker 1: your energy into doing one thing at a time. There's
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  Speaker 1: a Stoic principle called the art of acquiescence, which is
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  Speaker 1: about calmly accepting the things that we can't change, and
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  Speaker 1: this is related to what epictetis the Stoic philosopher called
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  Speaker 1: the zones of control. Zone one is all the things
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  Speaker 1: within our control, and zone two are all the things
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  Speaker 1: that we can't control. By identifying these two zones, you
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  Speaker 1: can direct your attention into what you can influence or
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  Speaker 1: what you can control, and what you can do right
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  Speaker 1: now in this moment. So if life feels like it's
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  Speaker 1: out of control, this process can also give you some
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  Speaker 1: clarity of what needs to change. This is especially effective
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  Speaker 1: if you are close to burnout. What do you need
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  Speaker 1: to do? Do you need to set some behavioral boundaries
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  Speaker 1: for yourself, like maybe going offline by setting a time
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  Speaker 1: each night where you just turn all your devices off.
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  Speaker 1: Do you need to delegate tasks? Do you need to
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  Speaker 1: have a difficult conversation with your boss? Do you need
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  Speaker 1: to start exercising or doing breath work to help with
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  Speaker 1: your physiology. What are you doing for your recovery to
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  Speaker 1: gain some energy back? Are you actively recovering or are
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  Speaker 1: you mindlessly recovering to numb the stress. Reflect on how
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  Speaker 1: you are responding to the overwhelm and whether that's working
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  Speaker 1: for you, So focus first on the low hanging fruit.
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  Speaker 1: So if you need to make a change, what can
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  Speaker 1: you implement straight away, and then go from there. Whatever
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  Speaker 1: you need to do, now give it your full attention.
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  Speaker 1: Notice when your mind starts to wander to the next
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  Speaker 1: task or what might happen in the future, then bring
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  Speaker 1: your attention back to now. Your attention is a valuable resource,
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  Speaker 1: so use it wisely. So thank you for listening. I
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  Speaker 1: hope you have found that valuable, especially if you struggling
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  Speaker 1: at the moment. And if you have any questions or comments,
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  Speaker 1: please reach out through my website which is Carlitaylorcoaching dot
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  Speaker 1: com dot au or you could message me through Instagram
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  Speaker 1: And I hope you have a great week and I'll
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  Speaker 1: catch you next week