Coming Jan 2: Let Your Inner Voice be Heard in 2023

Dec 19, 2022 Episode Page ↗ Transcript ↗
Overview

Dr. Laurie Santos hosts a special New Year season of The Happiness Lab, starting January 2nd, to help listeners tune into their inner voice and intuition. The series aims to provide strategies for hushing external noise and letting one's inner compass guide decisions on work, nutrition, and happiness.

At a Glance
4 Insights
2m 37s Duration
6 Topics
1 Concepts

Deep Dive Analysis

6 Topic Outline

New Year's resolutions and external pressures

The challenge of hearing your inner voice

Introducing the 'inner compass' or intuition

Re-evaluating career success and overwork

Questioning New Year's fad diets and exercise

Strategies for living in the present moment

1 Key Concepts

Inner Compass / Intuition

This refers to a wise inner voice that guides individuals, representing what they truly want and need. It is often drowned out by external noise and cultural messages, especially at the start of a new year, making it challenging to hear.

3 Questions Answered
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What is the 'inner voice' or 'inner compass'?

It is a wise voice inside us, our intuition, that represents what we really want and need, often getting drowned out by external cultural messages and noise.

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Why is it difficult to hear our inner voice at the start of a new year?

The new year brings a 'deafening' amount of cultural messages and external voices telling us what to do (e.g., get fit, advance careers), making it hard to tune into our own intuition.

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What topics will the new season of The Happiness Lab cover?

The season will explore overwork and career success, the effectiveness of New Year's fad diets and exercise plans, and strategies for living in the present moment.

4 Actionable Insights

1. Listen to Your Intuition

Actively seek ways to listen to your inner voice and intuition, as it can guide you in the right direction by helping you understand what you truly want and need amidst external pressures.

2. Avoid Work Over-Prioritization

Avoid the pattern of bringing the best of yourself to work and only the leftovers home, as this imbalance can lead to significant disappointment.

3. Reject Fad Diets

Do not latch onto fad New Year’s diets and exercise plans, as they may not be the best way to truly give your body what it’s craving and are unrealistic for complex issues like body image.

4. Cultivate Presence

Explore effective strategies for living in the moment, especially at New Year’s, to counteract the tendency to constantly focus on future goals and the ’next big thing'.

3 Key Quotes

Too many of us bring the best of ourselves to work and then bring the leftovers home.

Guest Speaker

It's just hard, man. It's really, it's really, it's really hard to be present.

Guest Speaker

When I look back now, I think how unrealistic of me to think that an issue as complex as body image could just be fixed because it's a date on the calendar.

Guest Speaker