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In this episode, Dr Giles P. Croft joins us to discuss how stress starts with our thoughts and emotions. He talks about how the mind works and its tendency to create narratives and predictions that stress us out. We also delve into the importance of allowing ourselves to calm down and letting go of the things we can’t control.
Episode highlights
Past YANAF Episodes with Giles
Where Does Stress Start?
How People Work the Same Way
What to Do About Valid Fears and Thoughts
Our Default State
How to Calm Down
Context Changes Our Thoughts
What Thoughts Do We Ignore or Listen to?
Stress Less
Practical Tips from Giles
Episode transcript
Dr Giles P. Croft: Don’t get me wrong. The thoughts that we’re having, they make total sense. They’ve evolved to make total sense. 75,000 years ago when we split off from the chimps or whatever, and we evolved this ability to think about our own thinking, it’d be no good would it if we had this thought, ‘That might be a sabre-toothed tiger? Is it a sabre-toothed tiger?’ Do I believe my thinking there and had a debate about whether or not we believe our thinking? It’s evolved. It’s evolved to look so, so, so real and so true. Dr…
