The "Bucket List" needs to go! Managing Summer Anxiety with Britt Frank

Are you experiencing more anxiety than relaxation this summer? Are your expectations realistic? Do you feel stuck or broken? What is anxiety doing to you? How can we maintain momentum when we don’t feel like it?  Join Dawn and Britt Frank- a licensed neuropsychotherapist and author of The Science of Stuck and her newest release The Getting Unstuck Workbook- as they talk about seasonal summer anxiety, setting expectations, and getting “unstuck.”

IN THIS EPISODE:

2:36 Seasonal summer anxiety

3:51 Reset expectations

4:06 #Chuckthebucket

4:29 Don’t worry about the why.

5:14 My brain is on my side.

8:10 How do we help our kids?

10:17 It’s ok to need time.

11:32 Stimulation requires down regulation.

12:40 Boredom is NOT a problem to solve.

16:00 Microdose relaxation

18:42 Name it and own it.

22:25 Better done than good

23:01 How do we keep momentum going when the “pink cloud” goes away?

27:10 There is no such thing as a broken person.

27:35 Getting unstuck

32:20 Brains CAN change.

Resources Mentioned:

The Science of Stuck

The Getting Unstuck Workbook

The interruption of stuff (Podcast Ep. 24)

Bio/Her links: Britt Frank, LSCSW, SEP is a licensed neuropsychotherapist and author of The Science of Stuck (Penguin Random House), named by SHRM, Esquire, New York Magazine, and The Next Big Idea Club as a must-read as well as her new release, The Getting Unstuck Workbook. Britt received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her master’s degree from the University of Kansas, where she later became an award-winning adjunct instructor. Britt is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and her work has been featured in Forbes, NPR, The New York Times, Fast Company, Psych Central, SELF, and Thrive Global.

www.scienceofstuck.com

IG: @brittfrank