Brigid Schulte on Strategies for When You're Overwhelmed
Brigid Schulte is an award-winning journalist for the Washington Post and Washington Post magazine. She was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize. She is also a fellow at the New America Foundation. Brigid is a regular contributor to the She The People blog and has written for Style, Outlook, and other outlets. She writes about work-life issues and poverty, seeking to understand what it takes to live a good life across race, class, and gender. Her recent book is called “Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time“.
In this episode, Eric and Brigid discuss the common struggles and strategies for dealing with being overwhelmed.
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Brigid Schulte and I Discuss Strategies for When You’re Overwhelmed and…
Her book, Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the TimeDefining “The Overwhelm”How our perception of time and stress negatively affect the brainThe internal and external pressures to do too much.The history of leisure and idleness and how it is nowThe two qualities of leisure: choosing the activity and having control of your timeContaminated time is when you’re caught up in your thoughtsMindfulness as a powerful tool to deal with overwhelmThe challenges and learning to handle ambiguityBroadening our perspective when managing timeThe importance of planning the most important tasks in our life firstPulsing is the practice of managing work cyclesBrigid Schulte Links:
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