Meredith Arthur is the author of the book ‘Get Out of My Head: Inspiration for Overthinkers in an Anxious World’ and has a website called ‘Beautiful Voyager’ – a safe space for overthinkers and perfectionists. She is also content lead at Pinterest, adding another feather to her already full cap.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:00 How they started talking
02:54 Why getting a mental health diagnosis can be liberating
06:55 Writing about anxiety: Filling the gaps
07:49 Recognising your traits: Follow the pain
13:00 Coping with anxiety: Ride the “wave”
16:48 Can a “dose of levity” reduce anxiety?
18:02 Dealing with awkwardness
19:57 Finding your coping mechanisms
22:25 Superstition and control
24:10 Finding your lighthouse
26:44 Overthinking before beginning:
32:18 Blue Dot vs Red Dot Energy
38:53 Affirmations to yourself
41:19 Best way to start journaling/writing
46:35 Weigh action & inaction before a decision
48:20 Cognitive Distortions: Dealing with negative thinking
51:19 How Varun wrote his first book in 8 months
54:03 Deep dive into Cognitive Distortions
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ABOUT VARUN
A creative entrepreneur turned content creator, Varun is one of India’s leading conversationalists in the modern business, personal development, and creator landscapes with over 1 million podcast listens.
The author of the bestseller Everything Is Out of Syllabus, he’s the host of Advertising Is Dead, one of India's most popular business podcasts with over 300,000 listens in 2021 alone, as well as co-host of Think Fast, an irreverent business podcast that has ranked #3 on Apple’s Podcast Marketing Charts.
In 2009, he co-founded The Glitch, India’s largest ‘digital-first’ creative agency.
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|| Take A Pause with Varun Duggirala ||
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|| Advertising Is Dead ||
https://pod.link/1440706394
|| Think Fast ||
https://pod.link/1596432556
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