In Our Nature

That Always-Tired Feeling: Thought Problem, Body Problem, or Something Else?

Siobhán Friel Season 1 Episode 64

Tired? Yep. Seems many of us are struggling with tiredness as the speed of society gathers pace each year. This episode is about 34 minutes. Take a nap and we'll wake you at the end. There's nothing new here. You know it all already. You just don't like it (and me too).

We'll explore: 

  • The increase in tiredness and exhaustion in modern society - is this a thing?
  • My experience with tiredness (clue: I did not "coach" myself out of it or transcend tiredness through realisation or insight)
  • What place does an understanding about the nature of thought have in a conversation about tiredness?
  • Why resting is not as simple as it once was, and why we look beyond naps and sleep to our thoughts, instead, for relief and solutions
  • The interconnectedness of all things and why this matters when we are tired (well - it always matters)
  • Why understanding the interconnected relationship between mind, body, environment and society is crucial
  • Anxious Alice gets fresh 



Mentioned

The article I mention on The 18 Types of Rest We Need

The previous episode discussing the role of society and institutionalised thought in influencing our own experiences: Episode 63: How That Anxious, Restless, Unsettled Feeling Is Originally Created (Clue: It’s Nothing to Do with You)

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