It's session number 26 with Dr. Daniel Freeland, author of Leading Well from Within.

Here's what's coming up.

But the key over here, it's really, whenever we feel threatened or fearful around stress and self-doubt, that's when we're going to go into our survival circuitry.

First question is, is stress itself a demand or a resource? And then I just started reflecting,

and then it hit me that the only thing that had changed was instead of saying what is wrong

with me, I asked a better question, which was, how can I find my way home? Stress happens when things you care about are at stake.

Yo, what's up, y'all? Welcome back to the sessions. I'm your host, Sean Croxton, of Sean Croxton.com. Thank you so much for tuning in today. I've got a fascinating episode for you today. This was super fascinating. We got a little carried away. We went a little long because we were just having way too much fun talking about this stuff. But I highly recommend

that you listen all the way to the very end because there are some gems in here. If you feel

like you're a little more reactive than you really want to be. If you feel like when things get

challenging instead of responding, instead of staying cool, instead of staying composed, you tend to

react and lose control of your

emotions. This is certainly an episode for you because what the doctor is going to show you how to do

is how to rewire your brain to be more creative, to become more thoughtful and composed, as opposed to

being reactive. You're going to learn some other really cool stuff. We're going to talk about

self-doubt. You know, self-doubt is something that so many of us deal with. You're actually going to learn pretty soon how many of us deal with self-doubt, but it's one of those things that really keeps us from doing what we really want to do in life. So you're going to learn pretty soon on how self-doubt is actually a good thing.

It actually has lots of benefits for you, and that's why it's there. You're going to learn about

meditation, something I highly recommend that I've been doing for maybe the last five or six

months has become a game changer in my life. A lot of people feel like they've tried to meditate,

but they haven't been able to stop all of those thoughts.

You're going to learn why that is actually a good thing as well.

And you're going to learn why stress isn't really as bad for you as the media and the different articles that you see out there actually say that it is.

If you perceive it in a different way.

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