A Paradox That Makes You Miserable & How We Amplify Our Own Stress

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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At some point, most men have likely been told they eat too fast – that they should slow down and enjoy their food more. Do men really eat faster than women? Should they slow down? This episode begins with a brief exploration and explanation. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/study-men-and-women-chew-differently/ Here is something you likely haven’t thought about much – it’s a paradox really… Humans are dependent on one another. Our happiness and survival require that we connect with others and be part of the group. Yet we also have a need to chart our own course – to be autonomous. This paradox creates a tricky balance that seems to have gotten out of whack. This has created a lot of problems that directly affect you in ways you have never thought about. But you are about to. Listen to my guest William von Hippel. He is a former professor of psychology at Ohio State University who has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, The Economist, and the BBC. He is also author of the book, The Social Paradox: Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find Happiness (https://amzn.to/3DI67pE). There are things in your life that cause you stress. Yet, if you are like most people you have a tendency to compound that stress by imagining all sorts of other possibilities. You may start to catastrophize, think about what else could go wrong, and ultimately “What If” yourself into a frenzy. That is why you need to listen to my guest, Jennifer Taitz a clinical psychologist and an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at University of California, Los Angeles, and author of the book Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes (https://amzn.to/43RdghQ) Have you noticed whenever you type a document that you can choose from an almost endless list of fonts? Of course, you probably have a default font you use without thinking about it. But what fonts do people prefer to read? Which are the easiest to read. Listen to hear which fonts are sure winners – and one big loser. https://nerdfighteria.info/v/7g_7Cr1vEnM PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! FACTOR: Eat smart with Factor! Get 50% off at https://FactorMeals.com/something50off QUINCE: Indulge in affordable luxury! Go to https://Quince.com/sysk for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. TIMELINE: Get 10% off your order of Mitopure! Go to https://Timeline.com/SOMETHING HERS: Hers is changing women's healthcare by providing access to GLP-1 weekly injections with the same active ingredient as Ozempic and Wegovy, as well as oral medication kits. Start your free online visit today at https://forhers.com/sysk INDEED: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING right now! SHOPIFY: Nobody does selling better than Shopify! Sign up for a $1 per-month trial period at https://Shopify.com/sysk and upgrade your selling today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, the problem with eating too fast and who's most likely to do it.
0:09.0	Then the price we pay for having fewer friends and less social connection.
0:14.0	And so if you look at lottery winners, they're our best example of what happened.
0:18.0	They typically end up less happier than they were before,
0:21.3	even though we know that rich people are happier on average than poor people. And a big
0:25.7	part of the reason they end up less happy than they were before is they sever a lot of their
0:29.3	connections.
0:30.3	Also, choosing the right font to use that's most liked and easily read, and the ways
0:36.8	we deal with stress, and why we're not very
0:40.0	good at it.
0:41.0	A huge downside to being human is that we have a knack for taking stress and majorly multiplying
0:48.6	it.
0:49.6	I mean, we take something that's somewhat stressful, and then we add on to that thinking even
0:53.8	worse than what's actually happening.
0:56.2	All this today on Something You Should Know.
1:01.1	Recently, I was asked to try a supplement called Mitopure and then talk about it here.
1:06.7	And I said, well, let me check it out.
1:09.1	So Mitopure is a precise dose of urolithin A. That's a metabolic
1:14.2	compound that is clinically proven to target the effects of age-related cellular decline. And it's also
1:21.6	found in small amounts in certain fruits and nuts. Now, as I've talked about many times here, I work at staying fit and healthy.
1:29.4	It's important to me. And when I researched some studies online and found urolithin A, which is
1:35.2	what mitopure is, is shown to deliver double-digit increases in muscle strength and endurance,
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