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Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre

Body Doubling

Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre

Jolenta Greenberg

Society & Culture, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film, Relationships, Personal Journals, Education, Self-improvement

4.75.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of How to Be Fine, Kristen and Jolenta talk about the benefits and drawbacks of body doubling, notably for people who have trouble focusing on tasks. Plus, they offer up advice on cutting ties with family members, and getting over productivity guilt. Do you have an advice question for us? Email us at [email protected], or tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, or @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our How to Be Fine (formerly By the Book) Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta Sources: https://hbr.org/2020/05/we-work-harder-when-we-know-someones-watching https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/faculty/ayelet-fishbach/research/observed.pdf https://fortune.com/2023/03/05/body-doubling-parallel-working-tiktok-trend/amp/ https://add.org/the-body-double/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/body-doubling-adhd-tasks_l_63da7fbce4b01a4363919cad https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/body-doubling-adhd https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/13/health/adhd-body-doubling-productivity-benefits-wellness/index.html https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320219075_Beyond_Social_Facilitation_A_Review_of_the_Far-Reaching_Effects_of_Social_Attention https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1686213/ https://www.tiktok.com/@collettenic https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8374040/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to How To Be Fine. I'm Kristen Meinser.

0:10.1

And I am gelatin Greenberg. In each episode of How To Be Fine, we're going to weigh in on

0:15.5

what's happening in the world of happiness, health and betterment. And we offer a bit

0:20.9

of advice to those who want it.

0:22.7

Now full disclosure, we're not psychologists or psychiatrists. We are not pharmacists,

0:27.1

but we are experienced self-help critics. We've lived by the rules of nearly a hundred

0:32.0

self-help books for our other podcasts by the book right here in this feed. So we've tried

0:37.2

on almost every kind of wellness trend out there.

0:41.0

It's true. And besides, we're not here promising to make you the best, richest, happiest, most

0:47.6

optimal version of yourself. Like if all goes well, we'll just help you feel a little

0:52.6

closer to fine.

0:54.6

Well, Kajal and we have a couple of great advice letters to get to later in the show.

1:24.0

I know what body doubling is. Like on a movie set, when someone stands in for an actor

1:45.5

for certain shots, I actually was a body double once for about 15 minutes.

1:49.2

So Kristen, that is cool. And wait, I want to know this story about when you were a body

1:54.1

double, but that is not what I'm talking about. What are you talking about? Oh, no, is

2:00.4

a body swapping like face off?

2:03.1

Oh, I wish. And it's also not body doubling. Like when a political leader has someone that

2:09.2

looks like them that goes on air force one while they're like in a truck going somewhere

2:14.6

house, it's not any of those kinds of body doubling. It's something that's recently become

2:21.5

recommended for people with ADHD, AKA people like me.

2:27.0

Ooh, I am dying to know what this is. What is it?

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