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Something You Should Know

How to Handle Difficult Moments and Emotions & Could an Asteroid Destroy the Earth?

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ever worry that an elevator you are in will somehow come loose and drop? Or that a big spider will come after you and bite you? This episode begins with some insight into these and other common worries and whether or not that could likely happen. https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/everyday-dangers-not-to-worry-about How well do you handle difficult emotions that come your way? Do you try hard to push them aside and focus on the positive or do you confront those tough emotions head-on? Harvard Medical School Psychologist Susan David joins me to discuss difficult emotions that life certainly brings and how best to experience and deal with them. Susan is author of the book Emotional Agility (https://amzn.to/3lbAiaf) as well as host of the podcast “Checking in with Susan David” (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1504596643). You can also take her Emotional Agility Quiz at https://www.susandavid.com/#ea-quiz How could brushing your teeth and flossing impact how well your brain works? Listen as I reveal some interesting research that will have you brushing and flossing good tonight! https://www.ameritasinsight.com/wellness/health-and-wellness/dental-health-may-affect-mental-health Did you know that rocks from outer space are hitting the earth all the time? Tons and tons of rocks! What would happen if a big asteroid hits the earth – could it wipe us all out? Here to discuss that and explain the difference between meteors, meteorites and asteroids and why they are important is Tim Gregory. He is a is nuclear chemist and former research scientist at the British Geological Survey and author of the book Meteorite: How Stones from Outer Space Made Our World (https://amzn.to/3kbfrCD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I just learned Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome.

0:05.2

At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.

0:10.7

That's right, everything you've earned doubled.

0:13.6

All the cash back from eating at your favorite soup dumpling restaurant?

0:17.6

Doubled.

0:18.6

All the cash back from that trip you sort of learned how to snowboard?

0:22.7

Also doubled.

0:23.9

And the best part, you don't have to do anything ridiculous to get it.

0:27.5

Oh, Discover does it automatically.

0:30.5

Seriously though, see terms and check it out for yourself at Discover.com slash match.

0:40.3

Today on something you should know, some common everyday worries you need not worry about at all.

0:47.9

Then there's a lot of emphasis today on positivity and being happy,

0:52.9

which may not always be a good thing.

0:55.5

So Mark, don't give me wrong, I'm not anti-happiness.

0:58.1

I like being happy.

0:59.4

But what happens when we push aside difficult emotions in the service of forced or false positivity?

1:07.1

Is there a real psychological cost?

1:10.2

Also, how your dental health can affect your mental health and asteroids and meteors.

1:16.2

Could they collide with the earth and cause catastrophe?

1:19.7

After all, a lot of meteors come our way.

1:22.9

Every year, about 40,000 tons of rock make it to the earth's surface.

1:28.0

And in fact most of that actually ends up falling into the ocean.

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