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How To Stop Feeling So Frustrated All The Time - Jonny Miller - #826

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Jonny Miller is a writer, nervous system coach and a podcaster. Emotions are scary. Feeling feelings and being truly connected to your life is hard. But what if the solution to these thinking problems doesn't lie in thinking more, but in fixing your body, nervous system and breath first? Expect to learn why it’s so hard to feel feelings, whether it’s possible to think your way out of overfeeling, how to use breathwork to master your nervous system, what the personal development industry gets wrong, why negative self-talk is holding you back, how to regain control after losing your temper and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get $150 discount on Plunge’s amazing sauna or cold plunge at https://plunge.com (use code MW150) Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MW10) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Timestamps: (00:00) Why is it So Hard to Feel Feelings? (05:19) Can You Think Your Way Into Feeling? (12:30) How the Nervous System Relates to Feelings (17:00) Modes of Reactivity in the Nervous System (21:04) How to Improve Your Interoception (34:02) Key Strategies for Self-Regulation (40:46) De-Regulating After Daily Experiences (46:31) Learning the Skill of Emotional Fluidity (51:37) Changing Your Traits Through Breathwork (58:04) The Trap of Avoiding Your Feelings (01:01:23) Over-Optimising Relaxation (01:07:07) How Your Inner Voice Impacts the Body (01:10:39) The Neuro-Aperture Hypothesis (01:18:18) Flaws of the Self-Development Industry (01:21:48) Protocols for Beginners (01:26:33) Questions That Have Broken Jonny’s Mind (01:28:17) Where to Find Jonny Extra Stuff: Apply for the upcoming cohort of Nervous System Mastery and learn evidence backed protocols for rewiring reactivity - https://nsmastery.com/wisdom Take a free self-assessment to see how regulated your nervous system is - https://assessment.nsmastery.com/ Say hi or ask Jonny questions on Twitter/X - https://x.com/jonnym1ller Free 14-minute NSDR recording to build interoception + relax - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjXX2c72fYY Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome back to the show of my guest today is Johnny Miller, he's a writer,

0:05.2

nervous system coach and a podcaster. Emotions are scary, feeling, feelings, and truly being

0:12.2

connected to your life is hard.

0:14.0

But what if the solution to these thinking problems

0:16.5

doesn't lie in thinking more, but in fixing your body,

0:19.9

nervous system and breath first?

0:22.2

Expect to learn why it's so hard to feel feelings.

0:25.2

Whether it's possible to think your way out of over-feeling,

0:28.1

how to use breathwork to master your nervous system,

0:30.6

what the personal development industry gets wrong, why negative self-talk is holding

0:34.4

you back, how to regain control after losing your temper, and much more.

0:40.6

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