Let's Get Uncomfortable with Dr. Selena Snow

Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn Holderness

Kim Holderness

Holderness Podcast, Self-improvement, Parenting, 40s, Laugh Line, Gen X, Penn Holderness, Laugh Lines, The Laugh Line, 50s, Kim Holderness, Aging, Getting Older, Humor, The Holderness Family, Marriage, Education

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

My goal this year is to put myself in as many uncomfortable situations as possible. I wanted to get out of my comfort zone. On The Amazing Race, we were put in MANY uncomfortable positions. I found that it was easier for me to tackle bigger-picture things (like bungee jumping) than the everyday things. Something as simple as making a take-out order makes my pits sweat (and in a recent social media post, we found out many of you feel the same about phone calls to strangers!)

Penn and I wanted to know why phone calls are making people anxious, so we asked Dr. Selena Snow. She says humans tend to pay more attention to negative information because we are hard-wired to spot danger. However, avoiding things that make us uncomfortable can make things worse. So, let's get uncomfortable and learn more...

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Kim and Penn are online content creators known for their award-winning videos, including original music, song parodies, and comedy sketches. Their videos have resulted in over 2 billion views and 8 million followers across their social media platforms since they (accidentally) went viral in 2013. They have a best-selling book on marriage communication, a top-rated podcast, a fun-filled family card game, and most recently, they were the winners on Season 33 of The Amazing Race. Through their comedy, they tackle topics like living with ADHD and anxiety. Penn and Kim have been married for 18 years. They live in Raleigh, NC with their children, Lola and Penn Charles, and their dog, Sunny.

The Holderness Family Podcast is edited and engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media and produced by Ann Marie Taepke, Sam Pressman, and Ashley Cimino.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, I'm Kim Holderness.
0:05.4	And I'm Pen Holderness.
0:06.4	Thank you so much for clicking on the Holderness Family podcast and for listening to it.
0:10.3	And we're going to talk a lot about listening on this podcast.
0:13.8	This year my resolution was to get out of my comfort zone and to find ways to challenge
0:21.1	myself.
0:22.3	In fact, we even made a t-shirt which is in our shop.
0:26.2	You can go to our website and check it out.
0:27.5	And it says straight out of my comfort zone because it has been my motto around here.
0:33.0	And we did this thing.
0:34.0	So we posted a picture of it and saying, hey, if you find yourself in this situation,
0:39.2	here's a t-shirt.
0:40.2	And the text around it was, you know, I can do really hard things.
0:43.6	Like go on the amazing race and bungee jump.
0:46.3	And just by the way, showing up to the amazing race was way out of my comfort zone.
0:49.9	But things like making phone calls were just are such a challenge.
0:55.4	First of all, the shirt sold out.
0:56.9	We've restocked it.
0:57.9	It's restocked now.
0:59.2	But we heard from so many people in the comment section that, oh my gosh, me too, I struggle
1:05.1	making phone calls and I joked with responding to somebody, hey, maybe we should make this
1:10.1	a podcast and so many people said, yes, please talk about this.
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