S9 E1: How to stop procrastinating and overcome self-sabotage
The Food Medic
The Food Medic
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
I'm joined by Nawal Mustafa, a cognitive neuroscientist and a psychological health educator who goes by the name @thebraincoach on social media.
Nawal's interests focus on understand the relationship between human behaviour, cognition and brain function and she's currently a PhD candidate in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Windsor, Canada.
In this episode:
- Self-sabotage: why we do it and breaking the cycle
- Why we procrastinate and how to stop it
- Endless to-do lists and productivity guilt
- Gaining confidence and avoiding imposter syndrome
- Research-backed ways of improving productivity
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| 0:31.0 | Hello and a big welcome back to a brand new season of the Food Medic podcast. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm your host as always, Dr. Hazel Wallace. I'm a medical doctor, nutritionist, author and founder of the Food Medic. |
| 0:45.0 | I can't believe I'm saying this, but welcome to season 9 of the podcast, and a big welcome back to those who've been here listening from the start, |
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| 0:57.0 | So if you're new around here, I absolutely recommend you take time to go back and browse through previous seasons as we have had some great guests and great episodes. |
| 1:07.0 | And I know I say this each season, but I promise you, you are in for a treat with the line up we have for this season with guests like Noel Mustafa, |
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| 1:31.0 | The season we're also going to continue are many episodes of Ask Dr. Hazel, where I answer your burning questions. |
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| 1:51.0 | Today I am joined by someone who I followed online for many months now, and I gain so much from her content, so I'm really excited to speak to her. |
| 2:01.0 | Noel Mustafa is a cognitive neuroscientist and a psychological health educator. You might know her on Instagram as the Brain Coach, as that's how I found her. |
| 2:11.0 | If you don't follow her already, go and do it now before we start, because she shares so much valuable evidence-based information about neuroscience and mental health. |
| 2:21.0 | In this episode, we cover a self-sabotage, procrastination, and confidence building, perfect topics to start your year off on the right foot. |
| 2:30.0 | It's a brand new year, and naturally, many of us are setting goals and resolutions for 2023. |
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