The "Bucket List" needs to go! Managing Summer Anxiety with Britt Frank

The Minimal Mom

Dawn Madsen

Self-improvement, Education:how To, Education, How To

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Are you experiencing more anxiety than relaxation this summer? Are your expectations realistic? Do you feel stuck or broken? What is anxiety doing to you? How can we maintain momentum when we don’t feel like it? Join Dawn and Britt Frank- a licensed neuropsychotherapist and author of The Science of Stuck and her newest release The Getting Unstuck Workbook- as they talk about seasonal summer anxiety, setting expectations, and getting “unstuck.” IN THIS EPISODE: 2:36 Seasonal summer anxiety 3:51 Reset expectations 4:06 #Chuckthebucket 4:29 Don’t worry about the why. 5:14 My brain is on my side. 8:10 How do we help our kids? 10:17 It’s ok to need time. 11:32 Stimulation requires down regulation. 12:40 Boredom is NOT a problem to solve. 16:00 Microdose relaxation 18:42 Name it and own it. 22:25 Better done than good 23:01 How do we keep momentum going when the “pink cloud” goes away? 27:10 There is no such thing as a broken person. 27:35 Getting unstuck 32:20 Brains CAN change. Resources Mentioned: The Science of Stuck The Getting Unstuck Workbook The interruption of stuff (Podcast Ep. 24) Bio/Her links: Britt Frank, LSCSW, SEP is a licensed neuropsychotherapist and author of The Science of Stuck (Penguin Random House), named by SHRM, Esquire, New York Magazine, and The Next Big Idea Club as a must-read as well as her new release, The Getting Unstuck Workbook. Britt received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her master’s degree from the University of Kansas, where she later became an award-winning adjunct instructor. Britt is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and her work has been featured in Forbes, NPR, The New York Times, Fast Company, Psych Central, SELF, and Thrive Global. www.scienceofstuck.com IG: @brittfrank

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0:00.0	Yes, mom is stressed. You are not crazy. You're seeing that mom is stressed out. It's not your
0:05.2	fault. You don't even have to not be anxious. But name it and then separate, this is not the
0:11.0	kid's fault or their problem to solve. That is powerful. Welcome to the Minimal Mom podcast.
0:16.9	Don reaches a million women each month with practical tips to simplify your home.
0:21.6	Today, Dawn is joined by Britt Frank, a therapist, teacher, speaker, and trauma specialist
0:26.6	who is committed to dismantling the mental health myths that keep us feeling stuck and sick.
0:32.6	Whether she's leading a workshop, teaching a class, or working individually with private clients.
0:38.1	Britt's goal is to educate, empower, and equip people to transform even their most persistent
0:43.5	and longstanding patterns of thinking and doing.
0:46.5	Well, Britt, welcome back.
0:47.7	I was just telling you that your last podcast episode that we got to do together is by far
0:52.3	one of our most popular, most quoted back to me.
0:55.5	I love that too. So thank you. Thanks for keeping it real. I think anytime we feel like someone
1:01.3	just understands our brain and where we're at and you've been there, done it, and are on the
1:07.1	other side to help lead us through it, I think. Right. So in your words, tell us a little bit about who you are and what you do.
1:13.6	That was such a nice intro.
1:15.2	Thank you.
1:15.6	So my like shiny, forward facing credentialed resume is I'm a licensed neuropsychotherapist.
1:20.9	I'm trained in the brain and the nervous system and trauma.
1:23.8	And I'm also a recovering hot mass disaster attempting to be a human.
1:28.3	And it was, yeah, in learning what I know, no, I was able to figure out a few things and did a midlife career pivot, became a therapist.
1:36.3	And yay, here we are.
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