Well, Now: Is it Burnout? Or, Do You Have a Busy Brain?

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🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Stress is all around us, but that doesn’t mean it needs to run our entire lives. According to Dr. Romie Mushtaq – a neurologist turned corporate wellness consultant – the main culprit behind our culture of stress is what she calls a “busy brain.” This week on Well, Now Dr. Kavita Patel and Maya Feller, RDN talk with Dr. Mushtaq about curing our busy brains and her latest book The Busy Brain Cure: The Eight-Week Plan to Find Focus, Tame Anxiety and Sleep Again. If you liked this episode, check out: What We Get Wrong About Love Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry with editorial oversight by Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to wellnow@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.0	I'm Maya Fellow.
0:41.0	And I'm Kefita Patel.
0:42.0	And honestly, Maya, who amongst us is not stressed out? I will
0:46.6	speak for myself and say that there are a few times where I'm not feeling constant pressure
0:52.1	to do more. And if it's not doing more it's being more
0:56.1	and accumulating more trying for more. Oh my goodness kavita I'm with you
1:00.9	hand up right here and it is not your fault I mean there's so many
1:04.9	things in this world that are causing us stress Americans are paying the price for
1:10.3	rising inflation Israeli warplanes pounded southern Gaza including Rafa.
1:15.2	The CDC says COVID cases are on the rise across the US with almost every state reporting
1:20.5	a spike in new infections.
1:22.1	A new ABC News ipso's poll shows most Americans.
1:25.0	76% of those polled think the country is headed in the wrong direction.
1:29.0	Stress is all around us, from the individual demands of our jobs and our families to the
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