You Don’t Have to Be Productive All the Time (with Israa Nasir)
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🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This week, Erin and Sara sit down with psychotherapist Israa Nasir. They discuss toxic productivity and what it actually is, the importance of saying no, the real reason we procrastinate, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Otto. Welcome to Ellen Sarah's podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | Okay, this is a great episode to be listening to for people who are feeling overwhelmed, overworked, unfulfilled, unsatisfied. |
| 0:19.0 | Isra Nasir is a psychotherapist. She's a writer. She is the founder of |
| 0:24.0 | Well Guide. She's also the author of the book that we're going to be talking about in this episode, |
| 0:28.2 | which is called toxic productivity. Okay. Reclaim your time and emotional energy in a world that |
| 0:34.0 | always demands more. And if you're sitting here thinking, no, I'm going to exit out. |
| 0:39.6 | This doesn't pertain to me. |
| 0:41.4 | I'm not, I don't partake in toxic productivity. |
| 0:45.4 | You probably do or you probably know somebody who does. |
| 0:48.8 | And we always try to make a point of making our episodes with experts relatable to all, right? |
| 0:55.9 | And I think we did a very good job of that, Aaron, don't you? |
| 0:58.1 | Yeah, I agree. |
| 0:58.9 | So if you're, you know, sick of feeling like you need to be productive all the time, this episode is for you. |
| 1:03.5 | Just enjoy yourself. |
| 1:04.4 | Listen to a podcast. |
| 1:06.1 | Okay? |
| 1:06.3 | Stop comparing yourself. |
| 1:08.2 | Stop comparing yourself to other people. |
| 1:10.8 | Understand that it's not good. |
| 1:13.9 | You're not taking it somewhere. This is that that was going nowhere. You were just, you went down a road. You couldn't, you couldn't finish. Yeah. Yeah. True. Okay. Enjoy. |
| 1:27.1 | Hi, we're so excited to have you on and talk about this. |
| 1:30.0 | Yeah, well, first of all, congratulations on everything that's happening in your life. |
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