The Great Patience Shortage

About this episode

The episode discusses modern impatience and its impact on everyday interactions, particularly for essential workers.

A simple grocery store moment becomes a snapshot of modern impatience, in which small delays feel like major injustices. The episode explores how anxiety, lack of awareness, and constant urgency can turn everyday interactions into unnecessary tension for essential workers. It closes by reminding listeners that patience is a quiet form of respect and one of the easiest ways to make the world feel a little less sharp around the edges. All the links: https://linktr.ee/anxietymakesmepoop We are so grateful you’re here. THANK YOU for your monthly support. Your $2 a month helps us cover editing tools, hosting fees, equipment costs, and the behind-the-scenes work that keeps us creating meaningful episodes for listeners like you. Your support truly helps us continue important conversations around mental health, anxiety, and the real, unfiltered parts of life. Support us here! https://anxietymakesmepoop.captivate.fm/support Building Resilience in the Workplace course online! https://www.udemy.com/course/buildingresilienceatwork_in30days/?referralCode=BD92C36502C5E19AA273 Meredith's author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CSF3812J/allbooks This episode contains…

Topics covered

• impatience
• anxiety
• essential workers
• respect
• mental health

Keywords

• anxiety
• patience
• mental health
• essential workers
• impatience
• tension
• respect

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