E316: The Hidden Pattern Behind Productivity, Procrastination, and People Pleasing

About this episode

This episode explores the connection between productivity, procrastination, and people pleasing in the context of sobriety and neuroscience.

After getting sober many of us notice we go harder on scrolling, being productive, or people pleasing. In this episode, I want to walk you through how these behaviors are actually serving the same purpose, where they come from, what they’re doing in your brain, and why they can keep you feeling stuck even when it looks like you’re doing everything right. Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Content only membership https://community.soberpowered.com/checkout/lessons Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching Weekly email: You’ll hear from me every week-ish https://www.soberpowered.com/email Support the show: If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

People in this episode

Host: Gillian Tietz

Topics covered

• productivity
• procrastination
• people pleasing
• sober living
• neuroscience

Keywords

• sober
• neuroscience
• behavior patterns
• mental health
• addiction recovery

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