About this episode

The episode discusses the phenomenon of living on autopilot and the common experience of high-functioning numbness.

You're functioning. You're getting it all done. But somewhere along the way, life started to feel like a five out of ten. In this episode of The Shift Show, ShiftGrit founder and registered psychologist Andrea McTague is joined by Kai Ongaro, a psychology student and member of the ShiftGrit client experience team, to unpack living on autopilot, the "life meh's," and why high-functioning numbness is so common. Autopilot rarely means you are lazy or you do not care. It is usually chronic stress...

People in this episode

Host: Andrea McTague

Guest: Kai Ongaro

Topics covered

• autopilot
• high-functioning numbness
• chronic stress
• mental health
• self-awareness

Keywords

• autopilot
• functioning
• chronic stress
• mental health
• self improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ShiftGrit, ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling

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