Unblocked
Welcome to Unblocked with Jessica Smarro, the podcast for bold conversations, deep shifts, and real freedom. We go beyond surface-level hacks and dive straight into the real work of unlearning the conditioning, rewiring the patterns, and reclaiming the parts of you that were never broken, just buried.
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Unblocked
Ep. 173 Stuck in Survival Mode: Why You Can't Slow Down or Relax
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Do you find yourself constantly racing through your to-do list, unable to sit still without a nagging voice whispering that you’re wasting time?
In this episode of Unblocked, I pull back the curtain on "survival mode" - the default state of chronic urgency that tricks our brains into treating everyday chores like immediate threats. Using a rainy Saturday morning and an urgent urge to trim my neighbor's bushes as a backdrop, I break down how anxiety masks itself as productivity.
Learn how to recognize your own mental loops, choose reflection over force, and finally break free from the habit of rushing through life just to get to the "living" part.
You don't need a life overhaul to shift from survive to alive. You need one pause.
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