In Our Nature
That Always-Tired Feeling: Thought Problem, Body Problem, or Something Else?
Apr 15, 2024
Season 1
Episode 64
Siobhán Friel
Tired? Yep. Seems many of us are struggling with tiredness as the speed of society gathers pace each year. This episode is about 34 minutes. Take a nap and we'll wake you at the end. There's nothing new here. You know it all already. You just don't like it (and me too).
We'll explore:
- The increase in tiredness and exhaustion in modern society - is this a thing?
- My experience with tiredness (clue: I did not "coach" myself out of it or transcend tiredness through realisation or insight)
- What place does an understanding about the nature of thought have in a conversation about tiredness?
- Why resting is not as simple as it once was, and why we look beyond naps and sleep to our thoughts, instead, for relief and solutions
- The interconnectedness of all things and why this matters when we are tired (well - it always matters)
- Why understanding the interconnected relationship between mind, body, environment and society is crucial
- Anxious Alice gets fresh
Mentioned
The article I mention on The 18 Types of Rest We Need
The previous episode discussing the role of society and institutionalised thought in influencing our own experiences: Episode 63: How That Anxious, Restless, Unsettled Feeling Is Originally Created (Clue: It’s Nothing to Do with You)
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