Overwhelm is Optional
- This is the podcast for big-hearted, highly driven professionals who want their life back.
- Each week, we explore ways to gently rebel against the idea that overwhelm and exhaustion are just the price you pay for success. You don’t have to push through—it’s time to work with ease, reclaim your energy, and create the life you want.
- 💡 Meet Heidi Marke
I’m Heidi, a Coach, Teacher, Podcaster, and Author. Having painfully burned out—losing my career, confidence, health, and financial stability—I discovered a better way. Now, I quietly lead The Gentle Rebellion, helping you to:- Stop pushing through overwhelm.
- Redefine success on your own terms.
- Reclaim your time, energy, and life.
Thank you to purpleplanet.com for the music.
Overwhelm is Optional
Episode 42: WARNING: READING THE NEWS CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH
Should the news carry a health warning like cigarette packets?
WARNING: READING THE NEWS CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH
Research shows this, which is why I, and many others, stopped reading the news a few years ago.
I only had one embarrassing moment of being less informed than maybe I should have been. Because the ‘news’ will always filter through and because mainly it goes in cycles of doom it’s pretty easy to predict.
Until this last year. And suddenly I’m getting pulled back into addictive news reading.
None of it has helped me and it has certainly caused me a great deal of stress and anxiety.
The news is not the news. It is a selection of manipulatively written messages and stories designed to hijack your attention and make money.
That doesn’t mean its evil or bad. There are many excellent journalists doing genuinely important work. But their voices are often drowned out by a fast-moving news cycle that demands ever-increasingly attention highjacking headlines.
So, how to stay informed without damaging your health?
Control how often and what you read.
Be aware of the addiction - what are you searching for? If it’s genuine information there are better sources.
Find an alternative. These are free:
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
If you have a good source of informative news that does not set off the stress response in a paralysing unhelpful way I’d love you to share it here.
It’s time we did something about the life-destroyi
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