Take a peek behind the curtain of human behaviour

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Approaching difficult things

Sometimes we assume that experts and people who have done things many, many times find difficult things less stressful. We are told that practice makes perfect, so it can feel like we are failing when we experience a physical stress reaction to something that scares us a little bit.

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Leaving things to the last minute

Moderate procrastination is good for creativity, but too much procrastination leads to a short blog. This week’s blog is a reminder that planned procrastination (it’s a thing!) is risky business.

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Are you stuck?

We all experience periods of limbo that are less life threatening, and often we have created or pushed ourselves into these limbo spaces with the choices we make.

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Shouty synapses

Assuming we are looking forward to leaving the house, we take daily habits and routines for granted, in part, because we’ve practiced enough to run them on autopilot.

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