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Podcast: The Neurodivergent Professor
Episode: KEW Episode 137: Making Room for Discomfort Leads to Growth
Description: Do you ever think about your comfort zone?You know, the thing that keeps you doing the same things over and over. And helps you stay calm, minimize anxiety, and do the things you need to do. I think of the comfort zone as being like a cocoon that surrounds our bodies. When we get into situations where we are uncomfortable, scared, or unfamiliar we start to experience negative emotions. Sometimes we’re afraid. Other times we get angry. We experience shifts in our baseline emotional state. Rather than focusing on the discomfort that...