Small Steps to Wellbeing

Cognitive Fatigue - FOMO

Send me your Feedback or Suggestions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/fan_mail/new] In this episode I will be talking about the Fear Of Missing Out, or FOMO and how that can influence cognitive fatigue as it can relate to tendencies towards perfectionism, and can increase decision fatigue too. Check out other episodes in the series, which can be accessed through the links below Decision Fatigue episode https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/episodes/19139713 Perfectionism episode https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/episodes/19139729

Cognitive Fatigue - Perfectionism

Send me your Feedback or Suggestions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/fan_mail/new] Perfectionism can impact lives in many ways. It can also contribute to cognitive fatigue, and in this episode two potential ways in which perfectionism can increase cognitive fatigue are outlined and and exercise is provided to explore alternatives. Click to access the episode about Idea creation vs Decision making [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/episodes/19139713] Click to access the episode about Context Switching [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/episodes/19032432]

Cognitive Fatigue - Idea Creation vs Editing and Refining

Send me your Feedback or Suggestions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/fan_mail/new] The brain works differently when creating an idea than it does when making finalizing decisions regarding that idea. While creation can be uplifting decision making can contribute to fatigue. But we can't and shouldn't avoid making decisions. So how can we reduce our decision fatigue? Find out in today's episode.

Cognitive Fatigue - The Efficiency Trap

Send me your Feedback or Suggestions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/fan_mail/new] We have the tools available to us now-a-days that can help reduce the amount of time we spend on many activities, and while this is generally a good thing it may create an unrealistic perception that we can get an increasing amount of activities done per day.  We need to stop comparing our brains to computer processors and start using the time we create for ourselves to reduce cognitive fatigue instead. This episode provides an alternative perspective you can start exploring today. Click for the episode: 'Cognitive Fatigue - Context Switching' [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/episodes/19032432]

Cognitive Fatigue - Context Switching

Send me your Feedback or Suggestions! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/fan_mail/new] This is the start of a series of episodes that dive deeper into potential factors that can contribute towards the experience of cognitive fatigue, which at best can leave us experiencing occasional brain fog or mental tiredness and at worse could be a large contributor to burnout.  Today's episode focuses on the role that context switching can play and how that can appear in your day to day life. An exercise that can be used to increase focus and reduce context switching for a few minutes is the exercise of "Engaging the Senses" and can be listened to by clicking the link below; https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/episodes/18879080 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569749/episodes/18879080]