#116 - MANAGING EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY: WHAT GETS IN THE WAY AND WHAT HELPS, with Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei
Career Therapy Podcast e.116 - MANAGING EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY: WHAT GETS IN THE WAY AND WHAT HELPS, with Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei
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On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (e.116), we welcome Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei to the conversation.
Dr. Sharon Lo Adusei is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in the developing brain, specifically focused on understanding the role that our context, culture and social environment has on how our attention and self-regulation skills form throughout life.
Over the last decade, she has worked to promote well-being and positive health outcomes in clinical, academic, and tech spaces, including the growing digital mental health industry.
In this episode we talk about childhood temperament and how it shows up in our work later in life, emotional reactivity and regulation and how to improve your sensitivity to negative stimuli, and what you can do to build a self-care plan for yourself when times get tough in your career.
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That’s all for the intro. Now let’s dive into this week’s conversation with Dr. Sharon Adusei…
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During this Episode, We Discuss:
0:00 introducing Sharon Lo Adusei
2:13 Sharon Lo Adusei’s background, and her journey to the digital mental health space
7:29 Emotional reactivity and regulation
12:58 Positive and negative environments and activities
17:13 What plant are you?
26:58 The balance between keeping busy vs. overworking yourself
32:27 How to adjust your reactions to stressful situations (what works for you?)
35:42 Externalizing anxiety (creating a “worry bully”)
40:39 Make good trauma responses
45:12 What’s the appropriate response to losing a job or being stressed by an interview?
51:19 Remote work vs. work in the office
55:08 Goals for “one-tooth goals”
Resources, links, and/or books mentioned in this episode:
As always, thanks for listening!
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