Avoiding, Accepting, and Harnessing Pain: Turning Stoicism into Scientific Tools and Strategies

Five stages of psychological flexibility

Want to know the emotion that people are most afraid of? How to handle painful emotions? I did an amazing live interview with one of the most brilliant, underappreciated minds in the well-being space: Nick Mayhew.

If you are looking to better understand mental agility and fortitude, I promise, you will enjoy this. One of my favorites parts is when Nick asked about the importance of emotional intensity - which often gets lost in the mix compared with the attention given to “positive” and “negative” experiences. Listen to our 49 minute conversation here:

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If you are already a premium subscriber, let me detail Nick’s two additional levels to our psychological flexibility model. Here is the impressive, flexible mindset diagnostic: