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The Premeditation Alarm: A Useful Technique to Cope with Anxiety
1:09:24 - 1:19:29 (10:04)
The premeditation alarm is a technique aimed at helping people cope with anxiety and manage worst case scenarios. However, it is important to avoid slipping into emotional mode during the visual meditation or it can cause more harm than good.
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The ability to apply a different frame to a situation can change how one perceives it and respond to it in a more productive way.
1:09:24 - 1:10:37 (01:13)
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The ability to apply a different frame to a situation can change how one perceives it and respond to it in a more productive way. Everything in life is essentially a mind trick that we have the power to control.
ChapterThe Premeditation Alarm: A Useful Technique to Cope with Anxiety
Episode#170 - Massimo Piggliuci - 5 Exercises From Stoicism To Improve Your Life
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker shares about a sunrise meditation exercise that involves waking up 45 minutes before sunrise, and also imagines a crime-fighting duo in Athens using cognitive tricks.
1:10:37 - 1:12:18 (01:40)
Summary
The speaker shares about a sunrise meditation exercise that involves waking up 45 minutes before sunrise, and also imagines a crime-fighting duo in Athens using cognitive tricks.
ChapterThe Premeditation Alarm: A Useful Technique to Cope with Anxiety
Episode#170 - Massimo Piggliuci - 5 Exercises From Stoicism To Improve Your Life
PodcastModern Wisdom
Looking at the Milky Way or taking the time to reflect on life events are ways that people can find a sense of transcendence, which has been shown in modern psychology to be beneficial for long-term happiness.
1:12:18 - 1:15:48 (03:30)
Summary
Looking at the Milky Way or taking the time to reflect on life events are ways that people can find a sense of transcendence, which has been shown in modern psychology to be beneficial for long-term happiness.
ChapterThe Premeditation Alarm: A Useful Technique to Cope with Anxiety
Episode#170 - Massimo Piggliuci - 5 Exercises From Stoicism To Improve Your Life
PodcastModern Wisdom
The premeditation alarm involves visualizing a worst-case scenario and planning how you would respond.
1:15:48 - 1:19:29 (03:40)
Summary
The premeditation alarm involves visualizing a worst-case scenario and planning how you would respond. However, it is important to avoid slipping into an emotional state during this exercise to prevent causing anxiety.