Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

One of the biggest myths is that you are meant to be functioning at a high capacity without any need for rest or recovery. That productivity is linear. The more you do, the more you can accomplish, and then the more you do, the more you can accomplish. It's just supposed to be this feedback loop that's supposed to continue on and on and on. That's a myth.

One of the biggest myths is that you are meant to be functioning at a high capacity without any need for rest or recovery. That productivity is linear. The more you do, the more you can accomplish, and then the more you do, the more you can accomplish. It's just supposed to be this feedback loop that's supposed to continue on and on and on. That's a myth.

A break is not just a nice to have luxury. Your brain and your body need a break. It is a biological necessity for your brain and body to rest and recover. Human productivity is not linear. It functions on a curve. Think of a bell-shaped curve. The left of the curve, when you don't have a lot of stress, you're not very motivated, you're not very productive. Think about the right side of the curve.

A break is not just a nice to have luxury. Your brain and your body need a break. It is a biological necessity for your brain and body to rest and recover. Human productivity is not linear. It functions on a curve. Think of a bell-shaped curve. The left of the curve, when you don't have a lot of stress, you're not very motivated, you're not very productive. Think about the right side of the curve.

A break is not just a nice to have luxury. Your brain and your body need a break. It is a biological necessity for your brain and body to rest and recover. Human productivity is not linear. It functions on a curve. Think of a bell-shaped curve. The left of the curve, when you don't have a lot of stress, you're not very motivated, you're not very productive. Think about the right side of the curve.

So much stress. You are keyed up. Many of us are living on this right side of the curve, right? There is a sweet spot of human productivity right in the middle. It's just right stress. I call it the Goldilocks principle. And it's this idea of we all are to that right of that bell shaped curve. We are anxious. We have so much stress. We're not productive. We can't focus.

So much stress. You are keyed up. Many of us are living on this right side of the curve, right? There is a sweet spot of human productivity right in the middle. It's just right stress. I call it the Goldilocks principle. And it's this idea of we all are to that right of that bell shaped curve. We are anxious. We have so much stress. We're not productive. We can't focus.

So much stress. You are keyed up. Many of us are living on this right side of the curve, right? There is a sweet spot of human productivity right in the middle. It's just right stress. I call it the Goldilocks principle. And it's this idea of we all are to that right of that bell shaped curve. We are anxious. We have so much stress. We're not productive. We can't focus.

It's hard to get things done. So the science suggests that moving back, how do you get to that center spot? The sweet spot of human productivity is to scale back, but you can't scale back. That's not realistic because we have real constraints. We have constraints on our time. We have obligations with work and parenting. Instead, You have to honor your breaks. How do you scale back?

It's hard to get things done. So the science suggests that moving back, how do you get to that center spot? The sweet spot of human productivity is to scale back, but you can't scale back. That's not realistic because we have real constraints. We have constraints on our time. We have obligations with work and parenting. Instead, You have to honor your breaks. How do you scale back?

It's hard to get things done. So the science suggests that moving back, how do you get to that center spot? The sweet spot of human productivity is to scale back, but you can't scale back. That's not realistic because we have real constraints. We have constraints on our time. We have obligations with work and parenting. Instead, You have to honor your breaks. How do you scale back?

How do you apply the science to your everyday life? You honor your breaks. How do you do that? When you are taking a break during the day, what do most of us do? We mindlessly scroll. We've already talked about what happens with scrolling. This isn't a benign thing that you are doing. You are actively influencing your brain and your body for more stress, right?

How do you apply the science to your everyday life? You honor your breaks. How do you do that? When you are taking a break during the day, what do most of us do? We mindlessly scroll. We've already talked about what happens with scrolling. This isn't a benign thing that you are doing. You are actively influencing your brain and your body for more stress, right?

How do you apply the science to your everyday life? You honor your breaks. How do you do that? When you are taking a break during the day, what do most of us do? We mindlessly scroll. We've already talked about what happens with scrolling. This isn't a benign thing that you are doing. You are actively influencing your brain and your body for more stress, right?

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centered breathing take a little walk outside do some stretches touch your toes stand up twist do something where you're connecting your breath to your movement tap into your mind body connection practice stop breathe be it's a three second exercise and it can help what is that the stop breathe be method it's the instructions are in the name it's a three second exercise so you stop

centered breathing take a little walk outside do some stretches touch your toes stand up twist do something where you're connecting your breath to your movement tap into your mind body connection practice stop breathe be it's a three second exercise and it can help what is that the stop breathe be method it's the instructions are in the name it's a three second exercise so you stop