Dr. Sabina Brennan

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110 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 18 Apr

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or, you know, oh, God, I really don't want to do that.

That part of the brain will pull you towards that piece of chocolate that will make you feel good or talking to your bestie on the phone.

But then the thinking part of our brain, the neocortex, that's the part that we need to engage in.

to direct our energies towards our long-term goals, to the things that we want to achieve.

And that is conscious effort.

And it actually requires more energy and effort from your brain.

giving in to that immediate response actually is less taxing on your brain.

So that's why we really do have to engage our brain and bring us back.

Procrastination is actually not about being lazy at all you know it's a gap between what we intend to do and what we actually do and it's

And it's kind of, as you just said there, we're putting off what we call an aversive feeling.

You know, we're putting off something that scares us.

You know, very specific types of tasks.

As I said, they're different for different people.

Someone might love doing their accounts.

You know, for me, I'm kind of going, oh, God, I really don't want to have to do that.

You know, so your brain is trying to protect you.

It's trying to keep you in a good place.

So it is going to interpret that as a threat.

And that's what you're referring to there.

You know, it's a threat to, you know, how you feel.

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