035 - Nirish Shakya talks to his coach Kim Witten PhD. Kim shares her journey from working in the design industry in San Francisco to pursuing a PhD in sociolinguistics in the UK. Kim shares her insights on how to turn overthinking into a superpower by reframing it as curiosity. She emphasises the need to be curious and non-judgmental when experiencing negative emotions, and to try to befriend them. They also discuss the importance of focusing on the essentials to do less but do them better and celebrating wins, no matter how small they are. Tune in to this enriching conversation about managing anxiety, focusing on values, and achieving success.

In this episode:

Importance of slowing down, noticing, and accepting one's feelings and bodily sensations
Treating oneself as the user of one's own life
Noticing patterns and using tools like affinity mapping to make sense of them
Giving ourselves grace in the process
and much more!

Shownotes

Get 30% off Kim’s 90 minute one-to-one “Design Your Time” workshop if you mention the Design Feeling Podcast

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Subscribe to Kim’s ‘Hold That Thought’ newsletter

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Listen to Kim’s podcast

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How to go from Overthinking to Expert Thinking by Kim Witten

https://medium.com/@KimWitten/how-to-go-from-overthinking-to-expert-thinking-1d409ba00901

Four Signs That Separate Deep Thinkers From Over Thinkers by Jano le Roux

https://medium.com/illumination/four-signs-that-separate-deep-thinkers-from-over-thinkers-a47c992324b3

Use this UX Method in Your Next Challenging Conversation

https://betterhumans.pub/use-this-ux-method-in-your-next-challenging-conversation-d0938cbec5d2?sk=abfb5c40b947a0fba24d17721c18a2d6

Show credits

Illustrations by Isa Vicente

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Music by Brad Porter

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