Maybe You're Just Bored

What if most of life's decisions aren't really decisions at all? This week, Michael makes the case that our clearest thinking happens when we stop trying to get it right and trust the natural flow of our knowing. In this episode: Why trying to 'get it right' is usually what makes ...  Show more

This week's episode explores the felt sense of "I can" - not as an affirmation or a technique, but as a genuine state of knowing that lets you brings more of yourself to whatever it is that you're doing. By the time you've finished listening, you'll be able to trace where that fe ...  Show more

Turns out that diving deep into our own thoughts is something that we don’t really like to do. We find it boring, and we’ll do anything to alleviate boredom, even if it means subjecting ourselves to self-inflicted electric shocks. This, sadly, is not an exaggeration. You’d be ...

Researchers are trying to figure out who gets bored — and why — and what it means for ourselves and the economy. But maybe there’s an upside to boredom?

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Researchers are trying to figure out who gets bored - and why - and what it means for ourselves and the economy. But maybe there's an upside to boredom?

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We've all been there: bored in class, bored at work, bored in standstill traffic. But why do we find boredom so unbearable? And, if we hate being bored so much, why do we still take boring jobs? This week on Hidden Brain, we try to answer these questions and more — hopefully, ...