Could your personality be impacting your physical health? Research has shown that traits like perfectionism, people-pleasing and more, can contribute to chronic illness and a 35% higher risk of premature death.
In today’s episode, we explore the psychology and neuroscience behind how your personality shapes your health: how personality traits develop, affect your brain, trigger stress responses, and how you can reshape them. Plus, discover which traits can actually improve your health and longevity. Listen now!
(00:00) Intro
(01:23) What are personality traits, really?
(02:14) Competing needs: attachment vs authenticity
(03:01) How do personality traits get formed?
(04:23) What’s happening in the brain?
(06:04) How repressed emotions affect your health
(08:23) Perfectionism
(11:07) Signs perfectionism isn’t working for you
(12:08) 4 ways to break free from perfectionism
(14:55) Competitiveness
(18:11) What competitiveness does to your brain
(18:58) 3 ways to change our competitiveness
(21:08) Worrying
(22:41) Worrying can be contagious
(23:14) Worrying can cause cognitive decline
(23:43) Worrying is more dangerous than smoking
(25:03) Focus on what’s different, not just similar
(25:51) Accepting the purpose of your worry
(26:36) People pleasing
(27:57) The brain’s role in people pleasing
(28:35) Setting boundaries
(29:32) Secondary gain from our symptoms
(31:09) Overdependence
(33:07) How over dependence affects your brain
(34:15) Giving yourself the nod of reassurance
(35:31) Toxic positivity
(37:31) The antidote to toxic positivity
(38:20) Tragic optimism
(38:51) Personality traits linked to better health
(40:32) Final takeaway
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