This is Interfering Neurotic with me, Dr Ash King, and mindfulness coach, Daron Larson - where we navigate a life lived with the curses and blessings of big feelings.

Coming up, we explore:

• The reality show that is US politics and how we feel about it
• The Big 5 Personality Test and what ingredients make for a neurotic individual
• Art and creativity as a safe space for the emotional experience
• The benefits of being more objective to our subjective experiences
• And the pro’s and con’s of sharing our feelings and struggles with the wider world

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Show notes:

Educated - Tara Westover [Book]

How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower' [Interview with Terry Gross] https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1236564681/how-poor-things-actor-emma-stone-turns-her-anxiety-into-a-superpower

The Big 5 Personality Assessment https://www.idrlabs.com/big-five-subscales/test.php

Is neuroticism really bad for you? Dynamics in personality and limbic reactivity prior to, during and following real-life combat stress [Journal Article] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289521000692

Follow Ash & Daron on IG: @ashking @daronlarson

Music by @nikitakarmen

Welcome to our first ep of Interfering Neurotic with Dr Ash King, and Daron Larson - where we navigate a life lived with the curses and blessings of big feelings. Together, we explore why we think, feel and act the ways we do (sometimes against our better judgement) and the deranged pursuits we embark upon to find ourselves, fix ourselves and keep fooling ourselves.

In Episode 1, we tackle:

• What to do when break ups leave us devolved to wet slimy slug-form
• Recommendations for meditations and movies
• What it means to be neurotic and the first moments in our lives we thought we might be
• The nature of endurance and resilience in a world full of unknowns.

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Show notes:

Daron’s TEDTalk: https://youtu.be/Ze6t34_p-84?si=dTLDEQJ_g0Xddt0p

The Wonder (2022) Sebastián Lelio: https://boxd.it/v3uY

Loving Kindness With Self-Compassion. Kristin Neff https://insig.ht/r7J9wfOY4Nb

Friendliness Resistance Training. Daron Larson https://insig.ht/MoSjSRHY4Nb

The Big 5 Personality Assessment: https://www.idrlabs.com/big-five-subscales/test.php

“I can’t go on, I’ll go on” - Samuel Beckett

Follow Ash & Daron on IG: @ashking @daronlarson

Music by @nikitakarmen