I'm new to Substack. This is a cool post. Makes me wonder if I could / should start a similar roundup as I start to read more and more Substack authors. Checking these out now! Thanks!
Also, the section where you wrote "There is also a breadth of data on how all of these impact our emotional health; not necessarily positively though (more on that soon!)." caught my eye. I'm glad to hear that you'll be expanding on that. I bet you could write a bunch of interesting articles on that topic. Looking forward to it!
Humble you Ryan - you got plenty of interesting articles already. I particular like you sharing that Rick Rubin clip - it reminded me of how often (at least in health and wellbeing) people "want" something different than they actually need.
Thank you for the kind words, and happy to hear that it started you thinking. I found myself surprised how much time I spent reading the last months here on Substack. Plus, then I did not even realise that most of the writing/authors were not really any exercise, health or wellbeing people. Thus, I created this the Weekly Wellbeing Zest.
In regards to the negative impacts of goals/rewards etc. on our emotional health (quick and short - you will have to wait a bit for full article on that):
It is tough to give a simplification here, because as so often with our physiology and neurology there are more moving and adjustable parts than people like acknowledge. Yet, you can imagine that a continuous "setup" based on goals and rewards is like generating and endless "Pavlov's dog" situation. Like animals we interpret these signals chronically, but also acutely (e.g. a dog starts salivating). For us humans that can take many shapes and forms, but it particularly is a struggle because when the feedback for if you are "doing well towards your goal" is so delayed (days, months, years?!), it simply generates a collection emotional responses all the time.
You are very welcome Connie! Your approach to your students, and just generally the class you are teaching, sounds like banger. Thanks for sharing that!
I'm new to Substack. This is a cool post. Makes me wonder if I could / should start a similar roundup as I start to read more and more Substack authors. Checking these out now! Thanks!
Also, the section where you wrote "There is also a breadth of data on how all of these impact our emotional health; not necessarily positively though (more on that soon!)." caught my eye. I'm glad to hear that you'll be expanding on that. I bet you could write a bunch of interesting articles on that topic. Looking forward to it!
Humble you Ryan - you got plenty of interesting articles already. I particular like you sharing that Rick Rubin clip - it reminded me of how often (at least in health and wellbeing) people "want" something different than they actually need.
Thank you for the kind words, and happy to hear that it started you thinking. I found myself surprised how much time I spent reading the last months here on Substack. Plus, then I did not even realise that most of the writing/authors were not really any exercise, health or wellbeing people. Thus, I created this the Weekly Wellbeing Zest.
In regards to the negative impacts of goals/rewards etc. on our emotional health (quick and short - you will have to wait a bit for full article on that):
It is tough to give a simplification here, because as so often with our physiology and neurology there are more moving and adjustable parts than people like acknowledge. Yet, you can imagine that a continuous "setup" based on goals and rewards is like generating and endless "Pavlov's dog" situation. Like animals we interpret these signals chronically, but also acutely (e.g. a dog starts salivating). For us humans that can take many shapes and forms, but it particularly is a struggle because when the feedback for if you are "doing well towards your goal" is so delayed (days, months, years?!), it simply generates a collection emotional responses all the time.
See, I need to continue on that piece, haha!
Thanks for the kind words.
Yeah, there is a lot to unwrap! Looking forward to your posts. :-)
Thank you, Dr Lipski, for the kind mention.
You are very welcome Connie! Your approach to your students, and just generally the class you are teaching, sounds like banger. Thanks for sharing that!
Honoured to be under your 'spiritual health' category. Thank you for the mention!