Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas is a health psychologist and a certified fitness coach with a Ph.D in Psychology, Her mission: Helping you build strong bodies and healthy lifestyles, starting with your mindset. She has dedicated her career to understanding how cognitive processes influence fitness, nutrition, and overall wellness.

In today’s episode, Kasey joins us to explore the concept of stress, the mindsets we have built around stressful situations and reactions, and how our perception of stress impacts our overall health more significantly than the stress itself. We discuss the intricate relationship between stress, self-control, self-sabotage, and decision-making, the concept of Future Self and how it can help us in making helpful decisions, the complexities behind having a growth or fixed mindset, how stepping back and becoming an observer of your thoughts can help shape our mindsets and futures. And more…

This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to understand the deeper effects of stress on mental and physical health, and for practical tips on how to transform stress into a catalyst for change.

“It really does come down to the meaning that you're assigning and the perception that you have.”

- Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas

“You’re diverting your mental resources to being stressed out rather than to being productive and staying focused. Stress and self-control are enemies in a way.”

- Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas

This week on Here’s the Deal:

• How mental framing can dictate our physiological and emotional responses
• Understanding that cortisol is a necessary component of health
• How the perception of stress impacts our overall health more significantly than the stress itself
• The role of self-awareness in changing our relationship with stress
• The truth about a Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
• The link between stress and self-control
• The idea of Future Self and how it can help us in making helpful decisions
• How becoming an “observer” of your thoughts helps shape our mindsets and futures

Connect with Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas:

• Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas on Instagram
• Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas Website
• Health Mindset Coaching Certification

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