A strategist plans but a joyful one plans for joy. When did you last feel rested? What are you good at that comes so easy you assume it doesn’t count? Who’s in your corner? Whose rules are you still following? What made you smile today? We’ll tackle these questions with heart and extend an invitation to experiment trying something new and joyful.
Caitlin opens the live session with warm greetings, welcomes a guest, and asks everyone to share a one-word check-in about how they're feeling physically and emotionally. She encourages sharing in the chat but notes there are no right or wrong answers.
Caitlin describes a show called Brainchild that her kids watch, explaining that each episode tackles different topics like motivation and emotions and uses experiments to illustrate concepts. She sets up an experiment example to explain the idea.
She recounts an experiment where participants held a hand in ice water and then tried smiling; smiling roughly doubled the time people could tolerate the cold. Caitlin connects this to personal experiences with saunas and cold plunges, noting distraction and engagement can change pain perception.
Caitlin invites viewers to try using a smile or engaging conversation to get through difficult tasks or moments this week, wishes them well, and thanks Carrie for joining before signing off.
Good morning. Good morning. Coming to you live for your midweek morning boost. I'm Caitlin. So happy you're here. Hi, Carrie. So first, let's do one word check in on how you're feeling today. No wrong or right answer. You can think about it. You can drop in the chat. How's your body feeling? How's your spirit? All emotions are welcome and all are welcome here. So this morning I want to talk a little bit about a new show that my kids and I have been watching. And if you don't have young kids, you probably have never heard of the show, but it's called Brainchild and it's on Netflix.
And it's super interesting because they each episode dives into a different topic. You know, they like tackle motivation, emotions, the ocean one time. It's really interesting. And then they show these Well rested. Oh, I love that feeling, Carrie. So the show really experiments with different concepts and then they show experiments to like bring it to life. And they did one experiment where they had people kind of like put a hand in ice water and see how long they could keep their hand in the ice water.
And they timed everybody. And then they instructed folks to, okay, now I want you to smile while you have the hand in the ice water. And then they timed how long each person did. And on average, they did four people and they showed them. It was kind of painful to look at, but almost everybody held their hand in the water two times longer, which I thought was crazy. And the explanation was about really your brain focusing on smiling. And so it was less concentrated on pain or discomfort. I'm not sure about y'all, but I love saunas and cold plunges.
And so I thought immediately about, oh man, some days it is harder to sit in that cold bath because you're just thinking about it. counting down the seconds. And then sometimes I go in and I'm chatting with somebody and then all of a sudden I start like, convulsing because I've been in there so long because I've been distracting. So sometimes you can do two things at once. You know, they say you're not always good, but you know, this week, yeah, Carrie, it does make so much sense. You know, when you are kind of like actively engaged in something, then your brain doesn't focus in on maybe something that in other times would really be debilitating.
So my invitation for this week is to find a moment and when maybe a smile or a conversation can help you through a tough task on the to-do list or just through a tough time that you're having, which we all do. So hope you have a great week. So happy to see you here, Carrie, and we'll talk soon. Bye.
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