Work Trauma Addictions & Coping Mechanisms | Ep. 8

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The conditions of modern work culture often cause us to turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms in an attempt to regulate our nervous systems. For many of us, we have become addicted to or reliant upon coping mechanisms like fueling ourselves with caffeine, drinking alcohol, and overeating.
When we bring our disregulated nervous systems into a collective field, we can disregulate the nervous systems of those around us. We never know who on our team struggles with addiction, or how unhealthy their coping mechanisms might be. This is why I believe leaders have a self-responsibility to process their emotions and healthily regulate their own nervous systems.
This requires the leader to heal any patterns that sit underneath their own coping mechanisms and additions. Many of us have been operating in a state of stress, anxiety, or depression and coping with that. If we exist in toxic work cultures, perhaps we ourselves turn to toxic behavior, or habits of putting toxins and drugs in our own bodies.
In this episode I share my struggle with alcohol abuse as a coping mechanism, and my journey to detoxifying my leadership practices.
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1. Work Trauma Addictions & Coping Mechanisms | Ep. 8 (00:00:00)

2. It’s easy to fall for the belief “this is just how it is” (00:06:56)

3. Fragmentation and the separation wound (00:10:04)

4. Alcohol disconnects us from our higher selves (00:14:22)

5. I couldn’t exist in this work paradigm without numbing and suppressing myself (00:17:01)

6. Processing our emotions (rather than numbing) makes us better leaders (00:19:46)

7. Stressed-out leaders create work conditions that trigger harmful coping mechanisms (00:21:39)

8. Turning to caffeine to artificially boost performance (00:32:13)

9. Drugging ourselves into more productivity (00:35:12)

10. The coping mechanism never actually solves the problem (00:41:16)

11. Detoxifying our bodies and our cultures (00:44:53)