Quick Spoon: The signs you might be ignoring
What happens when your body starts telling you something you don't want to hear?
In this Quick Spoon, Ross reflects on a moment from his conversation with business psychologist, consultant and author, Dr Joe Gray.
While working in a demanding corporate role, Jo began experiencing a persistent "flicky eye". What seemed like a minor irritation turned out to be a sign that something deeper was going on.
It's a reminder that warning signs don't always arrive as a crisis. Sometimes they show up as tension, disrupted sleep, irritability, or a feeling of being permanently switched on.
Ross explores how easy it is to normalise these signals and offers a simple reflection to help us pay attention before small signs become bigger problems.
Something to Reflect On
What signal might your body be sending you that you've stopped paying attention to?
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Transcript
QS1 - the signs you might be ignoring
[:[00:00:11] And then started having other kind of health things.
[:[00:00:59] The challenge [00:01:00] is that when we're busy, we often normalize these signals. We tell ourselves, "Oh, it's just a busy period. It'll settle down. I just need to get through this week." And then one [00:01:10] week becomes six months. So here's something to try. This week, ask yourself, "What signal might my body be sending me that I've stopped paying attention [00:01:20] to?"
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