Soft Life: The Science of Thriving Without the Hustle

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Is hustle culture crushing your well-being? It’s time to rethink success. In this episode, we dive into the ‘Soft Life’—a movement that isn’t about laziness but radical self-preservation. Learn how rejecting burnout, prioritizing rest, and rewiring your brain can lead to sustainable happiness. I’ll share personal insights, neuroscience-backed strategies, and practical ways to step off the productivity treadmill. Ready to redefine success on your terms? Let’s do it together.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm your host, Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mith.
0:10.0	Today I'm going to talk about the soft life as opposed to hustle culture.
0:15.2	But before we dive in, I just want to ask you to rate and review the show and share with friends
0:19.9	and family. It helps us so much to keep this podcast going. And I also want to ask you to go to resume the show and share with friends and family. It helps us so much to keep this podcast going.
0:23.4	And I also want to share with you
0:24.6	something that's really, really exciting for me,
0:27.3	hopefully for you.
0:28.5	I have a new book coming out,
0:29.6	which is my 19th book.
0:31.1	I have 18 books in 24 languages.
0:33.6	So this is my 19th book that's coming out.
0:36.0	And it is one that is a response to what you guys asked before.
0:40.5	It's called help in a hurry.
0:43.3	Okay, we all need help in a hurry.
0:45.4	And it's filled with all kinds of simple, scientifically based, but very easily explained information and tips on how to manage the moment. Managing your thought
0:57.4	life in the moment. So for example, some of the titles, help what's going on in my head.
1:03.5	Help, I'm under pressure. Help, my brain won't shut up. Help, I want to punch that person in the
1:08.1	face. Help, the world seems so black and white. Help, I'm tired all the time.
1:12.2	Help, my intrusive thoughts are driving me crazy.
1:14.4	Those kinds of things.
1:15.8	Even things like, help, I'm a people, please.
1:17.8	I help my inner critic, won't let up.
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