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“Toxic productivity is when our relationship to our productivity habits becomes very harmful to us. Instead of becoming more efficient, in the long term we end up getting burnt out, disillusioned or disconnected.” – Israa Nasir
Intro
I am so excited to welcome psychotherapist and author Israa Nasir to the show to talk about her new book, Toxic Productivity: Reclaim Your Time and Emotional Energy in a World That Always Demands More. If you’re a high-functioning codependent, tune in, because I think we tend to struggle with this!
Israa shares practical strategies we can use to stop feeling like we need to do it all. We also touch on what healthy productivity looks like, signs you might be falling into toxic productivity, the dangers of running on autopilot, and feeling like you have to prove yourself.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Highlights:
- 3:20 Israa’s origin story: from conservation science to therapy
- 6:05 How Israa’s identity as a Pakistani Canadian influenced her career
- 7:40 Defining and discussing toxic productivity
- 15:30 What healthy productivity can look like
- 22:10 Myths that perpetuate toxic productivity
- 24:20 Why multitasking isn’t actually efficient
- 26:30 What autopilot feels like and what it does to you
- 29:00 Challenging toxic productivity
- 32:35 Israa’s boundary struggle with her mother as a childfree by choice woman
Connect with Israa Nasir
Israa Nasir, MHC-LP, is a New York City-based psychotherapist, writer, and the founder of WellGuide—a digital community for mental health awareness. A Pakistani-Canadian child of immigrants, she has a specific focus on mental health, identity formation and healing for the AAPI first-and second-generation immigrant community. Israa has been featured in NBC, Vox, Huffpost, Teen Vogue and other major publications and has been invited to speak at corporations such as Google, Meta, and Yale University. Israa sits on the Mental Health Advisory Board for both PopSugar (Vox Media) and the menstrual health product and advocacy brand, August.
Website: https://israanasir.com
IG: https://instagram.com/well.guide
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