"I need my stress to achieve." - No, "Stress makes you stupid.” Emily Fletcher of Ziva Meditation

Emily Fletcher – founder of Ziva Meditation – notes “Stress is actually keeping you from performing at the top of your game.

“I tend to work with a lot of high performers.

“My CEO clients will say ‘Emily, my stress is the thing that gives me my cutting edge, that’s the thing that keeps me, you know, competitive and in the game’ – and my actors will say to me, ‘Emily, I need my stress…this is where my art comes from.’

“But here’s the news – stress is not helping you in the performance department.

“As a matter of fact, stress makes you stupid.”

She adds, Meditation is "a tool to help de-excite your nervous system & get rid of stress, which is going to help you perform at the top of your game...I found meditation during my 10-year career on Broadway.”

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Learn more in her free class: Secrets to Reduce Stress, Overcome Anxiety, and Improve Sleep.

The audio here comes from three of her videos:
Stressed on Broadway
Why We Need to Stop the Glorification of Busy
Meditation for Better Productivity

See the videos and much more in article Learn how to live with less stress and more creative accomplishment - Ziva Meditation.

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