This is a YouTube video titled "Uncovering the Surprising Side Effects of Mindfulness" containing a monologue or talk by Beverley Simpson recorded in May 2023. Beverley discusses how mindfulness practice can sometimes reveal underlying feelings such as anxiety or depression that people may have been avoiding through workaholism or other distractions, highlighting the psychological function of overworking and self-care challenges.
But for some folks, once they do practice mindfulness, what they do is become aware of anxiety or depression or sadness or boredom or something unpleasant that all of the planning and high achieving was distracting them from. So it can open another can of worms, which maybe is another talk, I don't know. But you know, that just gives us grist for the middle. Like, no wonder you have been using workaholism to distract yourself from some of the things that are going on on the inside. Or no wonder you're keeping yourself really stimulated with lots and lots of exercise, or keeping yourself hungry most of the day so you don't feel these feelings or think about these thoughts or whatever. So that doesn't happen all the time. But sometimes it's just information for us about the function of over training, overworking, not taking good care of yourself.
