Kris King | How To Handle Stress And Build Your Resilience

In this episode, Fergus is joined by Kris King, ultra-endurance athlete and race director for some of the world's most extreme races.
Kris shares how a series of extremely challenging times resulted in a decline in his mental health and ultimately lead him to contemplating suicide. Having been diagnosed with PTSD, Kris eventually went on a journey of self-discovery in order to rebuild his physical and mental health.
Kris hopes that by highlighting some of his own struggles with mental health and the framework he used to overcome them, you may be able to take something away from this episode and apply it to your own life.
Expect to understand the different types of stress.
Expect to learn about resilience.
Expect to reflect on what makes you happy.
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Chapters
00:52 Kris going on journey of self-discovery
02:22 Lowest point in Kris's life
04:30 Dealing with so many stressful situations
07:55 Low burning stress
13:32 Process of improving mental health
16:12 Emotional intelligence
16:53 Having a safe space
19:58 Status and feeling valued
26:30 Ego and high achievers
31:40 Teamwork and community
32.44 Having a purpose
33:40 Mentorship is a dying art
38:11 People are happy in different ways
42:45 The more self aware you are the harder it is
44:38 Do we need a purpose?
48:55 Giving back to society and having a bigger purpose
50:00 We must reflect and celebrate the wins
51:43 How do we build emotional awareness?
54:40 People struggle to be in the present.

[@NatureMoves_]

Loved this chat. Hard relate to a lot of this!

[@themodernmind]

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the support!

[@allankennedystyle]

This is great and so helpful. Low burning stress was something I hadn't identified but it is corrosive. I would much rather have the 'punch in the face".

[@themodernmind]

Thanks Allan, glad you enjoyed the video. Kris has a lot of very interesting insights.