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Alia Crum
Episode 119
Vocabulary
thrive (verb)
- Definition:
- to grow, develop, or be successful
- Example from the episode:
- “How do we help people thrive and function under stress?”
- Example sentence:
- “Business can thrive in a healthy economy.”
upbringing (noun)
- Definition:
- the way your parents or guardians raise you from when you’re a baby to when you become an adult
- Example from the episode:
- “I just mentioned that a lot of what I employ in my life to be a good communicator, be as high functioning as I can, comes from my upbringing and learning from him around centering and working with energy and connecting to one’s highest purpose.”
- Example sentence:
- “The sisters had a very traditional upbringing.”
debilitating (adjective)
- Definition:
- making someone very weak or sick
- Example from the episode:
- “That’s what we’ve been focused on. And what we’ve found is that if you kind of go back into those core assumptions, what you realize is that most people have the mindset that stressful situations are inherently debilitating.”
- Example sentence:
- “The flu was so debilitating that I couldn’t leave my bed.”
loom large (idiom)
- Definition:
- something appears big, important, or threatening, especially regarding a future event or situation
- Example from the episode:
- “When it comes to communication, stress and anxiety loom really large.”
- Example sentence:
- “Global warming continues to loom large over our environmental concerns.”