{"id":835,"date":"2016-01-07T06:19:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T06:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2021-02-26T04:52:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T04:52:43","slug":"the-emotions-behind-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/the-emotions-behind-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emotions Behind Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Procrastination.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Procrastination-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Procrastination South Lake Union Therapy\" class=\"wp-image-836\" title=\"Procrastination South Lake Union Therapy\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Procrastination is a topic that comes up often in my practice. &nbsp;Successful professionals well-versed in time management and theories of organization come in searching for answers and strategies to address delayed action in some key areas of their lives. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>It's easy to think perfectionism is to blame but recent research points to emotional regulation as the underlying issue. &nbsp;Read the full article here. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/m.reddit.com\/r\/psychology\/comments\/3j5ex5\/to_stop_procrastinating_start_by_understanding\/\">To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emotions Involved<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procrastination is a topic that comes up often in my practice. &nbsp;Successful professionals well-versed in time management and theories of organization come in searching for answers and strategies to address delayed action in some key areas of their lives. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,1,36],"tags":[274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Emotions Behind Procrastination &#8211; 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