What Nadine Burke Harris has said about Procrastination
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 27, 2026
Nadine Burke Harris, American pediatrician, ACEs researcher and former Surgeon General of California, has been quoted on Procrastination once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on April 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Burke Harris explains that procrastination and disorganization can stem from an overactive amygdala suppressing the prefrontal cortex.
“we see that prefrontal cortex is really just having a really hard time engaging, right? Because the amygdala is on overdrive”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and Anxiety (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:44
Episodes
Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and AnxietyThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 27, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke Harris about adverse childhood experiences, overactive stress responses, and buffering practices that help regulate the nervous system.
Others on Procrastination
- Oz Pearlman · 1 quote
Nadine Burke Harris on other topics
- Stress buffering · 5 quotes
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Study · 3 quotes
- Toxic stress · 2 quotes
- Fight-or-flight response · 1 quote
- Shame · 1 quote
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing · 1 quote
- Epigenetics · 1 quote
- Adverse childhood experiences · 1 quote