Episode 9: Don’t Listen to Everything Your Brain Tells You
January 24, 2023
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9. Don’t Listen to Everything Your Brain Tells You
Episode Summary:
The first thought you have is not the most true thoughtーit’s just the thought you’re used to having. On today’s episode, I explain how the different parts of your brain work together to keep you safe, but how that doesn’t always lead to truth and happiness. I also illustrate how you can move away from beliefs and thoughts that are keeping you stuck exactly where you are.
Show Notes:
The first thought you have is not the most true thoughtーit’s just the thought you’re used to having. On today’s episode, I explain how the different parts of your brain work together to keep you safe, but how that doesn’t always lead to truth and happiness. I illustrate how you can move away from beliefs and thoughts that are keeping you stuck exactly where you are.
Your brain’s job is to keep you alive, not tell the truth. Our belief systems are essentially thoughts that we’ve repeated to ourselves over and over again. Luckily, there are ways to untangle and work through the first set of beliefs and thoughts, and get comfortable with those feelings.
I share tools for cultivating more compassion, curiosity, and self-awareness. You can train your brain to tap into thoughts that closely align with your thinking brain instead of your primitive brain and nervous system. Listen in to learn more about questioning your belief systems and discovering the truth.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Topics Covered:
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Understanding that the human brain is not completely logical and rational
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Why your brain equates change with danger
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How we create belief systems
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Why action plans often don’t work
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How to work with all the different parts of your brain to change your thought patterns and beliefs
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About Your Host
I’m Cecelia, and I am passionate about helping people live the life they want to live and feel how they want to feel in their life. We do this together using mindset tools, nervous system regulation, and curious inquiry. I know that enjoying your life, feeling calm and even joyful is available to you.
If you’re ready to start right now, grab a recent workshop replay here on creating momentum.
Personally, I manifest in many ways- partner, mother, coach, sister, friend, daughter, citizen, feminist. I live with my husband and children way downeast Maine on a little bridge-connected island (after spending my first 35 years in cities). It’s beautiful here with the ocean and the wind.
I help my clients make big and small changes in life one step at a time.
No matter what’s happening in your life right now, I know you can feel different. I know that by working with your brain and nervous system, you can feel calm, content, joyful, AND you can still go after the big and small goals in your life (getting there will just feel different).
This process is simple and approachable.
You’re probably thinking- but it won’t work for me. I’ve tried it all or I was recently diagnosed with ADHD or I’m too old. But I promise, if you’re open to it, this work is not only transformative but suited for so many different kinds of people and brains.
