“To feel this vulnerable means I’m alive.” Brene Brown, The Power of Vulnerability. Belonging and connection is a deep human need. Watch Brene Brown – the researcher-storyteller decode the human connection and offer profound wisdom. When Brene interviewed people about connection, they told her stories of disconnection and shame. She says “shame is simply understood [...]
When we have segments of life that we really enjoy, it’s hard to not look back and pine for what was. But if we keep looking back, we get stuck in the past and we cannot create a future. And we can get stuck in loss.
Are you struggling with the same goals over and over? Does it seem like making a change is taking one step forward only to take two steps back? Or, perhaps you've experienced procrastination or self sabotage. Hi, I'm Holly Stokes, The Brain Trainer. I draw on several brain training disciplines to get you REAL results! [...]
Now the problem with intention is that it only works if you don't have unconscious mental blocks. If Anna had the mental block, "you can't do what you love" it's quite unlikely that she would have found the answer to what she was looking for.
Often times when we experience pain, we ignore the pain or we suppress it with painkillers and we ignore the body’s communication system. If however, we recognize the intelligence of the body and work with the body’s own systems for health and healing, we can address the mental and emotional and even spiritual blocks to healing.
This is a great process for difficult conversations, family, friends, and even coworkers!
Motivation can range from simple to complicated. At the simple level, we need to change how we are thinking about the thing we'd like more motivation on. Use this simple tool to boost your motivation on something.
Sometimes making a change is simply about remembering to do so. When you have enough healthy habits, you can enjoy lasting weight loss success. Use this Neuro-Linguistic Programming process for making a new habit.
It’s as simple of thinking of your memories. Think of a time when you felt really peaceful. Imagine being there vividly, let yourself be back in that time and place, and allow yourself to feel what you were feeling, see what you were seeing, and hear what you were hearing. Let the peace once again wash over you from your head to your feet, then let the feeling wrap around you and become larger, let it radiate out into the space around you. Let yourself just soak up the peace.
This has to do with how the brain works, it interprets our language through making mental pictures. Consciously we understand the word “don’t” but don’t doesn’t translate in our unconscious mind. I’m going to ask you not to do something, will you try not to do it? Don’t think of a yellow butterfly because as you do it will turn blue and fly out the window. What did your mind do? It pictured the yellow butterfly turning blue and flying out the window!
