Podcast Summary
Unlocking the power of personal growth through belief change: To effectively change your thoughts, calm your body, understand the origins of your thoughts, and focus on higher-level concepts when feeling calm and rational.
Changing the beliefs in your brain is the key to personal growth and living a fulfilling life. However, it can be challenging as our brains are not always open to change. To effectively change your thoughts, you first need to calm your body and access your prefrontal cortex. Remember, thoughts do not have moral value and are influenced by a combination of nature and nurture, including genetics, individual experiences, and cultural and social narratives. To successfully change your beliefs, it's essential to understand the origins of your thoughts and learn new ways of thinking. Lastly, be aware that our brains have a negativity bias, making it more likely to hold on to negative experiences, so it's crucial to focus on higher-level concepts and reprogramming your thoughts when you're feeling calm and rational.
Understanding our brains as prediction machines: To change our thoughts, we must consciously direct our thinking towards new ones and practice building new neural pathways
Our brains function like a mosaic, creating thoughts from all the experiences and messages we've absorbed. However, it's essential to understand that our brains are prediction machines, not truth-tellers. They're wired to create a mosaic of the future, seeking certainty above all else. To change our thoughts, we need to build new neural pathways by consciously directing our thinking towards new thoughts. This process requires effort and practice, as our brains have subconscious blocks that can prevent us from changing our thought patterns if we're not aware of them. In essence, to change our thoughts, we must actively choose and practice new ones.
Identifying and Overcoming Limiting Beliefs: Understanding societal conditioning is crucial to changing your thoughts and beliefs. Attend book parties to discuss and challenge limiting beliefs with others.
Changing your thoughts and beliefs isn't as simple as just deciding to believe something new. Societal conditioning plays a significant role in limiting the types of thoughts we can even imagine, making it essential to understand and challenge these limiting beliefs. The speaker emphasizes this in her book, "Take Back Your Brain," and encourours a community of women to support each other in creating new powerful beliefs and outcomes. During her book parties, she invites people to meet her, discuss thoughts, and purchase a copy of her book. These events aim to help individuals identify and overcome societal conditioning that may be hindering their ability to imagine and believe in new thoughts. By recognizing and addressing these limiting beliefs, individuals can expand their thinking and advance their personal growth.
Overcoming limiting beliefs: Challenge limiting beliefs, expose yourself to new perspectives, and be patient in adopting new beliefs. Gradually open your mind to new possibilities.
Changing your beliefs and thinking patterns can be a challenging process due to the brain's natural tendency to cling to familiar beliefs and filter out contradictory evidence. To overcome this, it's important to start with small shifts in belief and expose yourself to new, positive perspectives. The practice of identifying and challenging limiting beliefs, as well as seeking out new sources of inspiration, can help create new neural connections in the brain and pave the way for more positive and empowering beliefs about oneself. Additionally, attending events such as book tour parties can provide opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals and be exposed to new ways of thinking. Remember, the brain is a prediction-making machine that prefers certainty over nuance, so it's important to be patient and persistent in your efforts to adopt new beliefs. Start by opening your mind to the possibility that there are alternative beliefs and gradually work towards them, step by step. It's not about believing in endless abundant green flowers all at once, but rather recognizing that they exist and building towards that belief.
The impact of societal messages on relationships: Preorder the upcoming book to access expert conversations and practical steps to change limiting beliefs in relationships, before May 5th.
Our societal messages and beliefs, formed at a young age, can significantly impact our perceptions and experiences in various relationships, be it platonic or romantic. To delve deeper into this topic and learn practical steps to uncover and change these limiting beliefs, preorder the upcoming book. By doing so, you'll gain access to an exclusive conversation with experts on relationships, including Dr. Marissa Franco, Sade Curry, and Maggie Reyes. This conversation covers how socialization affects different relationships and offers valuable insights for those struggling in their platonic or romantic relationships. Preorder before May 5th, midnight in your time zone, to secure this bonus content. Join the Feminist Self Help Society for individualized help and a community to apply these concepts and connect with like-minded individuals.
Meet the author and connect with like-minded women: Join the author for a book signing and network with women in your city, includes admission, book, swag, food, and drink.
During my book tour from May 12th to May 24th, you have the opportunity to meet me in person, get your book signed, and connect with other like-minded women in your area. This is your chance to be a part of intimate events happening in cities like Chicago, San Francisco, LA, Dallas, Miami, New York, DC, Philly, and Boston. Your ticket includes admission to the event, a book, swag, food, and drink. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your network and leave with new friendships and a new best book. Get your ticket before they sell out by visiting unfuckyourbrain.com/tour or texting your email to +1347-997-1784 using the code word "tor." I can't wait to see you there!
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