Drama Makes It Harder goals habits Jan 20, 2024

When you’re faced with something you don’t want to do, how do you handle it?  

For me, historically, there has been a lot of drama involved.  Drama to the point that even though I am over 40 years old, I could still hear myself whining like a 2 year old, “I don’t...

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Evolving My Primitive Brain: How do I reprogram my brain? brain habits primitive brain May 03, 2022

Now that you know why your body responds the way it does, what should you do about it?

As evolved humans, our prefrontal cortex can override the limbic, primitive responses, when we intentionally use it for that purpose. One of the primary ways to do this is to attach positive emotions to the...

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Cultivating New Neural Pathways habits neural pathway neurology Mar 10, 2021

If you want to change a behavior, respond in a different way, or create a new habit, you must cultivate a new neural pathway.

While this may sound complicated, it's actual a very realistic goal that will make a drastic impact.

So what is a neural pathway, and how will creating a new one help...

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Breaking Unconscious Habits behavior modification habits subconscious unconscious Jul 14, 2020

There are so many things we do every day that are completely automatic, thanks to our subconscious minds.  This can be a good thing and make us more efficient, it can also be our downfall.  

If we aren't able to recognize and challenge the subconscious behaviors, we won't be able to put...

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Why is it so Difficult to Change our Behaviors? behavior modification change habits Apr 15, 2020

Procrastination, addictions, harmful practices and not living a productive life in general — We all have some bad habits that are dragging us down. 

Often, we are aware of these behaviors and the influence they have on our lives. We wish to change them, but mostly get temporary success...

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