My March blogpost invited you to contemplate the idea that “You are the guardian of your Joy.” I suggested making a 3-column list with these headings, “Things I know that give me life”, “The reasons I don’t do them” and “What I’m doing to fill my tank today.” If you missed that blogpost, you can find it here: http://biofeedbackwellnessstudio.com/blog/you-are-the-guardian-of-your-joy-what-gives-you-life
Did you participate? And if so, what did you discover? If you’re like me, you begin each day with great intentions, but what you desire isn’t always manifested. External obstacles are sure to arise, but sometimes the stumbling block is within. Hello self-saboteur. http://www.thefreedomexperiment.com/2010/12/08/are-you-a-self-saboteur/
However, no need to beat yourself up. It may not be your fault. Its how the brain works, according to Joe Dispenza in this 3-minute YouTube interview, “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhCom5ZTpg. He states, “95% of who you are is in a memorized set of subconscious programs.” As you’ve navigated life’s path, you’ve acquired some faulty brain circuitry.
Some of us can get stuck here, blaming the old circuitry on people or situations from the past. Don’t go there, because YOU can make a choice to rewire the programming and move beyond self-sabotage. How can you signal your body to undo a memorized program? Change the chatter! In this 3 ½-minute video, “The Science of Changing Your Mind,” Dispenza explains that it starts with “throwing out the mental trash.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSnH1zUAITY. Focusing on a new thought will rewire your brain and get your mind and body working together so that you can indeed become the guardian of your Joy.
Dispenza’s book, “You are the Placebo”, offers a more in-depth look at how typical thoughts and behaviors get hardwired so that we get stuck in old patterns. Here’s an example of his process from my own life. The pattern he presents is in bold. My examples are in parenthesis:
Same thoughts (I’ve got to get this all done) => Same choices (I’m going to push on till this work is done) => Same actions and behaviors (keep working non-stop) => Same experiences (I love my work, I’m accomplishing a lot, and that’s great, but I’m not taking time for me and my loved ones) => Same feelings (I feel exhilarated at all I’ve accomplished, but I feel totally drained. My body is tense and I and need some down time) => loops back to Same thoughts (because I’ve got to get this all done).
We must interrupt the cycle somewhere along the way in order to change brain chemistry and make new neural pathways. For example:
New thoughts (I can take time for me and still get things done) => Different choices (today I will take mini-breaks) => Incorporate new actions and behaviors (one 5-minute relaxation break mid-morning plus a mid-afternoon mini-meditation) => New experiences (wow, I think I accomplished the same amount of work, but I’m less tense and wound up) => New feelings (It was hard to take time for me, but I did it and I feel less drained. It didn’t take that much time! => New thoughts (I’ve learned a simple way to put some balance in my life.)
Is there a change you'd like to make?
My current pattern:
Same thoughts ___________________________________________________________ =>
Same choices ____________________________________________________________ =>
Same actions and behaviors ________________________________________________ =>
Same experiences ________________________________________________________ =>
Same feelings____________________________________________________________ =>
loops back to Same thoughts _______________________________________________
My plan for creating a new reality:
New thoughts ___________________________________________________________ =>
Different choices _________________________________________________________ =>
New action/behavior I’m going to take________________________________________=>
New experiences! _________________________________________________________ =>
New feelings!_____________________________________________________________ =>
New thoughts!____________________________________________________________
Did you participate? And if so, what did you discover? If you’re like me, you begin each day with great intentions, but what you desire isn’t always manifested. External obstacles are sure to arise, but sometimes the stumbling block is within. Hello self-saboteur. http://www.thefreedomexperiment.com/2010/12/08/are-you-a-self-saboteur/
However, no need to beat yourself up. It may not be your fault. Its how the brain works, according to Joe Dispenza in this 3-minute YouTube interview, “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhCom5ZTpg. He states, “95% of who you are is in a memorized set of subconscious programs.” As you’ve navigated life’s path, you’ve acquired some faulty brain circuitry.
Some of us can get stuck here, blaming the old circuitry on people or situations from the past. Don’t go there, because YOU can make a choice to rewire the programming and move beyond self-sabotage. How can you signal your body to undo a memorized program? Change the chatter! In this 3 ½-minute video, “The Science of Changing Your Mind,” Dispenza explains that it starts with “throwing out the mental trash.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSnH1zUAITY. Focusing on a new thought will rewire your brain and get your mind and body working together so that you can indeed become the guardian of your Joy.
Dispenza’s book, “You are the Placebo”, offers a more in-depth look at how typical thoughts and behaviors get hardwired so that we get stuck in old patterns. Here’s an example of his process from my own life. The pattern he presents is in bold. My examples are in parenthesis:
Same thoughts (I’ve got to get this all done) => Same choices (I’m going to push on till this work is done) => Same actions and behaviors (keep working non-stop) => Same experiences (I love my work, I’m accomplishing a lot, and that’s great, but I’m not taking time for me and my loved ones) => Same feelings (I feel exhilarated at all I’ve accomplished, but I feel totally drained. My body is tense and I and need some down time) => loops back to Same thoughts (because I’ve got to get this all done).
We must interrupt the cycle somewhere along the way in order to change brain chemistry and make new neural pathways. For example:
New thoughts (I can take time for me and still get things done) => Different choices (today I will take mini-breaks) => Incorporate new actions and behaviors (one 5-minute relaxation break mid-morning plus a mid-afternoon mini-meditation) => New experiences (wow, I think I accomplished the same amount of work, but I’m less tense and wound up) => New feelings (It was hard to take time for me, but I did it and I feel less drained. It didn’t take that much time! => New thoughts (I’ve learned a simple way to put some balance in my life.)
Is there a change you'd like to make?
My current pattern:
Same thoughts ___________________________________________________________ =>
Same choices ____________________________________________________________ =>
Same actions and behaviors ________________________________________________ =>
Same experiences ________________________________________________________ =>
Same feelings____________________________________________________________ =>
loops back to Same thoughts _______________________________________________
My plan for creating a new reality:
New thoughts ___________________________________________________________ =>
Different choices _________________________________________________________ =>
New action/behavior I’m going to take________________________________________=>
New experiences! _________________________________________________________ =>
New feelings!_____________________________________________________________ =>
New thoughts!____________________________________________________________
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