5 Ways to help your mind work for you rather than against you.

Thanks to Mel Robbins (if you haven't heard of her, just google her) I am sharing with you 5 tips to help your mind work for you rather than against you.

Your brain is an incredible machine that's designed to create, spot patterns, solve problems, and help you achieve amazing things.  If you don't give it something to do, it turns it's power on you, which is why you can start to feel like you're a problem and your life is a problem.  That's not a sign that something is wrong; it's a sign that you need to redirect your brain.  The following 5 tips will help....

1. Give your brain a project.  Your mind is like a golden retriever; it loves to chase a ball.  If you're feeling down, you need something to chase.  Spend 15 minutes working on a project that matters to you.  Organise a cupboard.  Read a good book.  Pick up an instrument.  Find a hobby.
2. Look for hearts.  Have you ever looked at buying a type of car, and then notice them everywhere around you on the roads?  That's your brains filter, the Reticular Activating System, at work.  Your brain works hard to show you what it thinks is important to you.  You can change this filter, RAS, in real time.  Try it out by looking for hearts around you.....  in clouds, leaves, rocks, your morning coffee etc.  You'll notice that your brain can find whatever you want it to see.
3. Use manifestation (for real).  Dr James Doty, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, says there a 5 steps to manifesting what you think (without all the woo-woo).  He says it starts by changing your mindset.  Choose a thoughts you want to live by, and follow these steps:   1) Write it down.  2) Read it silently.  3) Read it aloud.  4) Visualise.  5) Repeat over and over again.  This process recalibrates the brain's Default Mode Network, replacing self doubt and negative thought loops with the empowerment you need.
4. Start your day with a sentence.  Psychiatrist and brain expert Dr Daniel Amen starts every morning by saying "Today is going to be a great day."  Starting your day in this way immediately puts your mind in a positive state and directs the RAS, the brains filter, to find evidence to make it so.  "The brain is lazy.  It does what you nudge it to do." he says.
5. Quiet your mind.  Mindfulness isn't about stopping thoughts - it's about observing them without attachment.  Notice them, don't grip them.  Imagine your thoughts floating away like leaves down a river.  Let them rise and fall.  Studies show that detaching from negative thoughts reduces stress and rewires the brain for positivity.

If you need help with any of the above please don't hesitate to get in touch.