My 2 Brains and How I Hack Them

Did you know we have "2 brains"? Primal and Prefrontal cortex. Primal brain's job is to keep us safe. Prefrontal brain's job is to handle complex reasoning.

Our default brain is primal because it's IMPORTANT TO BE SAFE. In that vain, it churns out some serious nonsense thoughts. It means well, but it keeps us playing small.

Consciously focusing our brain on thoughts that serve our higher good is effort. But SO worth it if we want MORE from our lives. Daily thought downloads help me to get the sometimes non-sensible mind chatter on paper so I can better assess it. Sometimes that’s enough to relieve the anxiety feeling in my body. Other times, I choose a thought that is circling in my head and “work” it to consciously decide (with my prefrontal cortex) if I want to keep that thought or release it.

Just the act of noticing our thoughts is a relief from anxiety. The realization that we are not our thoughts - we are humans with thoughts - gives us power to change them.

To work your thoughts, here’s a formula to help.

If you’re stuck on something and want to dive deeper to figure it out, I can help.