
World renowned Neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf on ”Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety and Toxic Thinking.”
Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning
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The White Bear Effect Is a White Elephant in the Room
The mind is going to that creates an imbalance of energy and this is creating new advantage in the brain because we're wired for survival. When you bring up a thought there's all the associated memories like trees are made of branches and there's lots of roots and branches in a tree so if you look at a tree you're looking at roots and branches the same thing with a worry. What we have to do is start at the top of the tree to find that because you want to embrace process and reconceptualize. If i just say i'm anxious and worried no it's terrible and stay there i damage my brain but if i see this as a message i'm going to grab
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