Addicted to the Negative Thoughts

The last few years, I’ve spent a huge amount of my time studying the brain and neural-plasticity as well as somatic forms of therapy.

When a deeply traumatic life circumstance happens it forms a deep neural pathway in the brain. That neural pathway gets rehearsed again and again and we find ourselves reliving the past countless times as we deepen the pathway.

Over years, we become addicted to the negative thoughts and emotions because it’s easier to feel pain then feel something new. Getting out of our old mindset and the focus on trauma feels uncomfortable and we don’t like things that aren’t familiar.

The same can be said for your health and fitness. It’s easier to stay stuck in the past patterns then do the work to create a real change.

To really have change in your life, you must start with awareness. Become aware of your patterns, your thoughts and your emotions. You can feel them in the body (your felt-sense) often before you become aware of them with your thinking mind. Then you can start to utilize somatic forms of self-regulation to break the cycle.

This is really important work I do in our Rise Program and I hope to bring more to all of you here.

Invest in yourself with education on how your mind and body work.

It will change your life.

Goodnight world,

Michelle ❤️