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Archives for October 2015

Emotional Baggage: Putting Memories Out Of Your Mind

Emotional Baggage: Putting Memories Out Of Your Mind

Posted on 10.28.15 No Comments

Putting memories and emotional baggage out of your mind does not put it out of your brain. So how is it that people can put things out of their minds? Well, it seems to be surprisingly simple. If you distract yourself every time a memory comes up - after a few hundreds or thousands of Read More →

Dream Induction –  A fun way to beat insomnia

Dream Induction – A fun way to beat insomnia

Posted on 10.20.15 No Comments

Do you have insomnia just because you can't turn off your mind?  Dream induction allows you to turn off the TV and turn on a movie in your mind instead. Step 1 - Generate an emotion. Allow yourself to recall a positive memory. Vividly relive the memory using all five senses and then go Read More →

Overcome Procrastination By Chasing A Dream

Overcome Procrastination By Chasing A Dream

Posted on 10.13.15 No Comments

If you map out any task from the start line to the finish line there are going to be parts that you love and parts that you hate. Procrastination occurs whenever you focus on the nightmare you hate. Productivity happens whenever you focus on the dream you love. When I was working on Read More →

How Your Emotional Brain Pulls The Plug on Your Thinking Brain

How Your Emotional Brain Pulls The Plug on Your Thinking Brain

Posted on 10.06.15 No Comments

While your thinking brain has several ways of containing and controlling emotional reactions (neuroscientists are mapping these out as you are reading this) your emotional brain has one giant kill switch that allows it to pull the plug on the thinking brain. The way this works is that your Read More →

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