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🔥 Turn Fear into Fuel and Watch Your Potential Ignite! 🔥 "When you choose to move towards your fear, you're rewarded with a hit of dopamine. By its very nature, this happy neurochemical will make you feel good. And in feeling good, you'll be motivated to do it again. With repetition, your brain will build pathways around this habit. Over time, this practice will make you unstoppable. Ever noticed this?" Taking risks isn’t just about facing fears—it's about rewiring your brain for unstoppable success! 💥 Keep pushing boundaries and embrace the thrill of growth. #GrowthMindset #Fearless #Neuroplasticity #SuccessJourney

Avoiding the Neurofatigue trap🚫💤 It makes sense. I haven't had energy for the past several weeks⏰, and today I do so...I run around doing all the things I haven't been able to do, and now, I am down for the count again😵💫. Here's the catch🎣: in our effort to maximize a high-energy day, we often over-exert ourselves, only to fall into an even deeper bout of fatigue. It's an exhausting cycle, isn't it?🔄 But remember, every victory is born from balance⚖️. Resilience is not a marathon or a sprint - it’s about steady, sustained effort🚶♂️. When the energy surges, resist the urge to expend it all at once. Keep some in reserve🔋. By managing energy wisely, we can avoid the Neurofatigue trap. So next time the energy shines☀️, don't drain it; sustain it. Keep in mind - it's not about how fast you can run but how long you can keep running🏃♂️. If you would like more information about managing Chemotherapy-Induced Brain Fog, visit longliveyourbrain.com #Brainfog #Chemotherapy

Hum more. Seriously. I’ve started doing this whenever I’m starting to feel a bit flustered. Simply humming stimulates your vagus nerve, the main component of your parasympathetic nervous system, which puts you into a state of rest and digest. ↪️Heart rate goes down ↪️Blood pressure goes down ↪️Digestion increases All physiological reactions that calm you down. Try it. Close your eyes. Relax your forehead. Unclench your jaw. 3 breath cycles, slowly in and out through the nose, and hum on the exhale. Focus on the sensation and the sound. This is just one technique for what’s called “nervous system regulation.” Instead of letting emotions overtake you, you use a tool to regulate yourself. And you don’t even need to wait until you’re overwhelmed to use humming. Hum for a few minutes in the morning to put your nervous system into a parasympathetic dominant state. That helps you start the day feeling calm and balanced, making it easier to stay regulated throughout the day.

Need to w33d out distractions? Find your focus and boost productivity with a little help from our favorite plant 💪💚 Fun Fact: C*nn*bis contains compounds that interact with the endocannabinoid system in your brain, enhancing focus, creativity, and productivity. TH©, for example, can boost dopamine levels, leading to improved motivation and concentration. Meanwhile, ©BD can calm anxiety and promote a relaxed yet focused state of mind. So, next time you need a mental boost, consider tapping into plant power! 🚀

Stig. ma? If I fell off a curb and face planted the floor once before, will I without a doubt do it twice, three and four times? If I crashed my car once before, will I most definitely crash it once more? If I broke my leg last year, is it a given I will break it again this one? Sure I may be fearful of said situation happening again and/or there may be things going on for me which increase the likelihood of it, however it is not a categorical given. Speaking as though it is a given doesn't help. Acting like it is inevitable doesn't help. Carrying fear around doesn't help. So right now I am coming out of a period of overwhelm. There are lots of reasons which contributed to it happening and at the same time none of those reasons are solely responsible. Not carrying the feeling around that it'll happen again helps. Putting strategies in place to reduce the risk helps. Changing focus and learning new skills helps. It did happen before, several years ago, albeit slightly differently, and yet, it is not a given it will happen again. If I rely solely on external factors and not my own strength, knowledge and wisdom, then just maybe it will happen. If I surround myself with people who treat me like it will, it's more likely it will happen. If I think and act as though it will, so it shall potentially happen. Breaking out of old patterns of behaviour can be very challenging. It can be done though. Altering ones chemical, hormonal and physical make up sounds wild. It can also be done. Building new neural pathways in the brain sounds like magic. And it can definitely be done. (Yes science does say so too - check out Dr David Hamilton). So here's a little note today from me to you (mostly it's to me). I treat myself with compassion. ✌🏻 and much ❤️

'Fear' is the 'Excitement' that you need in your life! Decoding Dopamine (3/n) For every action brain predicts a lot of consequences. Fear is brain taking the least favourable consequence and putting it right in front of your face to .. eh .. scare you. But if you observe your state, the next time you are afraid of something, you will realise that you are feeling the same thing which you also feel when you are excited. That is because it's just a prediction, and every time you do something might result in some better consequence then the worst case prediction, you feel burst of dopamine - and hence super excited! So the next time you feel afraid: 1 - Do box breathing, ( 4 sec inhale, 4 sec hold, 4 sec exhale (from mouth)) 2 - Do the best thing you can do for a better consequences PS: Hanuman Chalisa also helps 👀

Context and triggers: Pay attention to the context and triggers of the physical sensations. If the sensations occur in response to specific events, situations, or thoughts that evoke emotions, it is more likely to be related to emotions. On the other hand, if the sensations have a clear and identifiable physical cause, such as an injury, illness, or medication side effects, they might be unrelated to emotions.

Are you familiar with graded exposure? 🌟🔍 It's a technique that gradually introduces you to fear or anxiety-inducing situations in small, manageable steps. 👣  This method is not just about facing fears—it's a brain game-changer! Over time, it rewires our brains to reduce the fear response and builds confidence. 💪🧠

TOXIC STRESS can play havoc on your mind and body! One way to CHANGE the way toxic stress plays out in you is by learning how to use Dr. Leaf's Neurocycle program. If you are ready to learn how to control your to Toxic Stress, reach out to me any time!

You are killing your Productivity! How? By overthinking about the future which is not even there yet! Focus on what you can control Like what? you may ask 🔆 Today How will you do it? ✅ Focus on your 5 easy tasks     - When we do the easy tasks first and complete them, our brain gets an instant surge of dopamine! ✅ Focus on 3 tasks with medium difficult tasks     - Your brain will require more dopamine, leverage that to accomplish harder goals ✅ By the End of the day, focus on that 1 most difficult task     - By this time, you would have given your brain hell of dopamine, and it would be "greedy" enough that it'll do anything to attain it Remember, Getting dopamine isn't wrong But, Getting it from something that won't benefit you in the long run, is WRONG! Overthinking has only one place - TRASH CANS! Promise me in the comment section, that you will trust yourself and stop overthinking :)