Why Mindset, Affirmations and Talk Therapy May Not Work for You

Have you found that when you try to change your thoughts/mindset or do affirmations, it might feel good at the moment but it doesn’t change how you feel long term?

This doesn’t mean that you’re doing it wrong or that there’s anything wrong with you.

The reason these practices aren’t working for you is that working with your thoughts accesses the cognitive part of your brain. When you are feeling stuck, anxious, overwhelmed, or depressed, that is originating in your nervous system which is your brain in your body. This is the part of you that feels emotions, sensations, sees images and has impulses. This part, your somatic nervous system part, detects and sends 80% of the information from your body to your brain. Only 20% goes from the brain to body.

Nervous system repatterning is totally possible and proven, it’s called Neuroplasticity.

How do you effectively shift how your respond to stress?

Adopt this 3 step system. Remember, this is a Lifestyle, not a quick fix:

1. Educate -> learn how the nervous system works and more importantly how YOUR nervous system works. This is a VERY important step. You can’t just do some mindfulness exercises and then voila all is well forevermore.
2. Regulate -> develop of toolbox of nervous system regulation tools that work for you so that you can build regulation into your system. This is a daily practice of regulating and building a relationship with your nervous system to support yourself in feeling grounded, at ease, open to possibilities, curious and interested in connecting with others.
3. Repattern - once you have more regulation on board you can learn how to move emotions through your body to full digestion. Learning how to do this is a superpower that we should have learned in science class when you learned about your body. You will be able to clear stuck stress (aka Trauma) and move through challenging emotions when they arise.

I invite you to contact me here to schedule a one-on-one consultation to talk about what it will look like to work together

With LOVE and Regulation
Dorie

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