Don't Feed the Monkey Mind: How to Stop the Cycle of Anxiety, Fear, and Worry

mind-and-cognition

• When there is a perception of threat, the amygdalae set off an alarm system… instructing it to go into survival mode.

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• The monkey does not learn from reason or debate… observe it, thank it, and return—over and over again—to your new expansive strategy.

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transformation

• Before your new mind-set can become the default, it needs to be informed with new experience. Experiential learning blazes new trails in the brain.

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• With repeated purposeful exposure to anxiety you will learn to relax into the feelings themselves. You are getting good at feeling bad.

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self-and-identity

• When you open your body with your breath and make space for pain, you are also allowing more room for pleasure.

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• Now that he allows himself the possibility of being wrong, Eric has become much more decisive… He actually enjoys his job now.

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