Becoming my ideal self: Re-training the brain to emulate the person we want to be
“Change involves challenging what is familiar to us and daring to question our traditional needs for safety, comfort and control”
Our survival brain doesn’t have us reliving the positive moments in our life, it has us ruminating on the pain of the past and worrying about what my go wrong in the future and it does this to try and keep us safe and alive but this safety behaviour of worrying robs us of our peace and keeps us stuck.
Additionally, the brain can’t tell the difference between the real and the imagined so while we are flashing back to the past or imagining the worst possible future our brain and body are reacting as if these things are actually happening.
What if we made conscious effort in our day to try and break this habit and free ourselves from doom and gloom?
In less than 10 minutes a day you can spend time in active positive visualisation so instead of keeping our brain in survival mode and torturing ourselves we actually begin to instruct our subconscious mind to feel into the person we want to become and the future we want to live.
With conscious and consistent practice we can then build on our self-confidence and train our brain to be alert for the things that help us grow rather than the things that cause us pain.