Mastering the Art of Inner Intelligence – Mini Episode
“Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it. ” -~ Michael Merzenich, Soft-Wired As we enter a new season… one that is filled with new beginnings and new energy, many of us are re-immersing ourselves in social dynamics that can trigger old, familiar feelings. To give ourselves the best chance of navigating the rest of 2024 in ways that align with our highest expectations, it can be helpful to reflect on our own signals and patterns, and tune into our deepest, internal wisdom… NEW! I'll be releasing weekly Audio Articles through the Mindset Neuroscience Podcast! (these will be on the weeks in between the monthly full-length podcast episodes). If you'd like to listen to an extended version of this article (which includes much more concrete detail and ideas about how to tune in to our Inner Intelligence), you can listen on the Blubrry media player on this page: or check it out on Apple Podcasts or Spotify We can’t help that our brains get built through our experiences and relationships. We can’t help that others’ reactions and signals will play a major part in the formation of our beliefs and behaviors as we grow up. We are a socially-dependent species. We will always need relationships with others for our own physical and neurological health. We are co-regulating creatures. However... as our brains mature, so does our ability to SELF-direct and SELF-regulate. Self-directed neuroplasticity is one of the first topics that drew me in to study neuroscience. One of the most important aspects of it is that our own neuroplasticity can be ‘self-directed’. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//forms.aweber.com/form/24/1430274624.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "aweber-wjs-kba0n6qyf")); Our individual mind-brain-body system has an intelligence to it that is reserved only for us. Only our mind-brain-body has experienced what it has experienced and built up the neural and behavioral architecture to integrate our past with what’s happening now. No single other person will have ever had the exact, precise same data to inform our most accurate decisions that align with precisely what we as an individual need in each moment. What I see happen with a lot of the clients I work with is they have lost touch with that self-directed knowing. They've stopped listening to their inner guidance. They have been so in search of others' approval,...