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The fight or flight reflex when stressed

Blog | Podcast (5 mins) When we are stressed, our primitive stress response activates our emergency response to support the fight or flight response (physiological reaction). Our body is responding to a stressor on the job or relationship issues in the same way as if we were a caveman in mortal danger. Our reptilian brainContinue reading “The fight or flight reflex when stressed”

The way you think affects the way you feel, the way you feel affects the way you think

Blog | Podcast (5 mins) David Walther, kinesiologist summed it up perfectly “the way you think affects the way you feel, the way you feel affects the way you think” – let’s unpack this together. Our thinking brain (neo cortex) is located next to our feeling brain (limbic brain) this physical proximity is what drivesContinue reading “The way you think affects the way you feel, the way you feel affects the way you think”

Using your conscious mind alone is like balancing a truck on one wheel

We tend to rely heavily on our conscious mind. I’ll like to draw on the iceberg as it’s a concept we are rather familiar with. Just like an iceberg, your mind is comprised of two parts: the part that’s visible (above the surface) and the part’s that hidden (below the surface). The top of theContinue reading “Using your conscious mind alone is like balancing a truck on one wheel”