Brain Hack 15 – Drive Feelings of Success and Value
Do you want to be more successful or feel more valuable? Try this simple practice to control dopamine triggers in the brain and feel better now.
Do you want to be more successful or feel more valuable? Try this simple practice to control dopamine triggers in the brain and feel better now.
People with an enlarged amygdala suffer serious conditions. From high anxiety to reactive behavior and a host of physical illness, overactive fight-or-flight triggers create significant suffering. Still, this doesn't mean they must suffer forever.
Traditional dream analysis is good for self-evaluation, but if you want to gain everything you can from your dreams, it's better to use them the way nature intended. In this video, I review the reasons we dream. I also review the best way to use our dreams to improve our lives. Discover the full potential of who you can be when you understand the nature of dreams.
In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone our conversation about the amygdala and talk about implicit emotion. In honor of the #blacklivesmatter movement, tonight I will talk about anger, hate, and prejudice. Education is power and understanding why hate occurs is the best way to eliminate it. All proceeds collected from this presentation should go directly to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
The neurons that form our thoughts are adopted from our ancestors. During our first nine years of life, we modify the pairing of those neurons to form base survival patterns, survival patterns that can become a cycle of relived behavior. In our rapidly evolving world, following the preset patterns of your parents actually impedes the safety it was designed to create. In this week's video, I talk about these patterns and how to overcome them.
While trauma may be the source of fight-or-flight triggers in your brain, it is not the trauma itself that causes the trigger to activate. The brain is a machine and like any well-running machine, it has rules and the most fundamental of all its rules is the rule it has to keep you safe. It's there to prevent trauma, not relive it. So, why then, do we revisit places of suffering? Join me for the next 30 minutes and I'll tell you.
We all know reading is good for the brain, but what we read and when is essential to developing healthy brain function. In this video, I review the first three stages of consciousness and what to read in each, to create the healthiest brain function possible.
Human relationships are the most powerful placebo for humans. This means they offer the most positive and negative impact on our consciousness. Knowing when to laugh and when not to laugh can be critical to successful relationships. In this video, I talk about how to tell when to be funny and when to save the comedy for another day.
Everything in our lives is the result of chemical triggers in our brains. When talking about triggers, we often think of the negative impacts they can have on our lives, but Positive Sensory Triggers are a powerful tool for health and well-being, as well. Don't think of your life as carved in stone. Discover the power of choice at a level that makes a real impact on your experience of reality.
There are a lot of ways to relieve stress in the world. I've tried to catch what I can and I've compiled them into this easy list. In addition to the list, I give a detailed description of why certain things relieve stress and how to apply them in the best way to get the best results.