MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 3: Silencing Our Inner Critic / 2. Understanding Scripts and Stories
Delia’s old story, that she wasn’t good enough, had become a cage that held her back even when others were eager to hear her ideas. Stories help you…
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 1: A Smarter Way to React / 3. Intro to the Brain
Understand why a simplified brain model is used in this course.
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 5: Unleashing Your Inner Brilliance —The Sage Mindset / 3. Empathy – Connecting with Others and Self
When we’re calm, it’s easy to say we value empathy. But when emotions rise, when someone interrupts us, questions our effort, or lets us down, empathy often disappears.…
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 3: Silencing Our Inner Critic / 3. Becoming Aware of the Stories We Live in
Metacognition means thinking about your thinking. How do you change a pattern you can’t see? That’s the challenge with scripts and stories: they often run silently in the…
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 4: Mastering Your Mind for Happiness and Success / 3. Recognizing Saboteurs and Scripts
You’ve now seen how Saboteur behaviors are fueled by internal stories, and how fear-based reactions like cortisol and adrenaline can lock you into those scripts. But how do…
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 6: The Realist’s Guide to Happiness / 3. The Sage Perspective: Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities
Sometimes, a difficult moment does more than teach a lesson or build a skill. It nudges you, quietly or forcefully, toward action. Toward something meaningful. This is the…
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 2: Breaking Free from Our Scripts / 3. Why Do Scripts and Stories Exist
The child sees something new and the elderly reacts out of habit. Both are doing their best with the stories they know. When we’re young, the world is…
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 5: Unleashing Your Inner Brilliance —The Sage Mindset / 4. Exploration – Embracing Curiosity and Wonder
True exploration isn’t just about asking the right questions. It’s about how you feel when you ask them. When you’re genuinely curious, your questions are invitations. When you’re…
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 4: Mastering Your Mind for Happiness and Success / 4. Transitioning to Sage Mode
Every challenging situation starts the same way: something unfamiliar happens. It might bring up confusion, hesitation, or anxiety. At that moment, your body responds with stress. But what…
MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain / MindShifting 1: A Smarter Way to React / 4. The Limbic Brain
Learn about the simple 'good or bad' responses of the limbic brain.