Innercise

All of this leads us to the same quandary every time. Setting goals isn’t hard. Achieving them is hard because, as far as your brain is concerned, radical change is a potential threat. When we look at change this way, we begin to see the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. In your own life, this may show up as glimpses of answers to some naggin

It Starts with an Idea: Left Prefrontal Cortex and Visual Cortex Like Caroline’s

can seem as if your ambition is fed into a black box that turns it into “No thanks, I’m good with where I’m at.” Gorilla Warfare:

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There is an important lesson about the gap of time between when your roots are first forming, and when your shoots first appear. This will be vulnerable period for you. You’re doing the work, but not seeing the results just yet. You might even feel like giving up. Don’t! You’re doing the most important work. You’re planting and nurturing mental and

If you go to the gym once, you don’t have a new habit—but you’ve just planted the first synaptic seeds for a new pattern in the brain. It’s going to take more time and effort for the roots to grow, and longer still for the shoots to become visible. To create a no caffeine habit, or a retirement savings habit, or a journaling habit, you have to plan

INNERCISE: Goal-Setting

This means abstract ideas or unclear goals have to be turned into concrete images that are shaped by your visual cortex located in the back of your brain. If you lean back in your chair, put your feet up on a desk, and lace your fingers behind your head, your hands would be roughly over your visual cortex. This is your “mind’s eye,” where you see a

By reviewing and focusing regularly on her goals in vivid detail, she was helping her conscious mind take more control in aligning with her subconscious mind. Here’s how this works.