The Mind Doctor® sits down with the Gumbo Radio Show and explores how behaviors and patterns (positive and negative) are created and deleted! If you continue to repeat negative patterns, despite genuinely wanting to change… If you have found yourself promising you will never do something again, or promising to continue doing something going forward
Simplified, your mind is comprised of your conscious mind and subconscious mind. The conscious mind controls about 10-12% of your functions, while your subconscious mind operates at about 88-90% of your functions. Your conscious mind is the part of your mind that is responsible for logic and reasoning. Suppose you are asked, “What time is
Your Mind is the most powerful tool you have. If you have negative thoughts or are sometimes a pessimistic person, understand this can be why you often feel stuck. The reason you somehow sabotage good opportunities, or the reason you attract confusion and often spiral into dark places. It’s true. If you are like me,
Were you aware that everything you do is being recorded? That’s right, recorded! Whatever you do, whatever you see, smell, taste, hear, feel, and experience is being recorded. In essence, you are a human video recorder, storing everything, everywhere you go, all of your experiences. The experiences you are aware of, and even the experiences
The inner child in you is a collection and assortment of memories within your personality; it is a representation of difficult and challenging experiences or sadness that you experienced growing up as a child. While you may not have heard about or know very little about “the inner child” and how “the inner child” is
As I watched my father beat my mother, she screamed for help. I remember also screaming for my father to stop hurting her. So, what happens when you experience an adverse event at a highly emotionally charged time? When you have a negative emotional experience (trauma), you are unable to release the energy that is
The triggering event itself does not cause traumatic symptoms (what you experience and what we see on the outside). On the contrary, traumatic symptoms are a result of the frozen residue of energy that has not been resolved and discharged in the nervous system as documented by Peter Levine. I Don’t Have Any Trauma! The
“My childhood wasn’t that bad.” I guess I survived.” or “Growing up was hell for me.” Whether you describe your childhood as “great,” “ok,” or “very bad,” everything you experienced growing up is stored inside of you and has shaped who you are today. The impact of childhood experiences (negative, positive, undesirable, bad, and indifferent)
I have trouble accepting compliments and believing things like when I hear things like: “You are pretty/attractive/handsome; You are so talented; You are brilliant and intelligent; You look very nice today; You did a great job; etc… How come I’m uncomfortable whenever I’m given compliments? It actually feels sorta weird and awkward, and I often
Why am I so afraid to… Why do I have a fear of… Fears and phobias live only in your subconscious mind. Therefore, when someone gives you a “logical” reason or explanation of why you should not be afraid (hey, relax—the dog doesn’t even bite), you are very often unable to process and accept the