MIND Dorset Humanists SHORT TALKS

Composition Chemical signals Neurons and cells Storage units Memories Sequences Hard Drive Synaptic pathways Learned behaviors Composition

I think it is the place where “stuff” is put together Basics…

Choice If we view our mind as the collective output of our brains comprehension, and we agree that the brain has been programmed by experience and learning; we can therefore choose to re-engineer our brains to perform better

Choose …to be a good person …to feel good about yourself …to do positive things …to be a happy person …to be the best you can be …to achieve great things

Programmable Plastic Malleable Adjustable Unlearn – relearn Fixable Controllable New information IN Old information OUT

I CAN’T DO IT I’m not good enough I don’t know how

I SHOULD… I should ______________________

I COULD I should ______________________ Could gives us choice COULD

OUR WORST CRITIC There are people everywhere who can’t wait to tell us how bad we are doing. But this only matters if we take it on board.

Positivity in all that you do OBSERVE Positivity in all that you do

MOTIVATION The Secret Bob Proctor Happiness, health, wealth Law of attraction Visualisation What you think about and feel about, you bring about

Your interaction with others ADAPT Your interaction with others

CONTROL Celestine Prophecy James Redfield Chance coincidences Feel the energy Control Dramas Intimidators Interrogators Poor me Aloof

CHANGE The way you think

SELF REPAIR You Can Heal your Life Louise Hay The problem is rarely the problem Loving yourself I Should… Affirmations Self healing….. ?

REQUEST Help from your body

INNER STRENGTH Power Poses Amy Cuddy Pen = smiles = happiness Power Pose / Alpha Testosterone Vs Cortisol Body language shapes you Fake it, till you become it Tiny Tweaks = BIG changes

CONQUER Your fears

DRIVING FORWARD Susan Jeffers Feel the fear and do it Anyway The fear will never go away as long as you continue to grow! The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and…do it! The only way to feel better about yourself is to go out and…do it! Not only are you afraid when facing the unknown, so is everyone else! Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the feeling of helplessness! Chatterbox

Cortisol Testosterone Chatterbox Should Control Drama Law of attraction Alpha Pose Affirmations Visualisation

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