{"id":2499,"date":"2022-09-13T11:03:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T01:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindbodyfoodinstitute.com\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:14:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T06:14:55","slug":"why-your-brain-is-the-key-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindbodyfoodinstitute.com\/why-your-brain-is-the-key-to-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Brain Is The Key To Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Change of any kind is often done by consciously focusing on doing something different. But that\u2019s not so easy when you\u2019re trying to make your brain do something it\u2019s not familiar with.<\/p>

This is why understanding and working\u00a0with<\/em>\u00a0your brain is the key to change \u2013 without getting your brain on board and working with you, change will be extremely hard.<\/p>

Most helping professions approach change work from the wrong perspective \u2013 they simply weren\u2019t provided this information during their training, and some of it isn\u2019t readily known or practiced in mainstream medical awareness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Holistic Life Coach focuses on aligning the mind, body and emotions by breaking old patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving to arrive at a new \u2013 and desired \u2013 outcome.<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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In other words, we don\u2019t encourage talking over and over about the past. We encourage you to learn from it and move forward.<\/p>

We don\u2019t just ask powerful questions and allow\u00a0space for the client to witness his or her own answers (known as meta-cognition)\u2026 we also educate our clients on how their mind plays tricks on them, and how our brain stores and recalls information that highly influence our unconscious reactions to change that doesn\u2019t feel familiar.<\/p>

Holistic Life Coaches understand the\u00a0emotional and neuronal<\/u>\u00a0connections in the mind and the brain<\/strong>.<\/p>

When memories are formed they are accompanied by emotions. And those experiential emotions inform our interpretation of what the event meant to us for years to come.<\/p>

The meanings that we hold in our mind can easily\u00a0elicit our stress response and block us from moving forward when we are\u00a0challenged to change<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 it\u2019s the brains instinctive attempt to keep us \u2018safe\u2019 in our comfortable reality.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Safe is familiar. Brain patterns strengthened over a lifetime of repetition are familiar. Change is\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0familiar.<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The key here is that change must be made in such a way that gradually introduces itself to the brain as a potentially familiar way of thinking, feeling and behaving.<\/p>

This takes conscious, deliberate action over time in order to replace the\u00a0old<\/em>\u00a0wiring and create a\u00a0new<\/em>\u00a0nerve cell connections.<\/p>

Simultaneously, the underlying beliefs that created the original patterns need to be challenged so they can lose their grip in favour of the new and preferred goal.<\/p>

This means taking into account:<\/strong><\/p>

\u2013 past programming\/conditioning,
\u2013 interpretation\/perspective of their past experiences, and
\u2013 the meaning and beliefs they hold within their subconscious mind.<\/em><\/p>

This exploration allows you to uncover the neuronal thinking patterns embedded in the brain \u2013 the electrical firing and wiring of nerve cells caused by repetitive patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Until the underlying beliefs driving these patterns are uncovered, any conscious change is short-lived. Which is why ignoring the brain\u2019s involvement and necessity in the change-process is quite negligent.<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Willpower only lasts so long, and emotions are a powerful driving force for change.<\/p>

If you don\u2019t understand the relationship between the brain and your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, any change will be temporary and frustratingly short.<\/p>

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Are you looking to make your\u00a0own<\/em>\u00a0change, work for yourself and earn a flexible living that supports your lifestyle?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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OUR BRAIN TRAINING\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>