21: Your Brain Will Pull You Back To What Is Familiar

Episode Overview:

In this episode of the Women's Success Coach Podcast, I break down why your brain holds you back and tries to keep you in your comfort zone, even if you say you want to be doing something different. If you have been following my podcast or you have been part of my community for a while, you have likely heard me say that your brain can be your biggest asset, or it can be your worst enemy. To keep it from becoming an enemy it is important to understand how it works and why. Whether you keep telling yourself you will start something “someday” but never do, or whether you keep starting or stopping something, I’ve got you in this episode. 

What I Cover:

• Why the emotional side of your brain wants to hold you back when the logical side of your brain wants you to do something that will make your life better.

• How your brain tries to keep you comfortable and conserve energy.

• Why old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to implement.

• 6 strategies you can use when the emotional side of your brain wants to hold you back, conserve energy, avoid negative emotions, and keep you comfortable.

Let's Take Some Action:

#1: Call out the discomfort. Get clear about what is uncomfortable, what you are afraid of, and the energy it will require. 

#2: See discomfort as growth. Discomfort means you are making changes and growing which is a good thing. Remind yourself of this so that you see discomfort as a motivator, rather than as something to hold you back.

#3: Challenge your fearful thoughts. Ask yourself what is the actual worst thing that could happen and what the chances are that it will actually happen. Your thoughts create your feelings so what can you think that creates better feelings. 

#4 Get excited about what you are doing. Remind yourself why you want to make a change, what it will look like and feel like when you do, and why you are worth it. 

#5: Start small. Don’t give your brain an opportunity to freak out because it thinks you are doing too much at once. Start with something that feels 100% doable and build from there. 

#6: Get support and/or accountability. Get yourself someone to be your hype squad and/or to hold you accountable. If you are interested in learning more about how coaching can support you, go to www.karenvincentsolutions.com/coaching.

Useful Resources:

Do you worry too much, overthink, assume the worst-case scenarios, spend a lot of time focusing on negative things that have happened, or discredit positive things happening? If so, you are dealing with the human brain we have all been given and you are not alone.

The good news is, you can change this and it may not take as long as you may think! If you want a free resource that will help you examine your thinking patterns, and change those that are not serving you, grab my 5 Common Thought Distortions Guide HERE.

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