I used to live in the land of WHAT IF
Let me tell you, it sucked.
I had major health anxiety.
I was plagued by my worries about my kids, my hub, myself.
And not just about health. About everything.
When something good happened, I held my breath, just waiting for shoe to fall. Bracing for surely what was to come next (something bad).
I lived this way for a looooong time.
Stupid human brain.
You see, our brains are highly negative. Finding the negative – helped our species avoid danger and survive.
Problem is, there’s no longer a lion around every corner waiting to eat us. But our primitive brains haven’t evolved enough to know this.
They are designed to seek out potential threats. All. The. Time.
My brain needed reconditioning.
I didn’t know it though. I just thought I was a worrier. That it was a normal part of being a mom.
I thought living with heightened anxiety was a part of the package.
But then I learned about thought work. I learned how to recognize my own thinking and what those thoughts were creating in my life.
They were creating a lot of fear. And limitations.
And I learned how to question the thoughts that weren’t serving me. That were holding me back.
And then learn how to think on purpose to get what I really wanted – peace, motivation, joy.
And I began to see that it all – I mean everything in my life – starts with my thoughts.
And I began to manage my mind with the same time and effort I gave to my physical fitness.
And things really changed. For real changed.
The human brain is the most powerful machine on the planet.
The secret is to figure out how to use it for you rather than against you.
It’s just that simple.