Once you’re safe from immediate threats like hunger, cold, and predators, your brain scans for other potential threats. It’s not easy being a survivor!
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EXERCISE: WHAT ARE YOUR NEW SEROTONIN STRATEGIES?
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EXERCISE: WHAT ARE YOUR NEW OXYTOCIN STRATEGIES?
Make a list of remodeling projects that can work for you in each of the following categories: Build on “proxy” trust Place stepping stones Be trustworthy Build a trust verification system Get a massage
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EXERCISE: WHAT ARE YOUR NEW ENDORPHIN STRATEGIES?
Make a list of remodeling projects that can work for you in each of the following categories: Laugh Cry Exercise differently Stretch Make exercise fun
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EXERCISE: WHAT ARE YOUR NEW DOPAMINE STRATEGIES?
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New Dopamine Habits Celebrate Small Victories
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We have enough neurons to imagine things that don’t exist instead of just focusing on what is. This gives us the power to imagine
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you can build the skill of doing nothing during a cortisol alert, even as it begs you to make it go away by doing something. Waiting gives your brain a chance to activate an alternative. A virtuous circle starts in that moment.
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How to Stop Vicious Cycles
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Cortisol communicates pain and the expectation of pain. It motivates you to do whatever it takes to make the bad feeling stop. When a lunching gazelle smells a lion, cortisol motivates it to run even though it would rather keep eating. Gazelles survive because smelling a lion feels worse than hunger. Our ancestors survived because cortisol directed their attention to one threat after another.