Posted By mindfreesuccess ~ 12th September 2011
One of the best ways to free yourself from stress is to be in a state of flow doing something which you either enjoy, are enthusiastic about or where you have fully accepted as something you have to do.
When you are stressed you are usually not in agreement with the present situation and hence you struggle against it internally by generating negative thoughts which may originate from something which happened in the past or something which you dread or anticipate will happen in the future.
All of this negative mind activity translates into a physical reaction by your body in the form of negative emotions such as fear, anger or depression which then translates into a stress response which causes the release of stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline.
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Posted By mindfreesuccess ~ 25th March 2011
Where is your attention now? Do you frequently lose your train of thought and find yourself paying attention to things not related to the task at hand? If you are a person whose attention is rarely able to settle on a single thing for a prolonged period of time, you are most probably wasting precious energy and mind/brain resources.
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Posted By mindfreesuccess ~ 17th March 2011
Our brains literally create physical barriers neurologically which are governed by our pre-conceived beliefs or perceptions. Neuro-Science has discovered that humans are hardwired to resist new information (or ideas or circumstances) which disagrees with existing beliefs. One has to simply look at most people’s reactions to events which result in major changes to their lives such as the loss of a job or a situation which forces someone outside of their comfort zone. The most common reaction is to resist the change. This isn’t surprising and is now backed up by science which shows that if information is received by our brain which supports our pre-conceived beliefs and ideas, then the parts of our brain which facilitate learning are activated. Read Full Post »
Posted By mindfreesuccess ~ 1st March 2011
In the last blog entry regarding habits I very briefly mentioned how our perceptions act as the filter from which our dominating thoughts are subsequently created. In today’s article I want to expand a bit more on how our perceptions literally have a physical effect on our bodies and hence our external circumstances too.
Our perceptions of things and situations control our behaviour towards those things and situations. This ordinarily would not be an issue if our perceptions accurately reflected reality but unfortunately the perceptions of the average human being are quite often mis-perceptions. Read Full Post »
Posted By mindfreesuccess ~ 16th February 2011
The actions (and re-actions) that you perform frequently in your day to day life in most cases are carried out without much conscious effort on your part. In other words some of your most automatic actions have actually become habits. Habits are something which you appear to do without your full conscious consent. They are ingrained bits of memory in your subconsious which automatically get triggered under certain conditions.
The definition of “habit” according to various dictionaries is as follows:
- something which you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it. (Cambridge Dictionaries Online)
- a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. (Oxford Dictionaries)
- an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. (Dictionary.com)
As you can see from the above definitions, habits can be so strong that in a way they are our masters and we their slaves. Due to the strong nature of habits it is important that we cultivate good habits and weed out the bad ones. Habits are actually so important that they are key to your success. Read Full Post »
Posted By mindfreesuccess ~ 5th February 2011
In general, and no matter if the situation is deemed good or bad, the average person’s breathing is shallow. This shallow breathing is particularly pronounced in moments of conflict or stressful circumstances involving another human being. When two people are in an argument or disagreement where emotions are exceptionally high, the breathing of the parties involved is not only very shallow and rapid but you could say that the breathing and thought-streams are in-synch between the two people which further energizes the conflict. Read Full Post »
Posted By mindfreesuccess ~ 4th February 2011
Normally when you look at everything around you, you rarely ponder the space in which it exists. Whether you’re admiring a magnificent house or some pristine scene of nature or even a nice thought in your head, none of it would be possible without space. Yet this inexplicable phenomenon of our universe is completely disregarded in place of the transient material things in our world which also include the thoughts in our mind. In order for “good” things to arise for you, firstly you must clear out your attic junk (ie, the clutter of thoughts in your head) and make some space. One good way to do this is the age-old technique of becoming aware of your breath. You can do this meditation/exercise anywhere and I recommend doing it several times throughout the day. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the results after you do this habitually. Below are some pointers on a technique which I use: Read Full Post »
