Creative Genius: You | Making your Dreams Come True | How to Get Unstuck
Have you had a dream come crashing down!
You can achieve your dreams by three simple keys:
1. drawing your future
2. changing your mind
3. going inside yourself to fuel your dream with creative genius insights and an open heart of love
Patti Dobrowolski, author of DRAWING SOLUTIONS: How Visual Goal Setting Will Change Your Life.
She is the founder of Up Your Creative Genius, a consulting firm that uses visuals and creative processes to help companies and individuals around the world accelerate growth and change.
Making your dreams come true means you must Hijack your Brain specifically your Amygdala:
Definition and Function of the Amygdala. The amygdala is an almond-shaped section of nervous tissue located in the temporal (side) lobe of the brain. … They are thought to be a part of the limbic system within the brain, which is responsible for emotions, survival instincts, and memory.
The term “amygdala hijack” was first used by Daniel Goleman in his book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ!
It describes the situation that arises when sensory information triggers a “fight-or-flight” response from the amygdala before the neocortex can respond. For example, in the case of a visual stimulus that contains cues that might be frightening, the information is processed as follows: “From the thalamus, a part of the stimulus goes directly to the amygdala while another part is sent to the neocortex or ‘thinking brain’. If the amygdala perceives a match to the stimulus, i.e., if the record of experiences in the hippocampus tells the amygdala that it is a fight, flight, or freeze situation, then the amygdala triggers the HPA (hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal) axis and hijacks the rational brain. This emotional brain activity processes information milliseconds earlier than the rational brain, so in case of a match, the amygdala acts before any possible direction from the neocortex can be received. If, however, the amygdala does not find any match to the stimulus received with its recorded threatening situations, then it acts according to the directions received from the neo-cortex. When the amygdala perceives a threat, it can lead that person to react irrationally and destructively”
However, it is possible to train the neocortex — the rational mind — to override or even prevent amygdala hijacks. In other words, you can identify potential triggers of amygdala hijacks and then learn how to overcome them.
Brene Brown truly gives you ways to engage with the creative you and be always ready for the feedback!
There is nothing more frightening than the moment we expose our ideas to the world. Author and vulnerability researcher Brené Brown shows us how to deal with the critics and our own self-doubt by refusing to “armor up” and shut ourselves off.
“Not caring what people think,” she says, “is its own kind of hustle.” Instead we must “reserve a seat” for the critics and our own self-doubt. “Tell them, I see you, I hear you, but I’m going to do this anyway.”
Act! Act compassionately, loudly, and quickly to when you feel emotional! Supprression of your emotions hurts you and others.
Reappraisal is ideal
Hug and ask for a hug.
Meditation regularly on ideas and mantras that help you feel optimistic!
Meditate in different environments,
Imagine staying calm before they unfold.
Observe your behavior!
Express emotions being gentle with yourself!
Relabel everything to be empowering!
Learn about your brain!
You are more amazing than you ever imagined!
