I'm not too fond of this word.
I'm here - breaking the cycle
Hey friends,
I'm a bit over the whole conversation around mindset.
But in case you don’t know how I feel.
Can we have the mindset conversation, please?
Many people believe that life's biggest challenges - not enough money, eating unhealthy foods, achieving business success, getting enough exercise - can be solved by "changing your mindset."
As if changing your thoughts was as easy as changing the colour of your living room.
It's far more complicated than that. Our thoughts are often hijacked and operating through past trauma, our attachment wounds and our limited access to change said traumas.
When I hear someone suggest you can "just change your mindset," I wish I could tell them that the way to change your brain (forever!) is to do deep work. Non-ordinary states like Breathwork or Microdosing aren’t a cure-all, but it helps.
And as a former believer in the oppression of changing your mindset through toxic positivity protocols, I am sorry if you fell into that trap.
The foundation of your thoughts is programmed at the epigenetic level and inherits ancestral patterns. We are so familiar with our darkness that it takes some emotional excavation to uncover and understand the depth of these molecular bookmarks.
Change is difficult, subtle work.
With non-ordinary states, you can gain at least some insight and other more positive ways to heal your dark shadow and begin connecting with those lost parts.
Every time you do the deep work with psychedelics or Breathwork, you grow a new brain. You're creating new neural pathways for your brain to travel along, i.e. not just CREATING NEW THOUGHTS but creating an opportunity to heal, i.e. "breaking the cycle."
If you're maxed out on hearing people tell you you need to change your mindset, then maybe it's time to take action in a way that changes your brain.
After this horrendous week, it seems appropriate to shake things up to carry on, right?
Sending love,
