When the Mind and Body are in Conflict
Summary
- When our body (gut feeling) doesn’t seem to match what our mind is saying, what do you do?
- You need to find the missing thought – the thought that you’re not yet aware of.
- A thought takes shape in our body (as an emotion) when we believe the thought we’re thinking (the sentences in our mind/self-talk).
- We can tell ourselves thoughts (like positive affirmations) but not believe them (meaning we don’t generate the emotion that goes with that thought).
- Example: We can tell ourselves “I’ve got this” but not really believe it and thereby the confidence emotion doesn’t take root in our body (we act with confidence).
- Gut feeling is often an emotion we like. And often our head can be questioning this feeling.
- When we experience a gut feeling we also need to find the thought that matches it.
- Doing this brings about clairity in our decisions.
- It also helps us understand ourselves and be more authentic on a deeper level.
- Often gut feelings can be rooted in familiarity or bias. We can have have thoughts/beliefs that are automatic that create this feeling unconsciously.
- We may not actually want to go with what’s familiar.
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Tara Rama 