Episode 21: Undoing Negative Muscle Memory or When Your Body has a Mind of Its Own

Published: Oct. 26, 2014, midnight

When you suffer from habitual thinking that you don\u2019t like \u2013 and you have a hard time undoing it, it\u2019s because you\u2019re trapped in a physically engrained system of thinking. What happens overtime is your brain gets trained into feeling certain emotions and you grow used to it. It becomes unconscious, just like when you have peeled an apple so many times, you don\u2019t even think about it anymore. Or when you drive to work \u2013 you do it without having to think. The same happens with feeling certain emotions, even if they are unpleasant \u2013 they become unconscious and that is where you feel the most inclined to be. It grows to be your \u201cnormal\u201d and therefore, it\u2019s where you are comfortable. Despite when it\u2019s an emotion that doesn\u2019t feel good. \nI often talk about mental muscle-memory: you have habits of feeling certain things when you are in the corresponding environments and they repeat. Eventually, it\u2019s just reality and \u201cthe issues you face in life.\u201d So when you\u2019re working on creating positive change it will feel uncomfortable, tedious or even scary because of this muscle memory. It feels insurmountable but it's not, in reality - it's just because you\u2019re used to feeling bad and it\u2019s now associated with \u201ccomfort\u201d and safety. \n\nI will give you tools to overcome this habit so that you can "wake up" and decide who you want to be and what you want to do with your life. It's a revolution against old habits you don't want in your life! Join the resistance!!!!!\nAnd if you likee, please review me on iTunes!! Would make me very happy! For the blog version of this, check out TeaspoonOfHappy.com - will be up in the next couple days. \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices