Stay in the Moment

Our brains like prediction, they want to know that we are safe. Thinking about the future is uncertain, it causes a lack of prediction so we feel anxiety and worry about events that have not happened other than what we create in our minds. This raises the threat level of our brains.

When our brain perceives threat it shuts down the thinking part of our brains (the Neo Cortex) and our Chimp / reptilian part of the brain kicks in. the part that deals with survival and reaction (fight or flight).

This is when we react by doing what we did last time we feel threatened.

this could be eating junk food, comfort food, wine etc

the key is to align yourself with the present and how you want to feel in the moment, the now.

e.g. Content, happiness, relaxed.

Stop reacting.

Stop thinking about a future you have no way of predicting.

Try it, next time you feel stressed and what to eat/ drink things that do not serve you…

STOP

focus on the moment, practice deep breathing, give yourself a nice hot bath, read, go for a walk, but keep in the moment.

Change your state by creating the thought by Defining what you want, Refining it to strip away anything you did not want it to mean and being aware enough in the situation to Align (or in this case, Realign) yourself to create the feeling you want.