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with host Matt West, co-founder at Boom Journal.
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Have you ever wanted to change something, start to make progress but always find yourself failing to make it last long term?
Whatever your goals are in your life, focusing on making progress is more important than actually achieving the end result. Even if you imagine that the result seems impossible, try to get one percent better each day.
Don’t be afraid to celebrate your small wins along the way as well. You need to reward yourself and connect with your values in order to stay consistent and track your progress toward your goals.
The easiest way to keep making progress on a consistent basis is to stay in a “flow state."
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A study was conducted that consisted of eleven newly diagnosed individuals that discovered a gluten free diet helped improve focus, memory, and verbal fluency. Unfortunately, many people suffer from a gluten allergy but are unaware of it. To name a few, there are other common allergies include casein, which is from dairy products, eggs, peanuts, and soy. Vitamin D and Vitamin B complex supplements offer exceptional support for the optimization of your cognitive function. These compounds supply your body with necessary nutrients to cleanse, rejuvenate, and renew your mind and body. There are even specific supplements that are designed to enhance cognitive performance and clear mental fog. Rest is a critical component for any healthy or unhealthy person. It is necessary for your mental and physical health well being. REM sleep is the most important aspect of sleep because regulating and maximizing your sleep may lead to improve in the area of attention, memory, and mood. Get exercise provides many benefits and its important that you find an exercise that you can find enjoyment from. Exercise is an excellent way to eliminate brain fog and may reduce stress. Having enough time in the day leads to not carving out time for relaxation. One alarming chemical is the heavy metals are commonly found in water, air, and food. An example of this type of toxins is in copper toxicity, which could be found in the pan you cooked your dinner in last night. If someone was responding poorly from exposure to the toxins found in copper some symptoms would include confusion, mood swings, and disorientation.
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Why it’s hard to change your habits?
Because I believe that a built in reward system leads an internal drive to have you consistently take action. So this is what we know, what we’ve learned in the last decade, about how habits form in our brain. Every habit has three components. There’s a cue, which is the trigger for you to take action, a routine, which is the action itself, and then there’s a reward or consequence.
I agree with the experts that state that most people fail to give themselves a reward for taking action on a healthy habit.
Think about it most healthy habits like exercise don’t cater to instant gratification. And that’s why it’s hard to change your habits.
What I would like to invite you to do by the end of this video is explore where you are today, for two reasons. One: so that you can stick to a healthy habit. And two: that hopefully we can understand more about your habits.
I've have an obsession about how the brain works, "What makes us have better habits? Think better? And perform better?"
All of us can train our brains. But we need a little bit of help to get started.
For example, studies have shown that consuming a small amount of chocolate post-workout releases similar chemicals and neurotransmitters to those that will eventually be released by the workout itself.
How do you make a change? Maybe the real question is, I look at life and say there's 40 to 45 percent of my life on autopilot.
The question we need to ask ourselves really is, what is the motivating reward to apply to the healthy habit? We live in an instant gratification culture and the mindset that we have infinite options and limit time.
We've got to remind ourselves that having a built-in reward system is the ultimate will power. The basic question is, why do some people, suddenly lose 60 pounds and start running marathons, or after a lifetime of debt, why do they suddenly change how they spend and go on to be able to save lots of money?
Research found is these are people who suddenly became very deliberate about their habits. There’s a mindset shift about understanding how habits work, because studies show that once you understand, once you know about the structure of a habit, it becomes easier to change that habit. And once you change that habit, you start making these small consistent adjustments to your day that over a year or over a decade can transform your life.
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What you’ll learn: What is Neuropsychology? What is the belief about our neurons? Brain Structure and Roles The 3 brains What is Neuropsychology? By definition Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology that is concerned with how the brain and the rest of the nervous system influence our behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. What is a Neuron? Neurons are considered the basic building blocks of life. Previously, scientists believed that most of the neural pathways were established in or early childhood and during our adulthood our brain cells declined over time. Brain Structures and Roles Ninety percent of what we know about the potential of our human brain has been discovered during the last 20 years – it fact we’re only at the tip of the iceberg. Our brain is divided into three main parts, each with distinctive functions. The Primal Brain The first part is known as the primal brain. This section regulates the bodily functions we don’t consciously control, like breathing and sweating.The Primal Brain responses to survival and stress. The Limbic Brain Second is the Limbic brain, which constantly scans our environment for danger or reward. It’s also the emotional hub of our brain, dealing with feelings and memories. It is part of the brain involved in our behavioural and emotional responses, specifically when it comes to behaviors we respond in five ways: Feeding, Fighting, Fleeing, Freeze… and Reproduction. The Executive Brain Third is the Executive Brain which is responsible for reason, analysis, and the handling of emotions that stem from other parts of the brain. It’s the part of our brain focused on controlling behaviors like planning, decision-making, problem-solving, self-control, and acting with long-term goals in mind. Essentially it is focused on transformation, growth and achieving a vision. This mindset is the most powerful but the hardest to sustain. We need our Limbic and Executive brains to work together, otherwise we would continuously fall victim to our impulses. Say you hear something you dislike you and you feel a sudden urge to punch that person in the face – this is the emotional reaction of the limbic brain. But if you pause for a moment and breath, you’ll realize that punching that person could result in a legal action. So you decide to calm down. This is your Executive brain doing its duty and preventing you from impulsive behavior. The 3 brains Did you know you have three brains? Yes, you read that right! You have three brains – your MIND, HEART, and your GUT brain.
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Attention is a commodity - and a valuable one, because everyone wants more time to focus on the things that matter the most to them. It's more than just focusing on managing your time, start focusing your attention on what you want to do and not what you have to do.
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Welcome to Brain Boom, today we're going to talk about How to Deal with stress and ease your everyday stress by taking out that to-do list and eliminate your priorities to one thing.
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Mood and Happiness are linked but they aren’t the same thing. Take control of your mood by rewiring your Brain with an activity that lift your mood fast.
Introducing Brain Boom with Matt West where we share ways to to help others unlock their minds and thoughts to lead happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives.
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