𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑳𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏

That little gal gets blamed for so much. She’s just doing her life, stopping for a few pushups in the sun.

Lately, I have been resenting that lizard brain of mine. Her main job is to keep me alive and, yes, survival is important…..I guess. Of course, I’ll scoot out of the way of that oncoming car. And, of course I’ll pull my hand off that hot stove (that’s another story). But does she have to thwart all my efforts to change?

Yes.

Damn.

My little lizard is ancient. She’s my guardian angel of sorts, guiding me away from fatal errors. Except….she thinks all change equals death. I’ve got some other grey matter that knows the difference. I just need to employ it.

Exactly. Make ME the boss and my lizard brain the employee. With that arrangement, she can stay alive, and I can grow.

I can honor her efforts. I can be curious and patient and kind with her. And redirect her impulse to skitter away. Redirect that desire to something that I really want, like mental health, weight loss, peace of mind.

She doesn’t like big, scary things moving fast. She thinks just about everything is life-threatening. Good to know.

I’ve got a fist full of reassurances to help her when she wants to dash off. Let her know I’ve got this. I can keep us safe. When she settles back down, then I can look at what makes ME happy! See where we are at odds and get on with creating this amazing life. 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎 𝑃ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒: 𝑇𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑎 𝐶𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ. 𝑆ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 50 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠….𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦. 𝑁𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎. 𝑁𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒.