๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘ด๐’๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’›๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’

That little gal gets blamed for so much. Sheโ€™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 importantโ€ฆ..I guess. Of course, Iโ€™ll scoot out of the way of that oncoming car. And, of course Iโ€™ll pull my hand off that hot stove (thatโ€™s another story). But does she have to thwart all my efforts to change?

Yes.

Damn.

My little lizard is ancient. Sheโ€™s my guardian angel of sorts, guiding me away from fatal errors. Exceptโ€ฆ.she thinks all change equals death. Iโ€™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 doesnโ€™t like big, scary things moving fast. She thinks just about everything is life-threatening. Good to know.

Iโ€™ve got a fist full of reassurances to help her when she wants to dash off. Let her know Iโ€™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. ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž ๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’: ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ด๐‘› ๐ด๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ž ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž. ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ 50 ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ โ€ฆ.๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ. ๐‘๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž. ๐‘๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’.