Teaching Little Brains

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Do you believe in signs, or nudges from the universe - or God, or whatever you might call it?
Oprah calls them whispers from the universe. She says that, for example, when we have an idea, or desire on our heart, first, we may hear a whisper of that idea or desire. She says, when we ignore that little whisper, which we often do, the universe then starts speaking more loudly to us.
And this is when we may start to get little “nudges” (that feeling that I should do a certain thing and you don't know why), or we experience “synchronicities” (which are sort of like coincidences, but from the position that there are no coincidences, but rather hints that things are all lining up for us to make that thing that we want to happen happen). We get more clues. Patterns start showing up.

Have you ever had that experience where like you hear someone’s name somewhere, and then you hear it again from someone else, then maybe you have a dream about that person, or you run into them somewhere? That’s what I’m talking about - synchronicities.

I’ve been noticing lately, is this question: Now what?!
And, I've learned that when I notice these things - repeated words and messages, etc, I should pay attention.
Because when I ignore them, especially the nudges, the universe tends to then deliver a big ol' slap in the face. And I don't particularly enjoy being slapped in the face.
So, when I heard the question "Now what" in those words, from a bunch of different people, in a bunch of different contexts, I looked inward. What's my "now what?"
Today I talk about moving out of, what Dr. Joe Dispenza calls, the familiar past, and into a new desirable future - and, as always, it starts with a thought.
If you want something you've never had, you have to think something (possible) you've never thought (possible).
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Heads Up: this episode may trigger (or as I like to refer to it, "activate") you. I encourage you not to shy away from your feelings. Allow them to come. Sit with them. Get curious. Don't be afraid of your emotions - whatever they may be. They are clues to what drives you (in either direction). Remember, the only dangerous emotion is a suppressed emotion.
With this being National Indigenous History Month, and the recent discovery of mass unmarked graves at some of Canada's residential schools weighing heavily on my mind and heart recently. I didn't think I could do an episode on anything else this week.
Below are some resources I've learned about recently - PLEASE share any that you know!!
LINKS to Resources, People, Books, and Organizations I've Learned About Recently to Support Indigenous People, Groups, and Calls to Action
94 Calls to Action - Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Indian Residential School Survivors Society
Indigenous Peoples Movement
Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum - Voices From Nunavut
Native Women's Association of Canada
Good Reads List Books
BOOK TITLES
They Called Me Number One - Bev Sellars
Five Little Indians - Michelle Good
The Education of Augie Merasty - Joseph Auguste Merasty
Dear Canada, These Are My Words - Ruby Slipperjack
Broken Circle - Theodore Fontaine
Up Ghost River - Edmund Metatawabin
Indian Horse - Richard Wangamese (Also a movie on Netflix)
Sugar Falls - David A. Robertson
My Name is Seepeetza - Shirley Sterling

Have you ever been in an audience of something and someone coughs, and it seems to start a chain reaction of coughing. Or, you’re talking to someone, and they scratch their nose, so then you scratch yours?

Ever wonder why?
Well, it may be, at least partly due to something called, mirror neurons. Mirror neurons were discovered accidentally, in macaque monkeys in 1992.
A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another. They are neurons inside your mind that mirror what’s happening outside.
They allow us to run a sort of virtual reality simulation of what it would be like for ourself to perform that action.
The scientific community got very excited about the discovery or mirror neurons and the possible implications of their purpose and function, hypothesizing their significance in empathy, learning, evolution, healing, and even autism.
Can anybody truly be themselves, or are we all just a bunch of Copy Cats?
Today, we dive into the fascinating world of mirror neurons.
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If I told you I'd give you $1000 to work out every day for a year, do you think you'd do it?
The answer might surprise you! Studies show that external rewards (like money), can actually have negative effects on motivation! Not only that, but they squelch creativity, encourage cheating and can result in exploitation of the reward-based system.
Like most things, the answers are within.
Intrinsic motivation is long-lasting, and has positive benefits to self-esteem, resilience, achievement, and engagement.
In the 1940s, Professor Harry F. Harlow discovered intrinsic motivation while he was studying rhesus monkeys. Up until then, it was believed there were only 2 types of motivation, and external rewards were believed to offer the greatest motivation for behaviour. Harlow proved that untrue.
However, his discovery didn't become validated until 2 decades later when Edward Deci picked up where Harlow left off. He discovered that not only did extrinsic reward not increase motivation, it actually decreased it.
In 2011, Daniel H. Pink published the book, Drive, on the matter. In it he identified the 3 pillars of intrinsic motivation as:

• Autonomy
• Mastery
• Purpose

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Do you suffer from "should itis"?
I should exercise more
I should be more productive
I should spend more time with my kids
I should spend more time outside
I should go to bed earlier
I shouldn’t drink so much
I should eat better
I shouldn’t eat so much sugar
I should be happy
I should be more grateful
I shouldn’t be so greedy!
It shouldn’t take me this long.
I should do better
I should know better
I should BE better
Whatever the “should, or shouldn’ts” are on your list, they always add up to the same thing: “You should be better, you should know better, you’re not doing it right.” It leaves you feeling like you’re not enough as you are.
We have been taught, mistakenly, that if we don't "should" ourselves into action, we will become lazy, useless, worthless lumps. And worse, if we don't "should" ourselves into being good, we won't be good!
The irony is that while we think by shoulding all over ourselves, we’ll get ourselves into action, the opposite happens - we end up feeling overwhelmed and guilty, which causes us not to do any of the things we think we “should”.
Feeling guilty and overwhelmed breeds inaction and stagnancy...it keeps you stuck. So, the more you feel like you “should” do something, the less likely you are to actually do it.
There are exactly zero circumstances in which “I should...” is the most specific, accurate, powerful, and useful language to express a thought.

You could literally stop saying the word should forever, and you wouldn’t be missing anything. There is always a better, more accurate and more helpful linguistic choice.
So, when you hear yourself saying, or thinking, "I should...", get curious. Where did you learn this should? To whom does this should really belong? Whose voice do you hear when you “should” on yourself this way? Do you actually agree with this should? What are you afraid will happen if you don’t do this thing you’re telling yourself you should do?
It has been drilled into us what we "should" want - by parents, peers, media, society - to the. point where we no longer know what we actually want, and often confuse the two.
Rarely do we say “I should” about stuff we feel totally aligned with, so let the word be a red flag indicating where you’ve internalized something that doesn’t quite feel right, or aligned to you.
Uncovering and exposing our automated “shoulds”, digging into them, untangling ourselves from the web of self-imposed obligation by getting clear and honest about what you want, is how we become the conscious creators of our lives, the bosses of our brains, the authors of our own stories, and the thinker of our thoughts,
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