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Invasive Emotions

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Joel

Invasive Emotions and Feelings Invasive emotions and feelings are lower-minded subcortical storyless processes. The highly uncomfortable feelings you’re experiencing are not generated in the cortical executive part of the brain.

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Posture Affects Affect

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Joel

Just Adjust Posture The simple act of adjusting your posture works as an instant shift of focus. You may not notice the difference in how you feel, but research indicates a shift in affect (emotion/feeling) after adjusting posture.

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Mind Lifting

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Joel

Mind Lifting is Body Building for the Mind. Bad News: Life is one problem after another. Good News: Problems offer opportunities to check whether you are caught up in a Mind Drama of thoughts, emotions, and feelings. Each problem offers … Continue reading →

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Power Posing

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Joel

Stand up Straight The simple act of adjusting your posture works as an instant shift of focus. You may not notice the difference in how you feel, but research indicates a shift in affect (raw emotion) after adjusting posture.

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Core Self

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Joel

Seven Primary Affect Systems Working in his lab with rats, Jaak Panksepp found seven primary-process emotional systems built into the brain by evolution. We and all other mammals are born with these innate neural systems in our brains. We are … Continue reading →

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Invasive Emotions, Feelings, and Thoughts

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Joel

Invasive Emotions and Feelings Invasive emotions and feelings are lower-minded subcortical storyless processes. The highly uncomfortable feelings you’re experiencing are not generated in the cortical executive part of the brain. But the left hemisphere cortex generates stories to give context … Continue reading →

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Total Self-Renewal through Attention Therapies

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Joel

Total Self-Renewal through Attention Therapies and Open Focus

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Healing Thyself

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Joel

Healing Thyself “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne sold over nineteen million copies. Want to be driving a Jaguar convertible sports car? According to “The Secret”, all you need to do is picture yourself driving it, parking it in your garage, … Continue reading →

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Emotions

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Joel

Emotions Jaak Panksepp discovered that the lower brain seems to be organized in such a way that one primal affective state prevails at any one time. He calls this monomania and it causes the upper thinking neocortex to follow the … Continue reading →

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FEAR Factor

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Joel

Primal-Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY

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