#93 Monday Mindset – Gratitude Changes Our Brain

#93 Monday Mindset – Gratitude Changes Our Brain

Neurons that FIRE together WIRE together

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“𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐖𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.”- Donald Hebb, 1949.

The consistent and deliberate practice of #Gratitude is powerful enough to change the Neurological make up of our Brain.

Listen Here & 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 @𝐝𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

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𝐖𝐇𝐘? - Hebbian Learning shows the discovery of Mirror Neurons that give neuroscientific evidence Of 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬; the neural substrates of our own actions are vicariously activated while witnessing the #Actions of others through vision or sound.

If we surround ourselves with People, Places and Things that cause us to experience Gratitude we will be neurologically shifted into more #gratitude. Likewise, if everything we see, hear, and experience is fear based and #negative we will be Neurologically shifted towards #resentment

𝐇𝐎𝐖? - How then do we increase the frequency of these Vicarious activations in the Brain? By purposely building a consistent Gratitude practice. Hebbs research says that in order for one neuron to begin affecting the efficiency of another in a certain direction it needs to repeatedly (#consistency) take part in firing (deliberate action or causality) the other.

Simply put to the more gratitude we deliberately practice then the more we will begin to naturally experience Gratitude even when not being deliberate.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓? - I have come to view 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐁 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍. It must be Acted upon consistently towards the people, places and things for which we are grateful. This reinforces Gratitude and increases the capacity to identify things in my life large and small that I am #grateful for.

Consistently starting my day with a Gratitude list without any minimum or maximum of items allows for a 𝐉𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 (our Brains filter) to be on the lookout for more opportunities, people, places and things for which I can practice gratitude.

As I experience these People, Places and Things I am purposely ingesting through sight and hearing (what we watch and What we listen to) things that generate a feeling of gratitude that cause these Neurons to Fire Together and Wire together creating more opportunities for 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Question for the Week

What direction are YOUR Vicarious Activations occurring in?