2. Choosing Your Thoughts

Teaching Little Brains

14-02-2020 • 20 min

This episode is all about how our thoughts create our feelings, which drive our actions, which produce our results.  This is actually scientifically observable on a brain scan!

Our super efficient brain wants to automate as much as possible, to save energy.  So, it takes the thoughts x feeling combinations we repeat over time, and stores them in our subconscious.

While this can be a good thing, because it allows us to focus on the tasks that require concentration, like lesson planning, driving on the highway, and solving super fun brain teasers in our Facebook group, it also means that 80-90% of our daily choices and actions are being run by our subconscious.  Unchecked, our thoughts can inadvertently lead us to negative actions and results.

The GREAT news is that we can choose our thoughts.  We don't have to believe everything that passes through our brain!

My call to action for you this week is to notice the 3 most frequent feelings you have during the day, and then write down the thoughts that are creating those feelings.  Are they serving you, or hindering you in some way?

I've also included a FREEBIE Plan for a lesson you can do with your students.

Teaching Little Brains came about because I feel like this is the important stuff of life that we should be teaching our kids in school (and at home).  These are the lessons, tools and strategies that will serve them, and benefit their mental health and well-being, no matter what they do, or where they go.

Thank you for tuning in!

LINKS mentioned in the episode:

FREEBIE Lesson Plan - Choosing Your Thoughts

Join the Teaching Little Brains Facebook Group

https://www.teachinglittlebrains.com

Kwik Brains podcast hosted by Jim Kwik

The Life Coach School Podcast by Brooke Castillo

Dr. Shannon Irvine - The Epic Success Podcast