Primitive Brain
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Tapping When Things Are Just Too HEAVY…

Sometimes we run into something that just seems too hard to do. For different reasons it can feel as impossible as trying to lift a 10,000 lb weight. Through a lot of trail and error, I’ve learned that the first thing I need to check is my primitive brain… If my survival or primitive brain…
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Who IS that person?!?!

Who IS that person?!?! I’ve said things I cannot BELIEVE came out of my mouth. You, too? I’ve committed to myself that I would do something important to my well-being and found myself procrastinating or distracting myself with Facebook and web surfing. You, too? I’ve at times wanted to curl up in a ball, or…
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It won’t work for me.

Have you ever longed for what other people have… heard how they did it… and thought “It won’t work for me?” That painful longing can be so painful. So disheartening! Once our brain decides we can’t get there, we feel like a little kid looking through the window into a wonderland we can never visit.…
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It Takes Too Much Time!

You’d think working 120 hours a week I’d have gotten A LOT done. And I did! I worried… A LOT. I stressed… A LOT. I struggled… A LOT. I felt stuck… trapped… A LOT. I wish I’d known back then that I was stuck in a “mode” that made it impossible for me to focus…
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Rick’s Primitive Brain

We share this ancestral mind — we are all tuned to it… no matter the country, the ethnicity, the social status or lack thereof. Our Art and our Dance are our unique expressions. Our fears are our common ground.
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Do You Want To Spend Your Life at Tug-o-War or…

A lot of people spend their entire life at tug-of-war. They work very hard. They put in a lot of effort and focus. And they just don’t get anywhere. The sad thing is, they don’t know what’s going on… they start blaming themselves for not being effective.
