Kasie wraps up her time as co-host by talking to Chris about the importance of being mindful and fully immersing yourself in the present. She discusses how your early live experiences influence how your mind and body are triggered and react now. Then she gives you some tips to get your mind back into focus when you start to wander.
Tune in to see Complete Immersion in Being Present Through a Therapist’s Eyes.
Listen for the following takeaways from the Show:
- Mindfulness is not just a fad, but is is becoming harder to have because of the distractions we have now.
- Biology plays a big part in how hard it is to be and stay mindful.
- Happiness Trap covers the elusive goal of constant happiness.
- They discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the Kaiser Permanente Study.
- If you can focus on mindfulness, you can sense when you are being triggered.
- You need to be able to know when your body is being affected and why.
- How do you get back to the FLOW of the moment?
- Feel your feelings. Acknowledging and accepting what they are.
- Locate where you sense the feeling, thought, etc.
- Own the experience and commit to riding the wave to regulation.
- Work with your body to regulate.
- When feeling the emotional sensations in the brain, do a rational task to help refocus.
- The rational task is something you do that engages one of your senses.
- Kasie walks Chris through some examples of these exercises to help him become centered.
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