Help your patients hack their brains
for better health
MODULE 3:
How to “hack” our habit-forming brains for better health.
Our brains are really good at learning, yet these days, this process can easily get hijacked by modern marvels such as refined sugar and the endless ‘to do’ list. This seminar will bring together the understanding of how our brains learn with how mindfulness works to show you how we can tap into our own minds to harness their power to make lasting and effective behavior change. Building on common clinical cases from part 1 (e.g. overeating), this seminar will lay out a 3-step process of behavior change that helps individuals move from automatic, habitual (re-)action to aware and healthy action. (25:54)
Even though this mom realises that her anxiety is making her lose her presence of mind to the point that she only narrowly escaped getting hit by a car while crossing the road, she says “Not thinking about my children, husband, their well being, house chores and her duties etc. means not loving them and not living. Not thinking about the past and learning from it, means stupidity. I can stop being anxious only if everyone in the family is doing alright.” She values her anxiety so high, thinks that it’s her survival instinct and is in denial of a change from her worry habit loop. How can I handle this difficult situation?