Is Your Brain Controlling You?

How to Manage Your Brain and Achieve Your Goals

By Dr. Dennis Maness, HealthWalk™MindSoul Division

Humans have a success instinct. From New Year Resolutions to weight loss goals; from personal goals to career choices, our goals seem to be sound, our minds are set, our determination is there, but then we blow it. Why?

Even with all the best of intentions, even for all the right reasons, something either consciously or unconsciously takes the wind out of our sails. This phenomenon has been given many labels: fear of success, lazy and lack of motivation. It is very discouraging and can often impact our self esteem and confidence.

Success Starts With The Brain:

Even though we don’t always think about it, success starts with the brain. Our brain is the operations center for our functionality; and it is a major contributor to who we are, who we are going to be and the memories of whom we were.  Our drive for success starts with changing and reprogramming the brain.

Our brain’s primary function is to keep the brain owner safe; to protect the brain owner from harm. In living your life, your brain has developed a homeostasis (a safe area of operation/ a state of mental equilibrium.) This homeostasis sets the bar for our behavior and how we react to situations such as change in lifestyle, for example, a decision to quit smoking.

Smoking is a learned behavior. It brings certain benefits to the smoker. Some smokers will tell you that it is enjoyable and that it helps them cope, handle stress, temporally fight depression and/or it is an alternative to eating and weight gain. These behaviors have become imprinted into the brain’s homeostasis. The brain feels safe here and therefore will resist any change. This same rule can be applied to one who has the goal of a job promotion, win a race or compete for political office. They have to first change the homeostasis of their current mindset before they can achieve their new goal.

Now, let’s look at what is going on in the brain.

You have made a decision for change which sets off a chain reaction within the brain. Now the tug-o-war begins. The brain is in its comfort zone, yet, you know to improve your life and your lifestyle you need to achieve this goal. The brain becomes nervous and creates a chemical imbalance. You feel out of sorts, you become frustrated easily which may lead you to feelings of anger or depression. This leads to an increase in adrenaline which places you in the area of fight or flight. Your brain is now processing from reaction instead of intelligent thought. What happens next is one usually gives up. The brain won, you lose because you attempted to move the brain from its comfort zone.

Approximately 86 % of the brain owners allow their brain to control them, which makes goal achievement much harder. That means only about 14% brain owners control their own brain. These 14% brain owners are highly successful because they have learned the mastery of managing the activity of the brain. Learning to manage your brain is a learned experience.

With MindSoul Brain Technologies, we can help you achieve control over your brain so that you are able to attain the goals you desire easily. We start by mapping the brain frequencies. The process is non-invasive and quick. The sound frequencies of the various brain lobes are measured to show what is firing, what is mis-firing and what is not firing at all. Also we want to know which area of the brain is being used to process thought.

With this information, we will know if you are processing from Fight or Flight, fear, or if there are excess stresses that are holding you back. Based on the data collected, a protocol is created that will lead the brain to the new desired homeostasis safely and naturally. The next step in the session is to teach you how to maintain this new state. The benefit of this is that you will be able to process from the executive center of your brain so that you make the best decision accessing the most information available.

Brain management is within the reach of the brain owner once the new homeostasis is achieved. You can help achieve and maintain a new homeostasis by following a few simple rules. They are:

1. Be sure your goal agrees with your vision and values. If it doesn’t you are creating an inner conflict which will make maintaining it very hard on your personal and family life.
2. Plan your pathway to your goal. Your brain understands structure and order. Divide your pathway into small mini goals. Organize your pathway and organize your thoughts at each step. This helps control the adrenaline factor, reduces stress and allows for a peaceful mind, body and life.
3. Be open to adjust your mini goals. Sometimes our road to success requires a detour so we can go around life’s little set backs.
4. Watch your diet. Different types of brains require different types of diets. Avoid foods that slow down the brain. When you “reward” yourself with unhealthy foods its takes a long time for your body to process them. This negatively affects your body and causes mental health issues such as improper nerve function which results in lack of focus, inattention and hyperactivity and more.
5. Get proper rest. The brain and body need the down time. The brain does its restorative work such as moving memory from the day to long term memory when the body is in a low Theta or Delta state. This work is impeded when your night is filled with mind chatter, late night television and stress.

If you want your dreams to come true, get adequate sleep but don’t oversleep. At HealthWalk’s integrated health and wellness center we have the technologies and the practitioners to support you in taking control of your brain (MindSoul Brain Technologies) and the functional nutritional counseling so that you are nourishing your mind and body to achieve your goals optimally.