Decision Making Stress: A Simple Solution That Works

Decision making can be super stressful. We make thousands of decisions each day. Being distracted and anxious only adds to decision making fatigue and worry. Today, we learn a bit of brain anatomy to help us along in making the decision-making part of our brain more developed, calmer and a better decision maker without added stress, procrastination or excuses. In this episode we will learn: ~A handy brain model to assist us in understanding how the brain works~Why decision making in particular in the brain is delayed until our mid-twenties~How meditation helps in making our brains more advanced ~Vipassana MeditationQuotes:“Meditation is practicing on focusing…hanging in there, begin tough and resiliency. And that is the name of the game! There really is nothing better for you. Meditation is about as good for you as water and you deserve a good long drink.” -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSWBooks, ideas, people, websites mentioned in this episode: Dan Siegel’s Handy Brain Model via YouTube The Whole Brain Child: The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive by Dan Siegel, MD https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10353369-the-whole-brain-child?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GzIDNaUqXg&rank=1The Host for this podcast:Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSWThe Stress Therapist and AuthorTwitter: @stresstherapyInstagram: @thestresstherapist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflakeLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/Stay in touch with Cheri and sign up for The Stress Therapist's Newsletter:https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat!https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go to this link:https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultationFollow Cheri Flake on GoodReads:Cheri Augustine Flake (Author of Honey Do to Honey DONE!)Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW:Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media and you can always go to iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation and yoga retreats and other offerings that I have there. Do you live in Georgia? Are you ready to be one of my clients? Go to my website to find out how you can sign up for a free consultation with me. But at the very least, go to my website and jump on my mailer so, you don't stress or miss one thing!Time Stamps/Chapters:00:00 Introduction to brain anatomy01:41 Dan Siegel’s Handy Brain Model05:15 Pre-frontal cortex in decision making07:50 How to strengthen the decision-making part of your brain08:23 How meditation helps10:31 Decision-Making help for kids11:15 Practicing focus vs. distraction14:55 Introduction to Vipassana Meditation 18:27 Binaural Beats (alpha)26:43 Guided Meditation Out28:05 Closing Remarks28:49 Outro