Your brain is ready to adapt to sobriety & recovery, Ep30

Your brain can adapt to anything. As humans, we have shown that ability time and time again. Start seeing your perceived failures as feedback opportunities, your perceived successes as steps forward, and the whole journey as a rebuilding of your mental superhighways - because your brain has a plasticity to it that is remarkable in its adaptation scope. Brain plasticity, also known as neuroplasticity, is a term that refers to the brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience. When people say that the brain possesses plasticity, they are referring to the brain's malleability. You are what you repeatedly do. You have to be consistent to build new neural-superhighways of positive-outcome behaviors. How do we build experience, skill, talent, and expertise? Proper Practice Time Investment Trial & Error This is what gets you better because you get to practice - you need to "fail" in order to develop new strategies. Hippocampus grows because you are building new memories of the practices, perceived failures, and perceived successes. The right kind of practice builds the right kind of neuron buildup. When you feel upset by a situation, ask yourself: How can I handle this to get a positive outcome? Is this really that important? Is this going to matter tomorrow? 3 hours, day, weeks, or months from now? After the fact: How could I have handled that differently? It is not acceptable to lose your sh!t over a situation. Thank you so much for listening and being a part of this wonderfully supportive community. No longer are we living in the shadows! Also, please subscribe, rate and review the show to help us spread the word about this awesome free content. Your simple action of rating and reviewing does wonders in helping others find the show. If you have questions you'd like addressed on the show, want to book me to speak at an event, or want to recommend or be a guest on this show, please contact me through any of the social media links below or via email. Feel free to contact me here for any other reason as well: Facebook: https://facebook.com/fromsobrietytorecovery Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessemogle Instagram: https://instagram.com/fromsobrietytorecovery LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessemogle/ Email: [email protected]