The Feedback Loop: How Your Thoughts Shape the Person You Become | Episode 005

From Growing Plants Growing People · 33:27

Show by Kristian Hickson-Booth and Daniel Locklair

Have you ever noticed how one thought can quickly lead to another — particularly when something goes wrong?In this episode of Growing Plants, Growing People, Kristian and Daniel explore what happens when the messages we repeatedly give ourselves become familiar patterns, and how those patterns can influence the way we interpret situations, respond to experiences and ultimately behave.Daniel introduces the memorable Golden Brain illustration to help explain how the programming we accumulate can influence the messages our brain feeds back to us. We also explore the extraordinary number of thoughts we may experience across a lifetime — and why the goal isn't to make every thought positive, but to become more aware of the messages we repeatedly reinforce.In this episode you will discover:How repeated thoughts can become familiar patternsWhat the feedback loop is and why it mattersHow existing programming can influence the way we interpret new experiencesThe Golden Brain illustration and what it can teach us about the messages we repeatedly reinforceWhy two people can experience a similar situation yet respond very differentlyThe important difference between what happened and the story we tell ourselves about what happenedWhy Self-Talk isn't about pretending everything is wonderful or denying realityWhy you don't need to control every thought to begin changing the patterns you reinforceHow the brain's ability to learn and adapt gives us the opportunity to begin strengthening different patternsThe thoughts and messages you've repeated in the past may help explain some of the patterns you experience today — but they don't have to decide the patterns you create next.And as we prepare for Episode 006, we'll begin connecting those patterns to something even bigger: how programming creates beliefs, beliefs create attitudes, attitudes create feelings, feelings determine actions, and actions create results.Free Growing Plants, Growing People Reflective WorksheetWant to take today's conversation a little further?We've created a free Growing Plants, Growing People Reflective Worksheet to accompany this episode, helping you notice some of the messages you repeatedly give yourself and begin exploring the patterns behind your own Self-Talk.Download your free Growing Plants, Growing People Reflective Worksheet here:Episode 005 Reflective WorksheetEpisode 005 Bonus Reflective WorksheetBecause the most important conversation you'll ever have, is the one you have with yourself.Make it count.

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