Mastering Mindful Responses

Brad discusses the importance of creating space between stimulus and response to shift from reacting to responding. By pausing, processing emotions, and aligning actions with core values, listeners can cultivate a more thoughtful and deliberate approach to unexpected changes.

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Related Questions
- If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right?
- For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, and immediately after use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?