The Power of Words
Shane explores the idea that words have the power to shape our thoughts and emotions. He discusses the importance of articulating our thoughts and pre-rehearsing potential challenges to better prepare ourselves. Additionally, he delves into the concept of emotional empowerment and how visualizing and imagining can give meaning to our emotions.In this clip
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6 Life-Changing Philosophical Insights | The Knowledge Project Podcast 170
Related Questions
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if the 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?
Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, saying that first you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The whole point of that is to diminish the physiological response, right?