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Emily McDonald

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Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

You just finished writing a book.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

Like, what are you talking about?

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

Like you have all these reasons to feel like you are growing and to feel confident and just literally I had a,

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

someone that I coached once who printed out her resume and put it on her bathroom mirror to do this, to activate confidence, to activate the feelings that she desired.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And so there's no right or wrong way to do this, but go on.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

I just went on a tangent list of all the reasons I already had to feel that way, right?

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And then, you know, that's kind of the first part.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And that's literally all I did that day a couple of weeks ago.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

But there is a second part to this, which, you know, some people will be like, well, I don't have any reasons to feel that way right now.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And that's where the second part of step three comes in, where it's like, OK, well, what are some things that you can do right now that you have complete control over that will bring you that feeling?

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And so for me, completing a workout brings me that feeling.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

Meditating, like doing a meditation brings me that feeling.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

It always tunes me back into myself and reminds me of like the spirit angel dolphin alien that I am.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And it always, you know, it always reminds me of that.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And then I'm always just like, oh yeah, like it's fine.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And so there's different things, right?

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

So like I have a repertoire of things that I know bring me those feelings that I'm after.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And maybe they might not come straight off top of your head.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

Maybe sitting with that question will, you know, eventually bring up things.