Ruby Wax

when you've sensed something or you feel your ass on the chair or you feel your feet on the ground or you're doing Pilates or something and you're in your body instead of just competing with the next person.

You're in it and you can feel it.

When you're in that state of sensing inside, another part gets activated.

The amygdala can't be activated at the same time.

So the other part, like you can't hear something like when you really listen and think at the same time.

So you're tricking your brain.

So you get used to kind of going into the body.

The thoughts will take over.

They have to.

People go, I can't stop thinking.

You're supposed to.

But you bring the focus back to that sense, like breathing.

The thoughts come, you bring it back.

And every time you do that, you need the thoughts.

It's like lifting a barbell.

So that insula and other areas in the brain get sicker and sicker.

Like you can say it's muscle, but it's not.

It's neurons.

It's neural growth.

And when you have growth in those areas, it means you're more proficient at doing certain things, like focusing your attention, like bringing down your cortisol, even if there's a shit storm around you.