Todd Goodwin
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You can hear that song and a lot of those feelings come back and even the memory comes back. Sound and smell are two of the strongest links to memory, but basically it could be something you see, it could be a touch, like your fingers pressed together, but basically there are natural anchors or associations that our mind makes just accidentally.
You can hear that song and a lot of those feelings come back and even the memory comes back. Sound and smell are two of the strongest links to memory, but basically it could be something you see, it could be a touch, like your fingers pressed together, but basically there are natural anchors or associations that our mind makes just accidentally.
And then there are negative ones, like if someone was at a funeral and they were really upset and there's a certain way people were touching them on their shoulder or a certain song that was playing, for example. When you hear that song, you might feel sad. It's not reality, it's not happening now, but it's just a reminder.
And then there are negative ones, like if someone was at a funeral and they were really upset and there's a certain way people were touching them on their shoulder or a certain song that was playing, for example. When you hear that song, you might feel sad. It's not reality, it's not happening now, but it's just a reminder.
And then there are negative ones, like if someone was at a funeral and they were really upset and there's a certain way people were touching them on their shoulder or a certain song that was playing, for example. When you hear that song, you might feel sad. It's not reality, it's not happening now, but it's just a reminder.
So our subconscious has a lot of things to learn and it's just often just presenting us with information for no reason other than just association. So in the case of what we did, I mean, there are ways we can neutralize the negative association. That's usually one of the first things. We probably did that too.
So our subconscious has a lot of things to learn and it's just often just presenting us with information for no reason other than just association. So in the case of what we did, I mean, there are ways we can neutralize the negative association. That's usually one of the first things. We probably did that too.
So our subconscious has a lot of things to learn and it's just often just presenting us with information for no reason other than just association. So in the case of what we did, I mean, there are ways we can neutralize the negative association. That's usually one of the first things. We probably did that too.
But you wanna figure out what is it you already really have a strong positive association with that emotionally and physically makes you feel strong or empowered or confident, whatever the state you want. And in your case, it was that song.
But you wanna figure out what is it you already really have a strong positive association with that emotionally and physically makes you feel strong or empowered or confident, whatever the state you want. And in your case, it was that song.
But you wanna figure out what is it you already really have a strong positive association with that emotionally and physically makes you feel strong or empowered or confident, whatever the state you want. And in your case, it was that song.
so then you just play that song not in the car you can do it in the car but ahead of time you can play it and you can just let yourself feel those empowering feelings or confidence or whatever it is build up within you and then what you do is you choose some kind of cue or trigger or anchor a gesture of some kind usually rubbing your fingers together making a fist tapping on your you know neck it doesn't matter as long as it's not something you do every day
so then you just play that song not in the car you can do it in the car but ahead of time you can play it and you can just let yourself feel those empowering feelings or confidence or whatever it is build up within you and then what you do is you choose some kind of cue or trigger or anchor a gesture of some kind usually rubbing your fingers together making a fist tapping on your you know neck it doesn't matter as long as it's not something you do every day
so then you just play that song not in the car you can do it in the car but ahead of time you can play it and you can just let yourself feel those empowering feelings or confidence or whatever it is build up within you and then what you do is you choose some kind of cue or trigger or anchor a gesture of some kind usually rubbing your fingers together making a fist tapping on your you know neck it doesn't matter as long as it's not something you do every day
You do that when you're feeling that feeling as strongly as you can, and then you just repeat that process for four or five minutes just to really condition yourself. And then when you're in the car, it helps to have the music again, but even if you don't have it, just when you get to the point where you might have otherwise started to feel uncomfortable,
You do that when you're feeling that feeling as strongly as you can, and then you just repeat that process for four or five minutes just to really condition yourself. And then when you're in the car, it helps to have the music again, but even if you don't have it, just when you get to the point where you might have otherwise started to feel uncomfortable,
You do that when you're feeling that feeling as strongly as you can, and then you just repeat that process for four or five minutes just to really condition yourself. And then when you're in the car, it helps to have the music again, but even if you don't have it, just when you get to the point where you might have otherwise started to feel uncomfortable,
you do that trigger or that gesture or whatever that is. And usually that brings back some of those positive feelings that you had basically copied from the music and pasted onto that gesture. So it's kind of like a copy paste. And then what you're doing is you're creating in real time a more positive association with the environment that previously was nerve wracking.
you do that trigger or that gesture or whatever that is. And usually that brings back some of those positive feelings that you had basically copied from the music and pasted onto that gesture. So it's kind of like a copy paste. And then what you're doing is you're creating in real time a more positive association with the environment that previously was nerve wracking.
you do that trigger or that gesture or whatever that is. And usually that brings back some of those positive feelings that you had basically copied from the music and pasted onto that gesture. So it's kind of like a copy paste. And then what you're doing is you're creating in real time a more positive association with the environment that previously was nerve wracking.