JOY

The #wotd was given to me by Sarah age 10 yrs. old. Sarah gave me this word over weeks ago!! TWO weeks...I was super enthusiastic when she gave it to me and was pumped to talk about the #Neuroscience of #JOY-

And then LIFE HIT me with some emotional CURVE BALLS and I was down for the count trying to claw my way back into my #JOY filled #brainspace

Honestly, the word JOY felt more like a #lifegoal or mental challenge vs. simple word to share a minute video about.

Why is it SO HARD to live out #JOY ?

Because the place where JOY lives and is experienced in our #brains is a very special place.

Joy is NOT in the Reptilian Brain what I like to call the #lizardbrain

Joy is NOT in the Critic Brain - Pre Frontal Brain of Judgment & Logic

JOY like her collectives of LOVE and HOPE and PEACE EMPATHY live and exist in our #LimbicBrain - our emotional Brain - this is our SAFE ZONE - our place of #belonging - it is NOT a place where fear, chaos, and confusion can exist.

These last few weeks, I have been on an emotional roller-coaster to carving out a Road Map for myself to find my way back to my #Safetyzone - and clutch onto JOY.

Spending our #thoughtlife in the Limbic Zone - we feel and experience: peace, creative, powerful, bliss and JOY!!

And let me tell you Friends, it takes #intentional #mindset to stay in the "zone" & fight off thoughts of fear and shame and self criticism and judgment...

Questions to Consider??

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Tell me what do U do to STAY in your #safetyzone.

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How do you live life in your #limbicbrain - where PEACE, LOVE, & JOY exist??