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Episode 2: Understanding the Subconscious Mind

Clancy Barton and Carolanne Ashley Season 1 Episode 2

In this episode, Carolanne Ashley and Clancy Barton discuss the workings of the subconscious mind and why it's difficult for people to understand their own mind.

Key topics covered include:

  1. The Basics of the Mind:
    • Conscious Mind: Described as the logical and rational 'adult' part of the mind.
    • Subconscious Mind: Referred to as the emotional, imaginative 'child', handling automatic thoughts, patterns, and beliefs.
  2. Understanding the Subconscious:
    • How the subconscious shapes reactions, habits, and feelings, often beneath conscious awareness.
    • The Iceberg Model - Visible part (conscious) and the hidden large part (subconscious).
  3. Learning and Habits Formation:
    • Importance of early childhood in shaping the subconscious.
    • Role of neural pathways in reinforcing habits and beliefs.
  4. Role of Subconscious in Daily Activities:
    • Automatic processing, such as driving, where the subconscious allows multitasking.
  5. Subconscious and Emotions:
    • Connection between emotional responses and subconscious imprints from past experiences (e.g., fear of spiders).
  6. Biases and Beliefs:
    • How the subconscious mind confirms existing beliefs and filters out conflicting information through the "critical faculty".
  7. Practical Implications:
    • Influence of subconscious programming on behavior and life choices.
    • Use of hypnotherapy to modify subconscious programming and overcome personal challenges like stress, anxiety, and sleep disorders


Reflections: The power of the subconscious mind and its pervasive influence on life choices and mental health.

Next Episode: Exploring the connection between subconscious mind and sleep patterns, with practical strategies for better sleep.

Tip of the Week: Monitor and adjust internal dialogues to foster positive self-talk.

What you can do next: Reflect on personal subconscious influences and tune in for strategies on managing sleep issues in the next episode.


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