Episode 1: Training Your Mind to Be Happy

Take a moment to pause and discover a transformative practice to live in the divine flow. In this episode, we explore how to teach your mind to be happy by harnessing the incredible truth that your brain can only think one thought at a time.

Learn how to:

• Redirect your thoughts from negativity to positivity.
• Use gratitude and simple practices to rewire your brain through neuroplasticity.
• Experience the harmony of mind, body, and spirit as you cultivate joy and inner peace.

Through practical examples and a guided exercise, this episode empowers you to replace stress and overwhelm with gratitude, love, and balance. Start small, take intentional steps, and discover how living in love begins with one thought at a time.

Let this episode help you train your mind to be happy and experience life in the divine flow.

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Transcript

brian j plachta: 0:01

Thanks for taking a few moments to listen. Some time for yourself to be here and experience some spiritual tools that you can integrate into your life. To live in the divine flow. A time to discover ways to experience deeper inner peace, balance, and wholeness. It's great to connect with you. Today we're talking about how to teach your mind to be happy. So to begin, here's a question for you. Did you know that your mind can only think one thought at a time? It's true. The human brain is wired to only be able to process one thought at a time. It's not built to multitask. While the idea of thinking one thought at a time might seem limiting to us, it's actually an incredible gift that the Creator has given us. When we realize this truth, it opens the door to greater control over our mental, emotional, and spiritual lives. By becoming aware of your thoughts, you can intentionally direct your focus. Instead of letting worries, fears, frustrations, disruptions dominate your mind, you can consciously choose thoughts that bring you joy, When we train our minds to dwell on thoughts that are good, life giving, and uplifting, we literally start the process of rewiring our brains. It's a process neuroscientists call neuroplasticity. The brain has an ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections. Over time, our positive thought patterns become your brain's default setting. Essentially, you're teaching your mind to be happy. When our thoughts are aligned with goodness, Our entire being, mind, body, and spirit moves into harmony, balance. We experience inner peace. This integration allows us to return to our natural state of being loved and being love. So let's think about it in a practical way. Imagine you're feeling stressed. Overwhelmed. Somebody pulls out in front of you in the parking lot and makes you angry. Instead of letting your negative thoughts spiral out of control, try this simple practice. Pause for a moment, take a deep breath, and bring to mind something or someone that you're grateful for. Maybe it's the smile of a loved one, the warmth of the sun, Your favorite pet, or the taste of coffee. Whatever it is, let your mind focus on a single thing that you're fully grateful for. As you focus on that sense of gratitude, that one thought about what you're grateful for, you're not just distracting yourself. You're actively shifting your brain's neural pathways toward positivity. This practice of focusing on life giving thoughts is kind of like planting seeds in a garden. Over time, the seeds grow, and your mind becomes a flourishing space of gratitude and joy. The beauty of this practice is it's not just about the mind. When our thoughts shift, our emotions, our physical state, our spiritual state shifts also and follows those positive thoughts. When you focus on the positive thoughts, you might notice that your body relaxes. Your breath deepens. You feel more centered, more connected to the present moment. What you're doing is integrating the mind, body, and spirit so they work together in harmony, reminding you of your true essence, which is love. So take a moment with me if you would. Notice something that you're grateful for. Bring it to mind as one thought. Just imagine what that one thing you're grateful for is like. Feel it in your body. Notice how your brain begins to relax. Notice how your body relaxes and your heart opens to experience a deeper sense of harmony, a deeper sense of Being in this present moment, what you're literally doing in just this few moments that we took to experience this practice, this training your mind to be happy practice, is you're rewiring the pathways in your brain. You're stopping that default that we all seem to have of negative thoughts, of grumbling, and changing the neural pathways in your brain to go into a positive flow. And each time you consciously redirect your thoughts to something good, you're training your brain. And it's a practice, like any practice, that grows stronger the more you do it. So you start with small, intentional steps. And here's an invitation for you. The next time you notice a negative or unhelpful thought that pops up, Gently redirect it. Replace it with a thought that's life giving. Maybe it's a memory of a beautiful moment. Maybe it's a prayer mantra like, I am enough. Or I am at peace. Or I am patient. Simply noticing something good about yourself or the world around you. See how it shifts your mood and your day. Try this practice. Teaching your mind to be happy for the next several days every time there's a negative thought that pops up. Redirect it. Let it take you one step closer to living from your truest self. A human being formed and created in love, living in love. Remember, you have the power to teach your mind to be happy one thought at a time. Continue this practice and notice how it allows you to live into the divine flow. Until the next time, know that you are loved. You are love. Let that thought make your mind happy.