Own Your Work
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Own Your Work
Train Your Brain for the Battle: Why These Simple Daily Questions Might Be Your Secret Weapon
Before we dive into daily prompts, you need to understand WHY they work—so you don't skip them when you need them most. This episode breaks down the neuroscience of the Reticular Activating System (RAS), the brain's filter that decides what you notice out of 11 million bits of information per second. Host Sonia Holmes explains how daily questions literally rewire your neural pathways, and shares how years of this practice gave her peace instead of panic when she got laid off last week. This isn't about affirmations or toxic positivity—it's about training your brain to search for truth instead of only fear. If you're in transition and your brain is stuck in threat mode, this episode explains how to reprogram your filter, one question at a time.
What You'll Learn:
- How your Reticular Activating System (RAS) acts as a filter for reality
- Why the questions you ask yourself determine what you notice
- The neuroscience behind "neurons that fire together, wire together"
- How daily prompts build new neural pathways over time
- Why this isn't about affirmations or toxic positivity
- What actually happened when Sonia got laid off (proof this works)
- What to expect in the first 4 weeks of daily practice
Key Takeaway: These aren't feel-good affirmations—they're search questions that train your brain to filter for possibility instead of threat. Do them even when you don't feel like it. Especially when you don't feel like it.
Resources Mentioned:
- Dr. Rick Hanson (neuropsychologist, "Hardwiring Happiness")
- Reticular Activating System (RAS) research
What's Next: Starting today, daily 3-5 minute prompt episodes. One question. Real-time brain retraining.
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