Increase your access to flow and your best state: Awareness- know your energy state (train yourself to check in), know how you operate best, know your strengths and values, know what motivates you (your why) Values exercise: Strengths exercise: Take the VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire- it’s free! There is a children’s version as well—powerful and fun to do as a family or team. You may also enjoy 1 Create habits that your energy- physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually Practice mindset 5 C’s and a G: Clear, Calm, Curious, Courageous, Compassionate (esp. – with yourself!), and Grateful This involves changing your relationship with stress to get more positive and proactive- Awareness, Tools to shift in the moment, Strategies to create less in the future BRAIN 101 Brain’s priorities: Safety reptilian/early mammalian wiring- will override all other priorities – Satisfaction drives to meet basic needs – Connection once safe and satisfied, connection is key to higher function – Frontal Lobe Executive functions- impaired by chronic stress Attention span (focus control) Critical thinking, creativity, flexibility Perseverance Forward thinking Judgment Learning from experience Impulse control Ability to feel and express appropriate Modify complex behaviors emotions Organization Regulating all other brain systems Self-monitoring and supervision Empathy Problem solving Your brain on alcohol Alters the structure and function of neurons in the dorsomedial striatum, a part of the known to be important in goal-driven behaviors Activates reward pathway in nucleus accumbens- but heavy use leads to less activation Creates more reward to behavior (activation with risky choice and dampening response to outcomes) Faster cognitive and memory decline problem solving, short-term memory, visuospatial abilities – Cognitive impairment may make it harder to treat, esp. in first few weeks of abstinence 1/3 of users have a mental illness, increased risk of suicide Diminished brain size, less dense (less connections) esp. frontal lobe and cerebellum Deficiencies in intellectual functioning- not overall intelligence, but 5 KEY REQUESTS FROM YOUR BRAIN: 1. Meet my energy needs first, please!
Increase your access to flow and your best state: Awareness- know your energy state (train yourself to check in), know how you operate best, know your strengths and values, know what motivates you (your why) Values exercise: Strengths exercise: Take the VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire- it’s free! There is a children’s version as well—powerful and fun to do as a family or team. You may also enjoy 1 Create habits that your energy- physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually Practice mindset – 5 C’s and a G: Clear, Calm, Curious, Courageous, Compassionate (esp. with yourself!), and Grateful This involves changing your relationship with stress to get more positive and proactive- Awareness, Tools to shift in the moment, Strategies to create less in the future BRAIN 101 Brain’s priorities: Safety – reptilian/early mammalian wiring- will override all other priorities Satisfaction – drives to meet basic needs Connection – once safe and satisfied, connection is key to higher function Frontal Lobe Executive functions- impaired by chronic stress Attention span (focus control) Perseverance Judgment Impulse control Modify complex behaviors Organization Self-monitoring and supervision Problem solving Critical thinking, creativity, flexibility Forward thinking Learning from experience Ability to feel and express appropriate emotions Regulating all other brain systems Empathy Your brain on alcohol Alters the structure and function of neurons in the dorsomedial striatum, a part of the known to be important in goal-driven behaviors Activates reward pathway in nucleus accumbens- but heavy use leads to less activation Creates more reward to behavior (activation with risky choice and dampening response to outcomes) Faster cognitive and memory decline – problem solving, short-term memory, visuospatial abilities Cognitive impairment may make it harder to treat, esp. in first few weeks of abstinence 1/3 of users have a mental illness, increased risk of suicide Diminished brain size, less dense (less connections) esp. frontal lobe and cerebellum Deficiencies in intellectual functioning- not overall intelligence, but 5 KEY REQUESTS FROM YOUR BRAIN: 1. Meet my energy needs first, please!