I would, but MY DAMN MIND won't let me: A Guide for Teen Girls: How to Understand and Control Your Thoughts and Feelings (Words of Wisdom for Teens Book 2)

by Jacqui Letran

The Master Plan is a detailed set of instructions (like a movie script) that tells your subconscious mind what to do. Your subconscious mind does not have free will. Any ideas, thoughts, or feelings that get into the subconscious

Unlike the conscious part of your mind that can only process up to one percent of the available data, your unconscious mind is capable of processing one hundred percent of every bit of data that it encounters, every second! That’s

Most of the information you’ll need to create the majority of this Master Plan will be given to you during the first seven years of your life by those who interact with you on a regular basis as well as through your own life experiences. Your Master Plan is ever changing, a constant work in progress. Part of it is always adapting and evolving based upon your current situation and the aspirations

IC. If it matches the content within your IC, that information gets delivered to your conscious awareness. If it doesn’t match the content within the IC, your unconscious mind will either delete it, generalize it, or distort it to make it “fit” in with your Master Plan.

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purchase, the details of the car got stored in your IC, and your unconscious mind is instructed to bring it into your awareness.

Whatever you are focusing on, you are telling your unconscious mind to give you more of that thing. It's like feeding a monster food and watching it grow out of control right in front of your own eyes.

Remember earlier I said your unconscious mind’s primary objective is to keep you safe? Well, safe doesn't really mean safe according to your unconscious mind. In fact, your unconscious mind is programmed to accept that “safe” means DO NOT CHANGE. CHANGE IS SCARY. CHANGE IS DANGEROUS! STAY EXACTLY AS YOU ARE RIGHT NOW! To your unconscious mind, change is scary. Change is dangerous. Whenever you attempt to make a change that disrupts the status quo of your current belief system, your unconscious mind freaks out. It assumes that you are in danger and it will do everything it can to get you back to its perceived safety.

Remember, when your conscious and unconscious minds are in conflict, your unconscious mind always wins.

To be successful in creating your desired changes, you must resolve your issues at the root of the problem—that means addressing your unconscious mind. Failing to do so will cause you to revisit that problem over and over again. The most effective therapies for changing deep-rooted belief systems address the unconscious mind directly. In the coming chapters, I

When your conscious and unconscious minds are in conflict, your unconscious mind always win.

He took full advantage of this knowledge and new skills to create a much more pleasant experience for himself and those around him. Tip:

Always remember that you are in charge of creating your reality. Whatever you focus on becomes a part of your reality experience. If you focus on the negative aspects of an event, your experience will be negative. The more you focus on the negative aspects, the stronger your negative beliefs will become. Regardless of whether you spend your time and energy focusing on the negatives or the positives, you will spend your time and energy in some way. Why not choose to focus on the positive aspects rather than the negative, and create happy experiences for yourself? You deserve to be happy, and you are in charge of your happiness. Self-Reflection What is your biggest take-away from this chapter?

Tip: Remember, your unconscious mind does not know how to differentiate between what’s real and what’s vividly imagined. In Hailey’s case, her vivid imagination at age three caused her significant pain and grief later on in her life. Be kind to yourself. If you catch yourself creating scary what-if scenarios in your head or replaying painful experiences of your past, tell yourself to stop. Give yourself permission to focus on something different. Whatever you focus on becomes bigger. Why not focus on the things that bring you happiness? I hope this book and the four case studies contained in this book helped you to understand how powerful your mind really is and how you can play a significant role in creating your life experiences. Remember, you are the boss. It is up to you to give your assistant the commands that bring you closer and closer to your goals and dreams. If you find yourself drifting away from your goals or dreams, pause, reevaluate, and re-decide on a course of action that best serves your needs. You can learn to take control of your feelings, thoughts, and actions.

For many people, shaking those negative feelings is difficult even when they want to let things go. This is because they don’t understand just how much power and control they do, in fact, have over their emotions. And maybe this is where you are right now.