The Mental Shift Quotes

“His theory was that our brains sometimes send physical pain to our lower backs or other areas in order to keep our minds from dwelling on more traumatic emotional pain. That is, if we were dealing with a high level of emotional stress or repressed rage inside, the brain would try to distract us from the stress or rage by giving us a physical pain to deal with instead—and lower backs were the most common area for this pain to develop. He said it could happen even if the original cause of the pain was physical trauma. Your brain knew where to keep sending the pain.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Mental Shift: Control Your Thoughts, Control Your Destiny

“Nobody reaches their full potential in a state of anger, self-pity, or despair. Once you feel good again, you’ll gain clarity, confidence, and hope.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Mental Shift: Control Your Thoughts, Control Your Destiny

“you can’t be grateful and fearful at the same time.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Mental Shift: Control Your Thoughts, Control Your Destiny

“This is one of the most important secrets to a good life. Don’t wait on outside circumstances to change your attitude. Change your attitude first and you’ll be surprised at how quickly your circumstances start to change.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Mental Shift: Control Your Thoughts, Control Your Destiny

“In a very real sense, you have been stuck in a rut; a rut that you created with ongoing negative thoughts. You’ve likely developed a negative neural pathway in your mind that is looking for more negativity. You’ve programmed your mind to seek out experiences and thoughts that confirm the belief that you’re not worthy of success or joy right now. “You’re waiting for your circumstances to change before you give yourself permission to feel good again, but it doesn’t work like that. You need to change your mindset first. You must choose to be positive and happy in spite of your circumstances. You need to allow yourself to feel good first—to reprogram your mind to seek joy and success—before you’re going to start experiencing the positive results and circumstances you desire.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Mental Shift: Control Your Thoughts, Control Your Destiny

“You’re waiting for your circumstances to change before you give yourself permission to feel good again, but it doesn’t work like that. You need to change your mindset first. You must choose to be positive and happy in spite of your circumstances. You need to allow yourself to feel good first—to”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Mental Shift: Control Your Thoughts, Control Your Destiny

“Even if the problem was completely our fault, we replay our mistakes over and over again, reliving the pain, the humiliation, the guilt, and the grief. “One of the worst things we can do when dealing with an ongoing problem is tell ourselves we don’t deserve to enjoy life because of the crisis we’re dealing with. It’s as though we think we’re unworthy of joy or that it would be irresponsible to be kind to ourselves while some crisis is going on. “The truth is, it’s exactly during crisis moments when we most need to be kind to ourselves. Otherwise, we will stay stuck in a negative state.”
― Darrin Donnelly, The Mental Shift: Control Your Thoughts, Control Your Destiny