Just start…and let your brain do all the changing
An essential feature of the brain is its plasticity (neuronal plasticity). This essentially means that it’s malleable and flexible, neuronal connectivity and circuitry can be re-routed, ready and capable to be continually shaped by you. And this isn’t just metaphorical. Changing your mind, redirecting your path, is a metabolic, physical activity.
As we create new patterns of behavior, these changes get physically changed with new neuronal pathways. Let that sink in a bit…
While lifestyle and behavior change is hard, it does get easier! It’s also another reason to slowly approach these changes, bit by bit. Gain a new skill, change one small habit and overtime, it will become a sustained pattern of behavior. It’s “life-changing” for so many reasons. 😊
So keep flexing your behavior change muscle – keep it active and give it a bit of challenge. Whether you try a new morning practice like journaling or meditation, try walking around the block for your lunch breaks, travel to a new location, try out a new food, keep flexing your brain! What is one new change your excited to implement in your life?
