Your brain values long-term benefits when they are in the future (tomorrow), but it values immediate gratification when it comes to the present moment (today). The problem is that ‘today’ and ‘the future’ are handled by different parts of your brain, which often don’t collaborate well with each other. So you bounce from one to the other … Continue reading Why your good intentions are doomed to fail
Tag: depth psychology
The human mind is alchemical in nature. I've long been fascinated by this. What might seem solid and knowable ("this happened", "this is truth", "I can't change who I am") is a far more magical thing when approached at the deepest levels of mind. Most coaches work primarily with mindset matters. It's useful, certainly, but … Continue reading Working with the Alchemical Self