Congruence and Productivity
May 10, 2009 by
Filed under Coaching, Relationships
What is an Emotion?
This is the sixth post and last post on how success and productivity can be stymied by emotional reactiveness.
It is said that emotions are the body’s reaction to a thought. Fair enough.
It follows then to say that if there was no bodily reaction to an event or thought then there would not be an emotion.
In a sense, all you would be left with is an opinion, a viewpoint.
In her book Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert puts forward a strong argument that not only do thoughts trigger feelings by the release of chemicals in the brain, but the opposite is also true. Feelings affect thoughts. Just think of a time you were sick. The chemicals communicate in both directions, from brain to body and body to brain.
Who is Driving The Bus?
She has the view (which I share) that the subconscious mind IS the body because that is where the emotional memories are stored.
Whether we like to admit it or not, our subconscious minds run the show.
If we consciously aim for a goal that subconsciously we believe we do not deserve or are not worthy of, then the subconscious will win. It wins because it uses feelings to get its own way.
You are not aware of the real reasons, all you know is you don’t feel good and that is enough to stop you. Of course, gut feelings can be and often are beneficial as well.
All I am suggesting is that you take a look. It may well change your life.
Get Congruent
People who learn to steer their subconscious mind so it is pointing in the same direction as their conscious mind are far more likely to achieve their goals than those who do not.
We call this congruence.
My job as a performance coach is to enable my clients to be as congruent as possible so that self sabotage and other self limiting behaviours are minimised.
Simple isn’t it?
It is okay to write or say this, but it is not so easy to stop the feelings coming up when things aren’t going so well.
Or is it? My job is to help you do that.
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