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What if the most powerful leaders are not those who control others, but those who have mastered the art of self-regulation?

Not only leaders who can regulate themselves, but those who regulate the nervous systems of those around them. By doing this, they help the world around them access brain states that lead us to our highest heights of innovation, creative problem-solving and resilience.

Self-regulation is not about suppressing emotions or always staying calm—it’s about being able to access a repertoire of states and intentionally shifting into the one that best serves the moment, the mission, and the people around us.

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How to become a self-regulating leader with Neuroscience

We live in a vibrational-relational reality.

Our relationships with others build up beliefs, ‘cellular memory’, and neural networks that can help OR hinder our brains and wellbeing.

Many of us lacked models of healthy relationships and secure attachment growing up.

it's up to us to turn to experts and positive examples in order to break the cycles passed down to us. Because of their intimate nature, relationships offer us a chance to update our algorithms from our past.

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For research on brainwave synchrony as mentioned in the video check out the work of Suzanne Dikker and Caroline Szymanski

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#attachment #emotionregulation #attachmenttheory

Super-Regulators Neuroscience: how to use relationships to boost brain architecture

Humans aren't born with self-regulation skills. And many of us have challenges in self-regulation because of our histories, experiences and other neuro-developmental reasons.

With the right tools, models and support, however, we can learn - incrementally- how to develop these abilities.

Self-regulation s a LIFE-CHANGING skill that helps us get better at working through uncomfortable feelings and achieving ones that help and heal.

Self-Regulation is one of the most important skills we can learn in this lifetime.

Today- this year- it is more important than ever to get better at regulating our emotions and nervous systems.

NEXT VIDEO: how to use relationships to build brain architecture
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Related Video: How to not take things too personally (the neuroscience of stimulus-response)

Super-Regulators Neuroscience: the TOP 2 self-regulation skills that will make us better humans

Emotion regulation (self-regulation) doesn't mean being calm and collected all the time.

It's about range and repertoire, and an ability to intentionally shift into a state we prefer. A state that 'feels better'.

Emotion regulation is one of the most important skills we can learn in this lifetime.

As humans, we are not born with brains that give us the tools to fully regulate ourselves. These develop over time, mainly in the context of our early relationships and interactions.

Depending on our histories and experiences, we might find it hard to control our negative thoughts and feelings. We might find ourselves stuck in loops of feeling stuck, angry, hopeless, distracted or afraid.

It also means that since our earliest experiences and conditions are not always in our control, it can be difficult for many people to learn how to regulate in adaptive ways.

So whether we are dealing with young people, or adults -
there's a chance some of them did not have what they needed growing up in order to develop emotion regulation skills to their highest potential.

NEXT VIDEO: Co-Regulation : how good relationships build better brains

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Over the next 4 weeks, I’ll be posting a short video on the topic of self-regulation.

In particular, we are going to look at how we - as leaders, coaches, professionals, parents and partners - can explore the Human SuperPower of Learning and Self-Regulating as a way for us to expand our wisdom and help others tune into their own power of learning and self-regulating.

You can also get the free mini book to accompany these videos at stefaniefaye.com/super-regulators

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#selfimprovement #selfregulation #emotionregulation #selfhelp #neuroscience #emotionalintelligence #emotionalhealing #healing

Science of Self-regulation: it's not about being calm & collected all the time

Neuroscience is NOT all about the brain. A lot of neuroscience-based training out there gives everyone the same curriculum. You learn about different brain regions, how they operate and optimize.

But in real life, with your clients (and with yourself), you will NEVER know which area of the brain is actually activating in any particular way. You will not know that, for example, maybe the anterior cingulate has hyper-coherent activity.

You CAN know, however, what your body, breath, eyes, voice and hands are doing. This is the neuroscience I offer. It’s about our embodied experience as humans and it’s about knowing how to create change by having instant feedback about what our state is and how what we are doing is affecting us and others.

This is also the type of neuroscience that will truly help you stand out and gain TRUST. If you’re trying to attract more clients, you need to stand out. You need to say things other people aren’t saying. But you also need science that is uniquely tied to your voice, your wisdom, and personalized for YOUR specific clients.

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Neuroscience training for coaches, leaders and professionals to help you attract more clients and enhance your position as an authority.

Neuro-Leader Foundations happens only once a year.

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Embodied Social Neuroscience as a Tool for Increasing Your Impact and Influence

Our past experiences are not simply stored in the brain—they are patterns embedded into the circuitry of our brain-body system.

For many people, their history can linger as patterns of dysregulation, stress, or a sense of being “stuck”...

But old patterns DO NOT have to become OUR DESTINY...

our brain as a liberation technology: how to free our mind from our past

What is it about those things we know are good for us that we somehow just can’t get ourselves to do? Maybe we do start making healthy choices, but they don’t last, and we revert back to our unhealthy patterns..

Did you know that there are mechanics behind why we don’t do the things we know are good for us?

When we find out how this happens, we have a chance to OVERRIDE this system.

Find out why your brain gets triggered to make you give up and what you can do to stop this from happening so you can make choices that allow you to see how POWERFUL you truly are

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Learn more in my interview with @drkyrabobinet on the Mindset Neuroscience Podcast and in her book Unstoppable Brain. I also do a quick review of her research in my latest YouTube video..

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Neutralizing failure: how the habenula triggers us to give up & what we can do about it

We can change our brain activity to work in our favor and move us into an improved state that helps us achieve more of what we want.

We can re-wire our brain based on WHAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO.

To re-wire our brain away from negativity and self-criticism, we must re-direct our attention.

This video will give you 3 specific ideas to help you do this.

Give these three ideas a try and let me know how it goes in the comments! Also share your own ideas of how you get out of your own negative thoughts.

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“The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes in the structure and future functioning of the nervous system. This leaves us with a clear physiological fact: moment by moment we choose and sculpt how our ever-changing minds will work. We choose who we will be in the next moment in a very real sense, and these choices are left embossed in physical form in our material selves.”

― Michael Merzenich, Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life

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How to rewire your brain to lower self-doubt and self-criticism

Your mindset affects every aspect of your life. Your mindset is like a filter your brain uses to SEE the world, and YOURSELF.

It affects how you respond to stress, and how you behave within your relationships - romantic, professional, and family.

Your mindset can be something that improves your sense of purpose and wellbeing, or it can make you feel resigned, defeated and hopeless.

Learn 3 key ways to growth mindset can improve your life in this video.

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Here's some extra research on this:

A growth mindset shapes one's goals, and learning strategies (i.e., work harder or give up/cheat/become defensive). Fixed mindsets of personal traits significantly correlate with and predict higher depression and anxiety in youths, particularly adolescents (Romero et al., 2014; Schleider et al., 2015; Schleider & Weisz, 2016a).

The influence and implications of mindsets can have long- lasting effects that have been demonstrated in children as young as preschool-aged and continues throughout adulthood (Smiley & Dweck, 1994; Dweck, 2006).

https://stefaniefaye.com/podcast/the-neuroscience-of-growth-mindset-and-how-to-apply-to-your-life/

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References:

Erdley, C. A., Cain, K. M., Loomis, C. C., Dumas-Hines, F., & Dweck, C. S. (1997). Relations among children's social goals, implicit personality theories, and responses to social failure. Developmental psychology, 33(2), 263–272. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.33.2.263

Gallagher, M. W., Bentley, K. H., & Barlow, D. H. (2014). Perceived control and vulnerability to anxiety disorders: A meta-analytic review. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 38, 571e584.

Romero, C., Master, A., Paunesku, D., Dweck, C.S., & Gross, J.J. (2014). Academic and emotional functioning in middle school: The role of implicit theories. Emotion, 14(2), 227-234. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0035490

Schleider, J. L., Abel, M. R., & Weisz, J. R. (2015). Implicit theories and mental health
problems in youths: A random-effects meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review,
35, 1e9.

Schleider, J.L., & Weisz, J.R. (2016a). Implicit theories relate to youth psychopathology,
but how? A longitudinal test of two predictive models. Child Psychiatry and
Human Development, 47, 603–617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-015-0595-2

Smiley, P.A. & Dweck, C.S. (1994). Individual differences in achievement goals among young children. Child Development, 65, 1723-1743.

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Why a Growth Mindset Will Change Your Life: 3 Strategies Backed by Neuroscience

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Mindset Neuroscience Podcast

Get in-depth research + science-based strategies on how to: cultivate growth mindset, avoid the dangers of the 'mindset hype', and how to foster psychological safety as a foundation for learning, creativity and innovation.

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Episodes include:

Self-regulation: the remarkable skill that will make you a better human

Neuroscience of Attachment: satiated connection, rest and play with Dr. Deb Macnamara

Cerebral Entanglements: How the Brain Shapes Our Public and Private Lives – Dr Allan Hamilton

The Neuroscience of Feeling Like a Failure: why our brain makes us feel like giving up and what we can do stop it

The Neuroscience of Attachment and Emotion Regulation

How to be more authentic when teaching growth mindset

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