Rewire / Phase 3

The 3rd phase on the path towards living unbound is all about uncovering truth and questioning everything.  

Our brains have well worn neural pathways where limiting thoughts and beliefs flow naturally. The result is paralyzing doubts, irrational fears and an inability to take action. We start to reclaim control by observing these cognitive traps without judgment from a birds eye view. This awareness can feel like turning on the lights to a messy room. We create order by running every non-serving thought through a lie detector test. 

We ask ourselves these three questions » Is it true? How am I affected when I believe it’s true and who would I be without it? What empowering thought can I replace it with? 

This is the process of neuroplasticity – reshaping pathways in our brain by whacking our way through the tough terrain so that the next time we pass through, it’ll be a little easier. With every repetition, we reinforce the new path until it becomes automatic. The result is a state of mind that transcends the deceptive stories of our thinking.

Check out the 2nd phase if you missed it last week. I just came across this song by Birdtalker and think the chorus really embodies what I mean by RELEASE & EXPLORE. I’m thinking of doing a longer more elaborate video using this song. What do you think? 

Thanks for reading, watching, sharing and being awesome :) 

-Yali

July 2015

There's been a couple of exciting developments in Live Unbound world this month included a possible book deal with NationBuilder. After my TEDx talk I was approached by them to write my story and the first thing that popped into my head was – really?? But it’s not all that exciting. I mean maybe I got a good beginning but that’s about it. The second thought was – okay why don’t I make it more exciting by going out and living the story I’d want to write. Definitely an inspiring thought that is now steering me in the right direction.

The old me would have stuck with that first thought. I would have held on as tight as I could so I would feel okay with saying no to a potential opportunity. Nowadays I’m fully aware that I create the path where my mind wanders. I try to stay conscious of where it goes because once it finds the perfect limiting thought then I'll remember it forever. I re-visit it every time I need an excuse not to do something I know I must do. I have a lot of these types of thoughts that I can’t seem to let go of. You’d think it would be easy to move past them but they become a part of you. So needless to say I’m not trying to create new ones.

I think Cormac McCarthy said it best – “You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.”

Other than that I’ve been taking on lots of client work (how we fund LU vids) and adventuring on weekends (documented on instagram: @whereisyali)

Follow your fears & respect the dash!

- Yali