A Quick Tip to Shift Out of Fear (The Brain Flip)

Feeling financial fear or anxiety about a big decision? This short tip episode walks you through a simple Cognomovement technique Katie calls the Brain Flip, a quick, powerful exercise you can do anywhere to shift out of fear in real time. No meditation room needed. Just you, your eyes, and a few minutes to yourself.

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Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

Transcript

(0:00) Hello again, welcome back to the Reclaimed Life audiophiles. This is going to be a short (0:07) tip focused session. So this is something that you can do whenever you notice fear coming up, (0:15) including financial fear.I promised you in the first episode, we're going to have (0:19) specific exercises to do. And this is the first one. So enjoy, there will be more to come further (0:26) down the line.Okay. So there's a couple of things that I'm going to lead you through here. So I (0:32) want you to just sit back and just notice in your body, do you feel any fear right now? If you're (0:40) thinking about whatever state you're in financially, maybe you're worried about a business decision (0:45) you just made.Maybe you just had an unexpected medical bill. Maybe your kids had an unexpected (0:52) bill, or perhaps you were just in a car accident and the insurance isn't going to cover as much (1:00) as what you're expecting. Or maybe it's something completely different that's coming up for you, (1:06) but just allow yourself to notice.Is there any fear in your body? Is it around finances? Is it (1:12) around anything else? And just let yourself check in with your body. And the best way that you can (1:17) do this is to keep your eyes open and look down at your body. You can close your eyes to go inward, (1:23) but to really connect to the physical space, we want to leave our eyes open, head down, looking (1:29) like you're trying to look down inside your shirt.And notice as you think about fear and think about (1:37) anything that's on your mind, because something must be for you to have click play on this episode. (1:41) So whatever that thing is for you, if it's something I named or something different, (1:44) just notice where is there activation in the body? Where do you feel this activation in there? (1:53) And just let yourself notice it. Try to describe it if you can.Is it heavy or light? (2:00) Is it dull or sharp? If those words don't apply, what words would you use to describe it? Get (2:06) really familiar with this feeling. The more you're able to access the physical sensation, (2:11) the more power you have to shift out of this state. So this is just part one of this.This (2:16) is going to be one of the longer tips, but it's pretty amazing. So I want you to just notice what (2:21) you notice. Pause this if you need to allow yourself to connect to that.And then still (2:28) keeping your attention on that activation. I want your head to just come up to neutral position, (2:33) which means that you're letting yourself just look straight ahead for a moment. (2:38) And your chin is neutral.It's not up, not down, not to the side. Your head's level (2:42) and let yourself start to think about that fear. Really notice how you feel it in the body and let (2:48) yourself start thinking about the thing that is creating that fear.And notice where your eyes (2:56) went as you went to look for it, as you allowed yourself to start thinking about it. (3:01) With me, fear is just a little bit to the right for me. That's where I can really feel it.(3:08) And just notice, where do you feel that activation in the body? Notice where the eyes go and notice (3:15) if that sensation changed as the eyes went to whatever side it went to. And with all the people (3:20) I've walked this through in sessions, no one's ever had it right smack dab in the middle of their (3:23) vision. Reach out to me.If so, I'll figure out another way to walk you through this, but I'm (3:28) going to assume that you're like most of the other humans I've worked with and fear is going to be on (3:34) one side of the brain or the other for you. And like I said, for me, my eyes are a little bit to (3:39) the right as I stay in that fear. And then now what I want you to do is let your eyes go to the (3:46) opposite side and it doesn't have to be like a big swing.It doesn't have to be far left. If they (3:50) are on the right or far right, if they're on the left, just let the eyes gently go and look at the (3:57) other side and take a breath as you're sitting there. And then notice as your eyes are over there, (4:07) what's happened to that activation? Is it still as strong as it was a minute ago? (4:14) Do you still feel the same sensations? And if you feel like you lost it, go ahead, (4:18) pause this video, look back down again, or actually don't even have to pause.Keep coming with me. (4:22) Look back down at your body again, reconnect to that feeling, and then let your eyes go back (4:28) over to the opposite side of where they wanted to hang out when you were really letting yourself (4:33) think about the things that are creating fear right now, whether it's your bank account, (4:37) whether it's a looming bill, whether it's something else, whatever that fear is for you, (4:42) just letting your eyes gently go to the other side of where they wanted to go. (4:47) And I'm going to take a pretty educated guess here and say that you're noticing there's a little (4:52) bit of difference in the activation as you're doing this.This is a cognitive movement technique. (4:56) It's one of my favorites. I call it the brain flip.I don't remember what it's actually called, (5:01) but we're basically flipping from the side of the brain where the fear is hanging out (5:05) and trying to get us and we're giving ourselves a break by flipping over to the other side of (5:10) the brain. And now as you're sitting over here, are there any ideas coming in? Does it still feel (5:18) as scary as it did when your eyes were pointed the other direction? Or is there hope over here? (5:26) Is there possibility? Is it like, maybe that thing that felt like a saber tooth tiger is actually (5:32) maybe just a teeny tiny little kid. Or maybe it's a house cat instead of a saber tooth tiger.Or (5:41) maybe it's a bobcat. But is it less? Is it less? And just noticing. And I'm guessing that it is.(5:54) And so this is as easy as it can be. Now, we still want to do the work to allow ourselves to feel the (6:00) fear to neutralize it. But this is going to give you a quick way out of it.And let yourself have (6:07) this break. Let yourself feel this relief like, Oh, you know what? I am going to be able to get (6:12) through this. Yeah, this is scary.But look at all these other things I've done in my life that (6:17) were also scary. And here I am, still here, even though all other scary things happen. And just (6:26) let yourself be in that peace.Alright, that's all I have for this episode. Thank you so much (6:31) for joining me. I'll see you in the next one.