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Our conditioning has trained us to rely on the egocentric left brain. We often overthink things, even when we have no control over them. But what if we didn’t have to accept that this is simply how our brains work?
This week, Dr Giles P Croft joins us to discuss his experience of having a TIA that caused his left brain to stop functioning properly. Giles shares what it’s like to access his right brain freely without any worry in mind. We discuss how our thinking left brain often gets in the way of us staying in the present moment. We also lay down simple ways to get reacquainted with our right brain.
Don’t miss this episode and gain wisdom on how to be happy, calm, and connected.
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Whole Brain Living by Jill Bolte Taylor
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It’s All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
The Power of Regret by Daniel H. Pink
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About the guests
Dr Giles P Croft is a transformative coach who helps his clients understand how the mind works and how they experience the world. Through this understanding, Giles guides to find inner peace and reconnect with their health and happiness. Before working as a coach, Giles worked as a medical doctor with the NHS and as a project manager at the Royal College of Physicians.
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Reasons to listen
- Learn how the left brain has evolved to dominate our thinking.
- Discover how the left and right brain consciousness works.
- Find out simple steps to get more connected with your right brain.
Episode highlights
Giles’s Background and Experiencing a TIA
How He Was Feeling the Entire Time
We Allow the Left Brain to Dominate
The Divided Brain
The Power of Now
Become Aware of Our Thoughts
How the Right and Left Brain Works
Tips on How to Get from the Left to the Right Brain
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Facing Stress and Challenges
Giles’ Top Three Tips
Episode transcript
Dr Rachel Morris: Do you want to be happier? Do you ever wish you could just stop your endless thinking and rumination about things? And are there times when you feel connected and one with the universe — and then the internal chatter, anxiety and planning bits of your brain just takes over and the moment is ruined? Yep, happens to me all the time. Now, many of us spend so much time reliving the past or pre-living the future and worrying about what might happen that we completely miss out on what’s happening now. It’s not our fault our…