Using a beginner's mind might be the key to overcoming resistance to change How many times do you reject the idea of something because you've done it, or something similar, before?  Where you think there's no point because you know it, it didn't work, you won't get anything new?  Or you're doing something familiar on autopilot and not getting the same benefit as you used to?I know I'm terrible for this! But I also know that means I can miss out [...]

Are you slamming on the brakes? Change is hard.  Did you know we are hard-wired to resist it?  Our wonderful amygdala, the part of our brain responsible for our survival instinct, perceives familiarity as safety and difference as danger.  And it therefore activates the body's fear responses when there's something new. So new things; different things can induce resistance.  And that's what I've been talking about this week with those who have been noticing this cropping up (sometimes in [...]