06/03/2025
🍕 Your Life is Like a Pizza Pie! 🧠✨
Imagine your life as a pizza pie—each slice represents an area of your life: health, relationships, career, finances, mindset, and more. But what happens when one slice is covered in ANTS? 🐜👀
🐜 ANTS = Automatic Negative Thoughts—a term coined by Dr. Daniel Amen, based on Dr. Aaron Beck’s work in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). These creeping thoughts go unnoticed, silently invading your subconscious mind, influencing emotions, decisions, and even your physical health. ❌
💡 The Science Behind It: Your brain has a negativity bias—a survival mechanism designed to detect threats. When left unchecked, negative thought loops trigger stress responses, releasing cortisol (the stress hormone), leading to chronic fatigue, inflammation, and even disease. 🧠🔥
🚨 The Root Cause? Negative thoughts aren’t just in your head—they affect your entire nervous system. Your brain and body are constantly communicating, and when stress becomes chronic, it can:
✅ Disrupt digestion, sleep, and immune function 🛑
✅ Cause weight gain, hormonal imbalances, and brain fog 🌫️
✅ Lead to burnout, anxiety, and even chronic disease 😞
✨ The Solution? Fix the Slice, Not the Whole Pie! Instead of feeling overwhelmed by all life’s problems, focus on the root cause—that one negative pattern that could be impacting everything. Shift your thinking, and watch the positive ripple effect transform your health, mindset, and every area of your life! 🌊✨
📌 Which slice of your life needs a mindset shift? Drop a 🍕 in the comments! 👇
📌Watch the full conversation here with my good friend Simon Snelder: https://lnkd.in/d_EpwBMM