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New Ideas Can Change Your Life

The Rewired Soul
3 min readNov 3, 2019

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Biofeedback is why palms up work as well because we’re in a place where we’re accepting something. Think about what you’re doing when you have your palms up. You’re bringing someone in for a hug. You’re receiving something from someone else. But what are you doing when your palms are down? You’re pushing or slapping something away.

My suggestion, if you’re a stubborn asshole like I can be, start trying to watch, listen or read things after keeping your palms up for a little bit to send signals to your brain to get you in a more open mindset.

Try New Things in Therapy

If you’re one of the people fortunate enough to be in therapy, it’s important to go into each session open-minded. Hell, it may be good to even start going into your sessions and keeping your palms up before the session starts. What good is paying for therapy if we’re not going to take the advice from this person we’re paying?

I get it. Sometimes my therapist asks me to do or try things that I think are absolutely ridiculous, and I often have to humble myself and remember she knows what she’s talking about. I used to be the same way with my first 12-step sponsor as well. I started to notice a pattern though. When I do things my ways, I cause a lot of my own suffering. If you can relate to this, I highly suggest that you start being…

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The Rewired Soul
The Rewired Soul

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