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#017 What's Running Your Life? Hint: It's Not Your Conscious Thoughts


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Have you ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns despite your best efforts to change? The answer lies deep within your mind's operating system – and it's more powerful than you might realize.

Dive into the fascinating architecture of your mind as we explore the intricate relationship between the conscious mind, subconscious mind, and the critical factor. This episode reveals how these three components work together to shape virtually every aspect of your reality – from your automatic behaviors to your emotional responses and even your life outcomes.

Your subconscious mind serves as a vast memory bank, storing a mixture of fact, perception, and fantasy since childhood. What makes it particularly powerful is that it can't distinguish between reality and imagination – it simply accepts whatever programming it receives through repetition, authority figures, and emotionally charged experiences. Before age eight, this programming enters without filtration, creating the foundation for your adult behaviors and beliefs.

Between your conscious and subconscious minds sits the critical factor – a gatekeeper that develops around age seven and finalizes around fifteen. This explains why positive affirmations often fail; if you consciously repeat "I am worthy" while your subconscious firmly believes "I am unworthy," the critical factor rejects the new programming, keeping you stuck in old patterns.

Understanding this mental architecture explains why lasting change can be so challenging. If you're trying to create success while subconsciously believing you're incapable, that programming will consistently undermine your efforts. True transformation requires addressing what's happening beneath the surface – reprogramming those limiting beliefs that silently direct your life.

Ready to discover what's actually running your life? Listen now and take the first step toward lasting transformation by understanding the hidden architect of your reality – your subconscious mind.


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Sit Around the FireBy Ashlea Dillard