Eric Johnston joins the podcast. Eric is a personal empowerment coach that helps individuals with: dealing with depression, attachment trauma, and recovery using neuroscience to rewire the brain. He is currently working toward getting his masters in communication and has worked in behavioral health for 10 years, doing outreach, marketing, and business development for treatment centers. Eric joins the podcast today to share his experiences growing up that have led to his current journey, identifying trauma stemming from childhood, how that trauma shapes our belief system, changing a belief system and rewiring the subconscious. You can find Eric on instagram @CitizensInRecovery.

Intro, the importance of breathing, and breathing exercises. (0:00-9:23) Becoming aware of experiences that shape the subconscious, trauma and rewiring the subconscious. (9:24-23:32) Takable action to rewire the subconscious, failing forward, the spotlight effect, and getting over fear. (23:33-32:00) Erik’s backstory that led him on his current journey, recovering from those experiences and reforming his belief system. (32:01-46:03) Lessons that were learned and taking accountability. (46:04-54:45) Connecting with the community, where to find him, and his favorite quote, life lesson and book. (54:46-1:02:38)

Quotes

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“Take 30 breaths in all at once, rest for a minute, do 10 more, rest for a minute, do 10 more. By doing that litter exercise, you’ll notice your stress and anxiety begins to leave you. It creates this physiological response inside of you. Make sure you are sitting down while doing this.”

“When you are feeling stressed, it is not your brain that is stressed, it is your body that is sending signals to your brain that you’re stressed.”

“The subconscious is the core of who we are and it is our identity.”

“One of my goals is to figure out a way to teach the subconscious in a language that everybody can understand.”

“The two beliefs that are usually stopping us are, ‘am I good enough?’ and ‘I am not lovable.’”

“We spend so much time living in our stories about what happened to us, that we don’t take the time to acknowledge that the people who did those things to us, most of the time, didn’t mean to do it.”

“Our subconscious is our hard drive. It has all the information.”

“You have choices, you have the ability to choose whether you believe your negative thoughts.”

“One of my biggest concepts to help people is to fail forward. We learn and grow from our mistakes.”

“Our imagination is so robust, it can make up stories that are so out of this world and then we go and do something and it wasn’t near our what our imagination created.”

“Go and make a mistake. Learn from it and move on. No one is going to care.”

“The best things in life come outside of the comfort zone.”

“I am on one those guys that went from the glass is half empty to the glass is half full.”

“We all have dreams as children, who’s to say that later in life we can’t go back and achieve them.”

“I could tell a sob story, feel bad for myself and say poor me, but it just is what it is. Move on. You are able to create something positive.”

“It’s all empty and meaningless, we are only here for a short period of time, enjoy it, lighten the fuck up and enjoy life!”

*** Nick's Notes ~ I had an amazing time with Eric. He helped me focused on becoming more aware of why why I do what I do. The knowledge in this episode will resonate with people who can't get over their past and want to become more aware of themselves. Overall, this episode will open a lot of people's eyes to understanding who they truly are. My BS meter is pretty good, and after talking and recording with Eric, I can tell he is the real deal: well experienced, genuine, and full of positive healthy energy. I am very happy to have Eric apart of the community, as I believe he could really change someone's life!