Dr. UnStuck Podcast — Get Out of Your Head. Get Into Your Life.

This is the new Mindcraft TGIF full podcast episode!! When we are sliding down the rabbit hole of sadness, we often want to dive in, dissect, re-live the memory, etc. . . . And, we may even listen to a sad song just to make sure we get the full sadness experience. All of this makes that sad neural pathway even stronger by making it a more recognizable pattern for the brain.

Jen Anderson, founder of "Thankful Hearts Couching," explains to us that we teach people how to treat us every day, even if we are not aware of this. Anderson says that we need to learn to make conscious "boundary-setting decisions" as an outward expression of our own worthiness and inherent value. She further explains that many of us have developed limiting beliefs during childhood that have derailed this feeling of inherent value, but we can overcome this and come out even stronger. Setting boundaries is a skillset which can be learned and mastered with practice, just like anything else. Anderson reminds us that we can step back into our power when we shift our focus inward, stating that "beliefs + boundaries = bliss."