Welcome to today's show!

WHAT WE'LL LEARN:

• Please listen to EP 101 where we learn Arlina's background before listening to this one :)
• Why our brains are designed to focus on the negative. And how to increase our awareness of this.
• Arlina, at a young age, kept finding reasons that she wasn't "good enough" and "smart enough" and whenever she would have a negative experience, she'd use that as "evidence" to back up the stories she told herself. Confirmation bias is what's happening.
• In early recovery, we do things that we regret under the influence of alcohol. You lose the ability to choose how much you will drink or not.
• Why after 27 years sober Arlina continues to work daily on emotional regulation.
• What is the Default Mode Network & how we can rewire our brain in order to make better decisions.
• Arlina walks us through a writing exercise on how to identify and change your irrational beliefs.

Key Quotes:

"I just put a bunch of drugs & alcohol in my brain and I'm going to use that broke *ss tool to make decisions for my entire life…"

"Question your beliefs because a lot of times they're not rooted in truth."

RESOURCES MENTIONED

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• Bryon Katie's 4 Questions
• SoberLifeSchool.com

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