Dr. Don Wood, author, speaker, and the creator of the Inspired Performance Institute, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Dr. Wood talks about optimizing your performance in life by retraining the subconscious mind. He discusses a multitude of topics including overcoming traumatic events, reprogramming the subconscious mind, how our minds and memories actually work, and how we can optimize our performance using our minds. If you’re wondering how to take control of your mind, overcome trauma, and take your performance to the next level, check this episode out now!      

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In our episode we go over:

• How Dr. Wood came to creating the TIPP (The Inspired Performance Program) course from his own personal experience
• What happens inside the mind when we have past traumas that effect us today
• The recording software of our subconscious minds
• Why our subconscious mind searches for past events to relate them to current events and experiences
• The true purpose of fear and anger in our lives
• How to retrain the mind so that you break past the negative feedback loops that have been programmed into your mind
• The time-slice theory and why it’s so important
• Having the right type of brain state to make change when it comes to overcoming traumatic experiences
• The power of the alpha brain waves
• The connection between unresolved trauma and physical health problems in many people
• Not accepting the management of mental health symptoms, but overcoming them entirely
• The physical damage that stress overload can cause to different parts of the body and different organs
• The power of sleep and delta sleep specifically when it comes to healing the body and brain
• The fact Dr. Wood never gets sick and what he attributes this to
• Why you only have to correct three past traumas to heal the effect that all the past traumas have over you
• Reconditioning your response to a past traumatic event
• Updating the mind and resetting the response to past experiences
• Why we cry during a good movie and what Hollywood knows about our emotional reactions
• Our two memory systems and why it’s so important to work on both to make change
• The repetitive part of the training and reconditioning of the mind
• What addiction really is
• The problems with Alcoholics Anonymous and why it doesn’t have a greater success rate
• The incredible changes and testimonials from Dr. Wood’s clients over the years

Check out Dr. Wood on:

Website: inspiredperformanceinstitute.com

Facebook: facebook.com/DrDonWoodPhD

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