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Stress puts us into contact with the faculties we need to survive, creating our human vibe and our addiction to narration or storytelling. This episode puts first things first and follows you on your path in the subconscious, where you employ narration as a survival tool. By equating the subconscious to the siren that makes your storytelling capacity sing, we clarify why it is so important to know how to use storytelling to your advantage and share valuable tips and exercises on how to avoid the pitfalls of the enchanted forest. Is the cognitive neuroscience opening doors for you you didn't know existed? SHOW NOTES:

 (01:15) - Stress is a great benefit - Stress teaches you much about who you are. You must be self-aware when a stress episode strikes, so you can recognize its driving factors.

 (06:10) - Welcome to the enchanted forest - Your subconscious mind becomes a place of threats and fears that you respond to by being very stressed. That is both good and bad for you.

 (12:00) - Your worst nightmare has come true - Your subconscious mind will pick any goal your identity selects and pursue that relentlessly, including then when, obviously, your identity is not one that you consciously choose.

(17:50) - The enchanted forest is the siren that makes your storytelling capacity sing - Telling your story begins with being an actor in your subconscious mind.  

(21:00) - Your storytelling mind is addicted - You must tell your story; doing so is the only way through the minefield in your subconscious. Sign up for my mailing list to be notified of my upcoming book on the art of life storytelling! 

 (26:20) - Awareness is a must - It is obvious to you that without the right kind of awareness, you won't be able to tell your story so that it will be of help to you. Sign up for my mailing list to be notified of my upcoming book on the art of storytelling where these symptoms are discussed.

 (35:04) - How to create stories in the subconscious accurately - Something important happens  when your storytelling takes a pleasurable, no-way-out turn that seduces you with the promise of illusory control over the uncertainty in your subconscious.

 (45:04) - Exercise for breaking large subconscious loops - You will never finish anything you start if all you do is go through the motions. Do this helpful exercise so you can begin to take ownership of who you are.

 (47:18) - Exercise to help with gloomy stories you tell yourself - If left unchecked, your storytelling addiction will pass the tipping point of being of true benefit to you and turn towards depression and other mental health disorders. Do this exercise to ensure you will never fall into that trap.

Listen to my audiobook, The Visionary Path, recently a #1 New release in Neuroscience on Audible. Love exploring the subconscious? Pick up The Island, The First in the Cave Sun Series.