Your Brain is a Superhighway - to Disaster
Mar 04, 2025
Your Brain is a Superhighway...to Disaster—How many times have you heard someone talk about rewiring their brain? Rewiring is a big part of what happens any time we want to grow, change our habits, shift our mental state, have new energy or a better attitude toward something, etc. So, of course, in my line of work, this expression floats around all the time.
Rewiring Your Brain
But what does it really mean to rewire your brain? Your habits and defaults are well-trod neurological pathways. They are such oft-traveled routes that they’ve become unimpeded, smooth, spacious superhighways that we use to zip from impetus to reaction at lightning speed. Unfortunately, they were formed when we were very young, so now we have these incredible superhighways hurtling us into childish, and unproductive reactions a thousand times each day.
Creating New Pathways
When you work with a coach, we are literally creating new pathways and connections in your brain. Each time you put something new into practice, you are making the tough choice to opt out of your superhighway and instead, pick up your machete and go bushwacking through the jungle. You’re carving out a new route to a better destination. Picking your way through an overgrown toe path is harder, slower and more treacherous than a superhighway and it’s an act of dedication, intention and courage. If you are undertaking this work, please pause and give yourself some credit. This sh*t is for real!
The cool thing is that the more you opt for the machete and jungle, the more established that new path becomes. Pretty soon it’s not so overgrown. It widens and smooths out after a while. Maybe it gets so utilized that streetlights and pavement get put down. One day it might even become its own superhighway! And what happens to that old highway you used to travel every day? It falls into disrepair. It’s not getting used or maintained. The pavement crumbles, the jungle encroaches, and it becomes a way of the past. You are a new version of yourself. Beautiful.
How do I Build that New Pathway?
This rewiring is incredibly important for parenting well, but it is hard to accomplish alone. We need people like coaches to help us conceive of our new route and understand what different destinations we want to arrive at. We need them to help us stay on track, to come back to this engineering project when we’ve given up, to point out when we get lost and help us find our way again.
What kind of rewiring would you love to have for yourself?
A different reaction to your kids’ behavior? A more peaceful energy around the chaos of parenting? More even temper instead of getting angry? Whatever it is, I can help and am ready to get crackin’ with you! Set up a Discovery Call and get a glimpse of some of the new roads you can lay down with coaching. Let's go bushwacking together!
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