What if you could live in peace, right NOW?
In Chapter 12: Deep Green Self, Deep Green Earth, MB describes how our brains are working “as if the Milky Way entered into some cosmic dance,” performed by our “human neocortex — a surprisingly meager structure, only about the thickness of four credit cards stacked up.”
It sounds magical & awe-inspiring, to realize something so small can have such a profound effect on our lives.
How we choose to mindlessly use our mind, or conscientiously direct our attention to use it wisely drastically changes how it feels to live our lives.
When our Monkey Minds run amok, our Inner Critic can get the best of us, especially when our brains become Left-Hemisphere-dominant and Anxiety Spirals are allowed to spin us away from our Authentic Self. Life can feel bleak, and our limited perspective can trap us inside a cage that’s often not of our conscious choosing.
Lucky for us, in Chapter 12 — the last Chapter of BEYOND ANXIETY — MB reminds us of all the lessons we’ve learned in Chapters 1 to 11 to wrest control away from the fear centers of our brain, to calm our anxieties — like the 6 “Amygdala-Whispering” Skills we learned in Chapter 2, linked below.
Are YOU an Amygdala-Whisperer? Read full story
Perhaps that’s why I enjoy the calming effect I feel whenever I ponder MB’s “Deep Green Self.”
Let’s Become One with Our DEEP GREEN Self
When our nervous system’s in a “Deep Green” state, we not only feel safe in our bodies, but also in our minds. We feel secure enough in ourselves to explore new perspectives.
We can use our curiosity to find the right ecosystem for us to grow and thrive.
I realize now that my creating the STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT☕️🍵 is my own attempt to find an “ecosystem” to support my Creativity with likeminded Creatives, who understand the “messy middle” — that most difficult of phases when our old Self no longer suits us, but we are not yet embodied in who we know we are MEANT to be.
No matter how difficult the journey, no matter where we are walking on our respective paths, the simple act of sharing our messy middle has helped me to see that when we find “our people” and we group together in the mutually-beneficial “social cells” that MB describes, we can experience joy and inspiration, create our own self-healing constellations, and grow as individuals and as a community.
That sense of community is precisely what I’ve found here on Substack. I feel blessed to have found my way here, after spending so many years knowing zero Creatives in “real life.”
Being Creative has truly been the best way I have found to stop anxiety, lift depression, and BREAK FREE!
And I remain devoted as ever to My Mission:
To encourage others to be who they choose to be.
To explore their unique creativity.
To allow themselves to experience living life as their Authentic Self.
May we all enjoy a mind, body, and spirit at peace, in flow, where a Deep Green state is the new normal for all of us.
Yes, the “Deep Green Earth” that MB envisions really would be a beautiful sight to see.
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📚 when we announce our new Book Club pick! 📚
🌿 The Deep Green Creative in me 🌿
🌿 honors & respects the Deep Green Creative in you, 🌿
Marisa
👭 Do you want to enlist the help of a Fellow Creative, to help you BREAK FREE?
Our CHAT can be a safe place to tell safe people what you’d like to accomplish, so we can all support & cheer you on.
👭 If you’re comfortable doing so, feel free to tell us what Creative Practice you would like to try whenever one of your Anxiety Spirals starts to spin.
Let’s TRUST in our ability to be at peace.
Together, we can support each other on our healing journeys, to be the Creatives we are meant to be.
Together, we can BREAK FREE.
We don’t have to find solutions alone.
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🔮 Have fun together;
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That’s MY MISSION in life: to encourage myself & others to BREAK FREE, to Be Our Truest, Most Authentic Self!
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