102: How Our Brains React In Crisis

In This Episode, You Will Hear About:

• What happens when our brains are in crisis.
• 5 areas where we need to hit the reset button.
• What learned helplessness is and why it’s important.

Resources Mentioned During the Episode:

• Simple Ways To Have More Fun During This Pandemic
• Our family favorite board games:
  • Sleeping Queens – A Royally Rousing Card Game
  • Gonuts For Donuts – A tray of tempting treats awaits your bid in this freshly baked card game.
  • Sushi Go – Pass the sushi! In this fast-playing card game, the goal is to grab the best combination of sushi dishes
  • Outfoxed! A cooperative Whodunit Game
  • Forbidden Desert – players take on the roles of brave adventurers who must throw caution to the wind and survive
• Why We Need To Teach Our Kids To Fail 
• 5 Keys To Help You Make Decisions
• What To Do When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned
• Daniel’s message about practicing solicitude and simplicity
• Hear more about how our brains react in crisis from Dr Henry Cloud’s webinar

Quotes and Tweets:

• Humans are incredibly resilient if our brains are working properly. @drhenrycloud
• Ruthlessly eliminate hurry. @DallasAWillard
• There’s a reason your decision making, planning, and ability to emotionally regulate might feel off-kilter at the moment. @imbetweenshow
• 5 areas where we need to hit the reset button: connectedness, structure, control, mental space, and spiritual practices. @imbetweenshow
• Because of this global pandemic, our entire lives are registering on our brains as an error. As a result, our bodies have quickly amped up and our normal everyday functioning—emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, and physically—is off-kilter. @imbetweenshow
• In order to reset our system, it’s important for us to take a step back and to “take our every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Cor 10:5 CSB) @imbetweenshow
• “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

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