We have two different brains. One brain is all about safety and survival and tells us that anything that is unfamiliar, uncertain, or unknown is dangerous or even life threatening and that we should run away as fast as we can.

The other brain is concerned with change, growth, expansion, and possibility. This brain wants to explore the unknown and create shift and change for the better in our lives.

Because these two brains often have conflicting agendas, we end up acting like we are schizophrenic. One moment we are amped up, have big plans, and are ready to take on the world. The next moment – maybe we will do all of that tomorrow but right now we need to go watch some TV.

Our brains are always going to have these two parts and the one part is always going to be in the way of change and growth. That’s why it is so important for us to learn to do the right things (the things that are appropriate and congruent with the results we want to create and the person we want to become) even when we don’t feel like it and even when that part of our brain is screaming “STOP or you will die!”