The Supermarket of the Mind: What's in Your Basket? - 141

Your mind is a supermarket, and the shelves are packed with thoughts, feelings, behaviors, values, and beliefs — both the motivating and the deflating. In this episode, DrB asks the question: what's in your basket?

She shares three learnable skills — notice what's in the basket, read the labels, and swap rather than purge — so you can stop shopping on autopilot. Not a flaw. A skill you can practice.

Key Points Covered

• The supermarket metaphor: thoughts, feelings, behaviors, mindsets, values, and beliefs all sit on the shelves, and we choose what goes in the basket
• Why most of what is in our basket was handed to us or grabbed out of habit — and why "just think positive" is not help for an ADHD brain
• Skill 1 — Notice what is in the basket with a one-minute daily inventory, without judgment
• Skill 2 — Read the label: where did this thought come from, is it true, and is it useful?
• Skill 3 — Swap, do not purge: replace one item or add one nourishing thought instead of overhauling your whole mind
• Why what you feed yourself most of the time matters more than any single bad day, and how sleep, food, and rest keep you from shopping hungry
  
  

Links Mentioned

1. drbarbaracohen.com — All episodes + show resources

2. It Was Never You:   Why Capable, Successful Adults Keep Hitting the Same Wall
   November date to be determined as of yet.  Page will be updated soon.  Currently has Oct. information and that is over.  https://itwasneveryoumasterclass.com/  

3. Get Sh*t Done (GSD) Program Information – 9-month program
   https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/gsdprogram 

4. Grant assistance page for help with funding for GSD program:
   https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/financial-assistance 

5. The Transformation Club (TTC) – if time or money commitments have been holding you back - the affordable membership program for Executive Function skills development:
   https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/ttcprogram 

6. Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back:
   https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/Executive-Function 

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