Here's a quick, three-minute tip where we break down a mental health or personal development topic in 180 seconds to help you shift or reframe your perspective.

Today's topic explores the idea of naming your brain and why this can be a helpful strategy for reducing stress and even improving self-confidence.

If you've never heard of this strategy before, naming the brain is a technique that can be used to help distance yourself from unhelpful or negative thoughts. 

These are the thoughts that tell us that we're not good enough, that we should be better at xyz, that everyone thinks we're a phony or that something terrible is definitely going to happen, and so and so on. 

This is where naming the brain can come in handy. Because by naming the brain, we are creating distance between us and what is happening in the brain. 

The negative thoughts now become their own entity, which when separate, or a thing over there with a name, becomes easier to control or, at least tell it to be quiet. 

When you create space between you and the negative thoughts, it's going to help cut off the emotional response, and if you don't give negative thoughts your time and attention through your emotions and continued negative thinking, then they will quiet down. 

To give the strategy of naming your brain a try: 

You can give it a human name or name it after an object, a color, a place, whatever works for you. Or, if naming your brain doesn't resonate with you, you could try instead to personify it or create a character around it. 

Once you have your name or character, try using it when your mind starts chiming in with negative or unhelpful thoughts.  

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*Disclaimer: The information contained in this episode is for the sole purpose of being informative and is not considered complete. It should not replace consultation with a qualified professional.