Enjoy Being Human is a community for people who want to understand themselves better, struggle less, and learn practical skills for being human. 😎 Life will life and the brain will brain, I say.... Welcome to Earth. 🌎 In Enjoy Being Human, we talk about it all. July we were **Learning About Discomfort** 😣 August we've been spending the month admiring and enjoying this whole being-human thing. ✨ September: back-to-school time. **Tiny Experiments.** ✏️ Class is in session starting 9/1. (Don't worry. There are no grades, you can never be considered tardy, and no one gets sent to detention.) **Sunday Lives** are where we dig into how your brain and nervous system work so you can understand yourself better and have more say in how you navigate your life. And the **Classroom? There's a LOT in there.** That's intentional. 😊 Life is not step 1, 2, 3. You aren't supposed to do everything or go in order. Life gives us a lot to navigate on the daily so this is a safe place to practice looking around, settling the overwhelm, and choosing one thing that feels useful to you in the moment. I'm Ahmy. I'm a Life Guide, Licensed Therapist, brain nerd, science lover, working intuitive and channel. I'm also goofy, a little sassy, and have spent a whole lot of years figuring out how to struggle less with being human myself. If you're struggling through life and would like some practical skills that can help you struggle less... **Come join us! 💞** Would love to have you practicing human stuff alongside us. skool.com/enjoy-being-human/about

Joe only needs two more members to make 100!!! (I know, @Joe Hache - you did not tell me to do this but I am doing it anyway) Who wants to be in a fun, creative group? His use of AI to make videos, e-books, cookbooks, storybooks, songs... so much fun!! Let's all help each other out. Join The Creative Jukebox

Just a little brain science on a random Wednesday for ya - thank me later. Your brain isn't ignoring the good stuff to be mean to you. It is just following the instructions you give it every day. You say, "Whatever do you mean, Ahmy?" 🤣 Well, let me explain... In your brain stem sits a cluster of neurons called the Reticular Activating System (RAS). Its job is to act as a security guard for your mind. Every second your senses take in millions of bits of information. If your brain tried to process all of it your system would crash. To keep you functional, your RAS drops 99% of the noise and only lets through what it thinks is important to you. 99% - isn't that fascinating? Here is how that works against us: 1. Our default setting is self-protection. Human brains evolved to scan for problems, threats, and mistakes first. Missing a real threat was fatal so our system defaults to looking for danger. 2. Our focus sets the filter. The RAS doesn't judge whether a thought helps or hurts us. It simply highlights whatever we pay attention to most. (so - pay attention to your attention 🥴) If you decide to buy a specific car, you suddenly start seeing that type of car on every street. They were always there but your brain was throwing that data away to save energy. Now that you care about it your brain flags it. The exact same thing happens with your self-talk. If your baseline rule is "I am not enough" or "This always goes wrong," your RAS goes to work finding facts to prove that true. It amplifies every small mistake, skips over genuine compliments, and reads neutral situations as failures. Proof of your competence and of your progress is sitting in the same room. Your brain is just throwing these in the trash before you ever consciously see them because they don't match the 'search query' you typed into Google. There is a big difference between searching 'what are all the possible things that could hurt me today' vs. 'give me a list of all the pleasant things happening in my life.'

For those of you unaware of the frequent gifts I send out, here's a reminder. Everything is vintage! Some of the packages I've sent out include jewelry, books, comics, collector toys, linens, crochet hooks, Disney, ceramics, miniatures, and much much more. If you're feeling a little kind of way and a gift would just make your day and cheer you up, be sure to pop into Ricochet. Where we talk about all things nostalgic. I do ship internationally! It doesn't matter where in the world you're located, I get excited to add new locations to the interactive map. And knowing the treasures that once brought me joy will now enrich someone else's life is just the icing on the cake. It's free to join and register to win...but if you are in a position that you could upgrade for only $8 a year, that would be amazing. Then, you can leave feedback! That's almost as exciting as sending out the gifts. JOIN today, send your friends! I will be on vacation next week, but I'm thinking of doing a "refer a friend" during that time to get your name on the wheel an additional time for each referral that joins. I'll have my chromebook with me on vacation and will be checking in on the progress. Tracking referrals if the idea sounds good. Good idea? Your thoughts? https://www.skool.com/ricochet-4274/about