Ten Truisms I Learned In Thirty Six Years

Mar 21, 2021
5 min

Ten Truisms I Learned In Thirty Six Years

THREE SIX TODAY! I thought I’d share some epiphanies/learning curves/musings. These truisms have allowed me to live with radical acceptance of all the ups and downs life inevitably throws at all of us. 1.) Develop a consistent philosophy of life. Maintain cognitive consistency. Cognitive consistency can be used to predict and explain the various outcomes; and thus can be fairly predictive of “drama” or cognitive dissonance in ones life. Congruency in thoughts, beliefs, ideolo

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Reframing Life Problems Is Essential For Happiness

Briana Theroux

Mar 2, 2021
2 min

Reframing Life Problems Is Essential For Happiness

No one likes having problems in life. We like things to be easy; ’tis human nature. Obstacles are inconvenient, terrifying, and seem like they serve no purpose other than to slow our perfect life flow down. Ya, no… “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” ~C.S. Lewis You need problems to fully develop and learn as a human. They are essential for living a good life, even if they bring temporary discomfort. Rather that victimize yourself with the

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Briana Theroux

Jan 1, 2021
2 min

Should We Destroy Our Ego?

The ego identity is a tricky concept for many to grasp. Should we kill it? Is the ego truly our enemy? Well, not unless we want to lose all sense of self. As humans we have a nasty tendency of clinging to black and white thinking, which is an incomplete understanding of who we are as complete beings. There are a lot of grey and flexible areas within the constructs of our minds. The ego is our concept of self. It isn’t who we actually are, it is who we think we are. It develop

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Why We Judge Others & What To Do About It

Briana Theroux

Sep 11, 2020
1 min

Why We Judge Others & What To Do About It

Why do we judge? Simply, because it helps us avoid looking inward. It’s an ego defense mechanism and is often deeply rooted in shame. We judge people because we have unconscious beliefs about their actions. We see those actions as shameful, naughty, bad, etc. Once we are aware of why we are judging, we can start to separate ourselves from the judging. This isn’t saying you’ll ever escape judging others or escaped being judged; it is saying that we can start operating from our

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Briana Theroux

Sep 10, 2020
2 min

Food Addiction Explained: Part 2

Let’s continue our discussion on addictions. The most common belief paradigm around addiction is that addiction is a disease. That there is someone wrong with your brain and that you will be an addict for the rest of your life. Therefore avoiding the drug of choice is the only solution, since you can’t control yourself. This is the belief peddled by the ASAM and used in all 12-step programs. It’s complete bullshit. It’s not based on any evidence and leads to consistent relaps

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Briana Theroux

Sep 8, 2020
1 min

Food Addiction Explained: Part 1

Let’s talk about food addictions. Food addictions are incredibly similar to drug addictions, even if they operate on a lower risk / reward level. All addictions are habit loops that form within the brain due to positive reward feedback. It doesn’t matter if you abuse food, alcohol, or amphetamines, sex, gambling—all of them hit your pleasure centers in the same way. The only difference is the extent to which they hit your pleasure centers, which is why it is much easier to re

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Briana Theroux

Jun 4, 2020
1 min

You Don't Need To Heal To Earn Love

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮; 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀.⁣ ⁣ But, how many of you have pulled away from friends, family, or loved ones thinking that you need to be on your own to 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵?⁣ ⁣ How many of you have decided that you can’t put yourself out there and be with another human until you are 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵?⁣ ⁣ 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵! Becoming intimately familiar with our own and our 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 is a profound gift and

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What's Wrong With Trying To Save People?

Briana Theroux

May 5, 2020
1 min

What's Wrong With Trying To Save People?

𝗜𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗺?⁣ ⁣ We all have been in that position before, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. If you keep sacrificing, then eventually there won’t be anything left of you to give. ⁣ ⁣ 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗶�

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Is trauma Sabotaging Your Efforts To Live Your Best Life?

Briana Theroux

Apr 22, 2020
3 min

Is trauma Sabotaging Your Efforts To Live Your Best Life?

Trauma is a 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩, and we all just wish it would go away. It’s a subject that many of us don’t fully understand which leads to misappropriate labeling and expression of our behaviors. Once we understand what and how it’s impacting our lives, we can start to untangle it from our habits. ⁣ ⁣ Trauma is stored in our implicit memory, or subconscious memory, where it is able to show up in our thoughts and life without us consciously knowing it. This is different from our expl

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Stress Manifests In Multiple Ways. What Do You Use To Numb It?

Briana Theroux

Apr 8, 2020
2 min

Stress Manifests In Multiple Ways. What Do You Use To Numb It?

𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 — who tends to swing from reckless to zen as fuck, depending on the total load of stress? Do you tend to fall into a pattern

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What To Do About Trauma Sabotaging Your Diet

Briana Theroux

Jul 8, 2019
18 min

What To Do About Trauma Sabotaging Your Diet

You probably have impulse control issues. You probably crave all the foods that keep you from your goal body. You probably do things that make you think you have no control. To what extent you do these things… well that varies from person to person. Let’s discuss some of our brain structures and how they play into our uncontrollable desires and our habit formation. As we have evolved, so have our brain structures. We have a little part of our brain called the primitive brain

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Briana Theroux

Apr 25, 2019
5 min

Numbing Out Feels Delicious

No one wants to be uncomfortable or feel pain. We all desire those feel good feels. I have several ways I attempt to make my life more acceptable, and methods I use to numb out. My brain just goes on autopilot and a force comes over me. It’s really beautiful how the mind attempts to protect us from hurt and pain. But check this: the exact methods our brain uses to numb out, cause more pain long term — all in an attempt to reduce immediate pain. I don’t know about you, but I’m

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Briana Theroux

Mar 7, 2019
41 min

Moderation Is A Flawed Concept

I’m sure you all have heard the “everything in moderation” advice regurgitated by all the gurus — and most likely your grandmother. But just because everyone spouts it off — doesn't’ mean it’s true, or even a helpful use of words. It does appear on the surface to be wise advice because anything extreme is crazy, right? But get this — this entire concept could be the very reason you can’t maintain or lose weight. Moderation is an interesting idea in theory. The amount of peopl

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