EP03: Rewire Your Brain For Success with Dr. Shannon Irvine

In our 3rd episode of the Aligned & Unstoppable podcast, Emily talks with Dr. Shannon Irvine about the power of “Brain Priming”.  Dr. Shannon, a PhD. in Neuropsychology, is a successful Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Higher Achievement Mentor and host of the Epic Success Podcast. Listen in as she shares her 5 steps to removing subconscious beliefs and reprogramming our brains for massive success. Part of stepping into our best life is letting go of our old beliefs and in this episode you’ll learn step-by-step how to do that!

Episode Highlights:

• Emily first met Dr Shannon at Inner Circle retreat where host first did Brain-Priming exercise
• We are the creators of our thoughts and we can prime into our mind a vision which helps our brain achieve that vision faster and easier
• The conscious prefrontal cortex is in control while our subconscious mind simply automates what we repeat.
• Biggest takeaway from Dr. Shannon’s PhD studies: 80-90% of the decisions you make are actually driven from the subconscious part of your brain
• If your “autopilot” is set on a pattern of negative self-talk you can get stuck in a fear cycle
• We tend to believe things about ourselves that aren’t true (ex. “I don’t know if I can do this”)
• Our brains are designed to keep us safe and to do the familiar, and anything that goes against this (ex. starting a business) is seen as a threat
• Once you take your thinking off of autopilot and rewire your limiting beliefs it becomes exciting because you can consciously program into your thinking the vision that you want for you life and automate this new positive thinking
• In moments of stress and resistance, we shouldn’t dismiss or medicate these negative thoughts, but rather focus on listening to and identifying them
• Many successful entrepreneurs and athletes use brain priming without knowing it
• Dr. Shannon relates brain priming to removing a virus and upgrading a software system on a computer
• Most of us are taught from a young age that we need permission to take control of our future and that our ability comes from outside instead of inside out
• Filter your subconscious thoughts with this one question: Does this thought get me closer or further away from who I want to be?
• Brain Priming is a 2 part process (simultaneous):
  • Remove limiting beliefs (My Matrix Process)
  • Lay down pathway for very best vision & version of yourself
• Your thoughts create your emotion & these combine to create your belief
  • This belief repeated over time creates your identity and your identity drives your decisions
• Removing limiting beliefs (5 Steps)
  • 1st step is recognizing the limiting belief!
  • 2nd step is recording the limiting belief and reading it out loud to yourself!
  • 3rd step is refuting the lie & writing down truths about yourself!
  • 4th step is role playing – picking the person that means the most to you and imagining yourself projecting your limiting belief onto them (emotional)
  • 5th step is reverse priming – build a freeway in your brain to these new truths
• As soon as you start feeling old, faulty thoughts resurface you read these truths to yourself and the old freeway of lies will crumble and disintegrate
• Another exercise Dr. Shannon Irvine does is Vision Priming, which is seeing your vision as if it’s already done
• Faulty programming affects individuals at every level of success, even highly successful entrepreneurs
• You have control of your thoughts, don’t misuse it because it will manifest in disease, depression and illness
• We control our own thoughts but we can’t control the thoughts of others – so we shouldn’t carry anxiety
• The most successful people in the world are passionate about getting rid of the things that block them and they are unapologetic about the vision they have and when they get to that vision they create the next one
• Find evidence that these lies that you have been believing aren’t true!
• It takes 60-70 days to completely build a new neural network
• Dr. Shannon hosts live transformational experiences with entrepreneurs to help remove limiting beliefs such as money blocks and success blocks

3 Key Points:

1. 80-90% of the decisions you make are actually driven from the subconscious part of your brain
2. You have to decide to become the creator of your thoughts or not (to take your thoughts off of autopilot)
3. Once you take your thinking off of autopilot and rewire your limiting beliefs it becomes exciting because you can consciously program into your thinking the vision that you want for you life and automate this new positive thinking

Tweetable Quotes:

• “If you’re scared then you’re probably doing something great” – Emily Aarons
• “My value came the moment I was born not when I produced a product” – Dr. Shannon Irvine
• “Can’t drive with your foot on the gas and on the brake at the same time”  – Dr. Shannon Irvine
• “It’s harder to not live the life you were destined to live” – Dr. Shannon Irvine
• “All the power you need to remove those beliefs and have whatever future you want is completely already inside of you” – Dr. Shannon Irvine
• “Thoughts are energy, and energy has to land somewhere”  Dr. Shannon Irvine
• “What you say to yourself has a  huge impact on what is going to actually happen in your life” – Dr. Shannon Irvine
• “You have to decide to become the creator of your thoughts or not” – Dr. Shannon Irvine
• “You can’t fake it until you make it, you have to go after the things that are standing in the way” – Dr. Shannon Irvine
• You can’t will yourself out of a neural network, but you can program it” – Dr. Shannon Irvine

Resources Mentioned:

• Dr. Shannon Irvine Website
• Free Brain Priming 2-Part Audio Series
• Epic Success Podcast
• iTunes to access podcast
• Contact Dr. Shannon Irvine by Email
• Instagram @drshannonirvine
• Dr. Shannon Irvine Facebook
• Epic Success Tribe Facebook Group
• Dr. Joe Dispenza

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