Glimmers: The opposite of triggers + how to find them

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In this episode I explain what glimmers are, and how these micro-moments can radically change your life and make you you happier. I also share how to embedded these glimmer moments in your brain so they become a healthy permanent part of you.

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0:00.0	Hi guys it's Beatrice Sharon and Tammy here from the uncut podcast which is currently being sponsored by NHS blood and transplant as you may know here in the UK
0:09.6	September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle cell can affect anyone, but is more common in people of Black heritage
0:16.8	and is the fastest growing inherited blood disorder in the UK.
0:20.4	We urgently need new donors of Black Heritage to help fight sickle cell and regularly give blood to help save and improve lives.
0:28.0	The good news is that giving blood is quick and easy.
0:31.0	It takes just one hour to save up to three lives. It's in our blood to help fight
0:35.2	sickle cell. Book now at blood.co. UK. Hi, I'm your host Dr Caroline Leaf and welcome to my podcast Cleaning Up the Mental
0:50.0	Mess. Most of us are familiar with the concept of a trigger, which is a cue from your environment
0:56.0	that activates your body via the nervous system and your mind-brain body connection,
1:00.8	based on your knowledge and past experiences, and then your nervous system moves into a stress response, a toxic stress response when it sends us danger to help you fight, run away from or freeze in the face of a threat.
1:13.0	But did you know that there's a different kind of cue
1:16.0	that can move your body out of the fight-flight freeze state,
1:20.0	in fact your whole mind-me-body network,
1:22.0	aka your sympathetic nervous system and into
1:25.2	rest digestate or your parasympathetic nervous system. In other words to activate your mind-ven body
1:31.1	network in the correct way and it's called a glimmer.
1:35.0	Glimers can be a huge support to recovering from the daily stresses that lead to burnout and luckily
1:40.5	you have the power in your mind to invite them into your life anytime, anywhere.
1:46.2	It just takes a little bit of focus and in today's podcast I'm going to help you learn
1:50.8	how all about glimmers and how to spend your energy looking for what's good
1:54.6	around you so you can release stress settle your nervous system and slowly rewire your
2:00.1	brains. Just a quick note if you want to listen to the full version, you can watch
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