Primitive Brain
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Rick’s Primitive Brain
We share this ancestral mind — we are all tuned to it… no matter the country, the ethnicity, the social status or lack thereof. Our Art and our Dance are our unique expressions. Our fears are our common ground.
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Find the Financial Ceiling Your Body Is Enforcing
Money can carry the survival energy that food once carried: will there be enough, will the supply continue, and what happens if the group sees that I have more? We may work toward financial growth while a protective system keeps us safely below an invisible ceiling. The closer we get, the more distraction, undercharging, hesitation,…
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Do You Want To Spend Your Life at Tug-o-War or…
A lot of people spend their entire life at tug-of-war. They work very hard. They put in a lot of effort and focus. And they just don’t get anywhere. The sad thing is, they don’t know what’s going on… they start blaming themselves for not being effective.
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When Health Goals Create an Inner Tug-of-War
We can sincerely want better health and repeatedly act out of alignment with the plan. We call ourselves lazy, weak, or self-sabotaging when the system may be missing information, overwhelmed, or protecting another essential need. Fighting ourselves adds stress to a body already trying to find balance. Ask What the Protective System Knows A proposed…
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How Could This Become a Yes? Turn a Body No Into Useful Information
A body no is important, but it is not always the end of the inquiry. Sometimes it means the whole direction is wrong. Sometimes one condition—the person, pace, cost, timing, exposure, or lack of exit—makes an otherwise meaningful possibility feel unsafe. Instead of forcing past the no or obeying it without curiosity, ask what the…
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When More Abundance Feels Unfamiliar and Unsafe
We may consciously want more support, money, love, opportunity, or ease and become anxious when it actually arrives. The mind searches for a reason: perhaps we do not deserve it, did not work hard enough, made a mistake, or will soon lose it. Sometimes the first issue is simpler. More is unfamiliar. The primitive brain…