How can you cheat your way to a more positive, happier you? Neuroscientists say there is a way you can cheat your way to feeling more confident. Watch the video In my profile to explain the concept of neuroplasticity but basically through the use of repetition you can form new connections in the brain so that positive actions and emotions are second nature to you.

So how to cheat – the brain doesn’t know if what you are thinking is real or not – so to strengthen your ability to feel confident and sure of yourself do this on a daily basis:

Sit somewhere quiet and calm your mind: Then take your thoughts to a period in your life where you feel really confident about something you achieved previously. Really take yourself back to this time and ‘feel’ the emotions as if you was reliving it all over again.

When you focus on something you have felt in the past your brain starts to feel it again. This method of bringing yourself to a more positive mindset will give you that motivational boost needed.

Practice this daily to strengthen the connections associated to this positive emotion to bring more permanent change into your life.

All my love
Nicola