REGULATE
๐ป MY BRAIN THOUGHT IT WAS A BEAR
STEP 1 - Understand what's happening
After you read the story:
๐ฅ WATCH THIS
๐ฟ Okay, Brain. No Bear. What Helps YOU Come Back Online?
๐ STEP 2 — HOW DO YOU TAME THE BEAR?
My brain found the problem.
Congratulations, Brain. ๐
Now let's give it somewhere ELSE to look.
FIRST: Get your brain's attention.
Try the experience → then come back and...
๐ STEP 3 — WHAT NOW?
You met the bear. ๐ป
You discovered a way to tame it.
Now YOU choose where to go next. ๐
๐ BACK TO THE ADVENTURE
I want to choose what I explore next.
๐ฒ SURPRISE ME!
No choosing. Just surprise me. ๐
GET YOUR BRAIN'S ATTENTION:
Look at something soothing.
As you look...
Take 3 Deep SLOW Breaths.
In your nose, out your mouth.
INHALE & COUNT inside your head:
one thousand one, one thousand two
EXHALE & COUNT
One thousand one, one thousand two
one thousand three, one thousand four.
REPEAT for about 60 seconds.
The slow breathing + counting gives your brain something NEW to focus on.
Notice what happens to your body as you continue.