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• Within the limbic system, there is a small cluster of neurones called the amygdala. It controls how we respond to danger and risk by triggering the sympathetic nervous system to produce high-stress chemicals such as adrenaline and cortisone. The reaction is called the fight, freeze or flight syndrome. Our heart starts racing to pump blood and hormo...
• The amygdala and the limbic system were brilliant evolutionary advantages for humans when survival was a day to day struggle against predators and the natural world, and is still working in the background of every one of us, ready to step in to protect us from danger. More importantly, most of the information that feeds into our brain, passes throu...
• Avoiding the task becomes the easy option. We can feel so overwhelmed by the amount of work to do and the complexity of it all, that we cannot make a start – the project seems too big and too hard. There are so many choices to make, it is bewildering.  How could you even know where to start? It feels safer to take the easy option, do the same thing...