“It is what it is” isn’t acceptance. It’s a closed loop. The phrase you reach for when things go wrong is not neutral, it’s an instruction to your brain about what to look for next. Cognitive framing research shows: language doesn’t describe your situation. It constitutes it. Part 2: I’ll show you exactly what your brain is doing before you’ve had a single conscious thought about it. #TR1BE #BehaviourChange #MindsetShift #NeuroscienceOfHabits #PersonalDevelopment 👀 Did you spot the mistake? Good, so now you’re good at spotting things; you’re primed to spot them in your use of language. You’re welcome 😉 —- Sources for this series: 1. Nørretranders, T. (1998). The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size. Viking. [sensory bandwidth figures — simplified approximation] 2. Lakoff, G. & Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors We Live By. University of Chicago Press. press.uchicago.edu 3. Ezawa, I.D. & Hollon, S.D. (2023). Cognitive Restructuring and Psychotherapy Outcome: A Met...