June 18, 20103 ways to charm your lizard brain instead of ignoring him. Snake charming lessons.

Filed under: New Dynamics by merylrunion |

First it was Michael Morgolis telling us to tiptoe around the lizard brain. Now it’s Seth Godin suggesting we deliberately ignore our lizard brain.

India has snake charmers for a reason.

I say you ignore your inner reptile at your peril. Stand up for your inner reptile. Make friends with him (or her.) Charm your lizard brain.

How?

1. Develop a personal relationship with him. I call mine Izzie, and you’re welcome to call yours Izzie too. Your inner reptile doesn’t like being treated like an “it” any more than anyone else does.

2. Listen to your Izzie. Give him room for unconditional expression. That’s one reason why I print Poison Phrases. It gives our Izzies a chance to frolic in possibilities we would never actually implement – but oh – it’s fun to consider.

3. Alchemize Izzie’s desires. Raise them up. What is your Izzie trying to accomplish? If Izzie is trying to get revenge, might he really be seeking a sense of dignity and respect? If you’ve been denying and ignoring your Izzie for a really long time, yours might be calling for some serious blood. But usually our Izzies are happy to take a higher road once we’ve listened to them and shown them how.

The old dynamics of communication meant powering through. The New Dynamics are far more engaged and collaborative. Yes, that means that we triunicate – our three brainlets collaborate with each other for a more inspired outcome. And that way we’re not sending so many mixed messages.

I’m putting an eBook together about our brainlets. In the meantime, you can read previous posts about Izzie here.

You ignore your Izzie at your own peril – but you embrace him to great advantage. Izzie is one powerful ally. I am continually charming mine, and mine is charming me back.