The mammal brain aka the Limbic System is the second oldest (middle) part of our 3-part brain and controls emotions and feelings which are great when navigating interpersonal relationships and when you need to show up as an empathic caring complete person but not so great when you need to cross a raging chest deep river at night with no lights and your mammal brain is all dude WHAT A BUMMER THIS WHOLE EVENT IS JUST ONE SKETCHY THREAT AFTER ANOTHER which starts to kill your vibe and cockblock your PMA. It’s in those critical moments that you need to reframe the situation for your mammal brain. You need to say bro, it’s not a threat, it’s a challenge and challenges are fun.
