Did you know that a child’s brain from in utero until about 7 years old is literally like a tape recorder? Anything a child sees, feels, hears, or observes goes into their mind and become a program of how they are to act, feel, think and respond when they come upon that situation again in their lives.  Our subconscious is a huge benefit to us in so many ways. Our subconscious helps us learn very quickly and makes life more automated and much easier that if we had to focus intensely on every task every time we did it. Imagine if we had to concentrate to walk like we did when we first learned how every time we took a step.  It would take all our concentration to stay upright. All our brain power would go to that task instead of a multitude of other things we can do as we walk freely without thought as an adult.  The same goes for driving a car. Remember how intense it was in the learning stages? There was so much to think about. Especially if you were learning to drive a stick! Thanks to our subconscious we can go on auto pilot a lot.

Scientist have discovered that we function out of our subconscious mind 95-99% of our day. Truly we are acting, thinking, feeling, responding and being not based on what we want, but based on the programs in our mind. Now imagine the adult who tries so hard to be successful but for some reason they just seem to never get it right, something seems to always block their success. This might be the same adult who as a child heard things like, “you’ll never amount to anything” or “why do you always mess everything up” or “you don’t deserve that.” This adult is trying with their conscious mind, (which runs them 1-5% of the day,) to overpower the program that got recorded in the subconscious from their childhood. These subconscious programs cause us to do things that go against our goals, (95-99% of the time, (that’s how often scientist have found our subconscious to run us.) Can you see why the struggle is so real? Can you see why we get so frustrated with ourselves?

How about a child who is programed with, “she’s a sickly child,” or “you’re so hard to get along with, you’ll probably always be alone,” the list is endless. How do we get these thoughts out of our subconscious programming? How do we keep these subconscious programs from running our lives in a direction we don’t want to take? One solution is to be more mindful. Think about where you are and what you are doing and be present. Function from your conscious mind, not your subconscious. Easier said than done right! In this busy, high tech, fast track time we live in, it’s hard to be present! We fret over the past and worry about the future. Our minds are like spaghetti keeping track of our to-do lists. When you are sitting at a traffic light, what are you thinking about? Catch yourself next time and be more present.

After you work on being present what more can you do? You can change your subconscious programming! How you ask? Download my free workbook which teaches you how to rewrite your subconscious. No, these are not positive affirmation exercises. Those typically don’t work because your subconscious does not speak the same language as your conscious mind does. An affirmation is just repeating a conscious goal without reprograming the subconscious. Ever try yelling at your computer because you don’t like the program it’s running? Did it change for you? NO! The same goes for you. You must delete the old program and upload a new program. That is how you change yourself and get rid of the old programs that are not serving you.

Take the time to reprogram yourself and be more mindful of how you speak, look at others, feel, think and act around children especially. Not only are they watching you but they are recording you and repeating for the rest of their lives. Their minds literally are little tape recorders. That’s why 3-year old’s can easily learn 3 languages! Be the person to give the children around you uplifting subconscious programs that will help them succeed in life, be the best they can be and do what they were meant to do. Smile and let your eyes light up when you see them. Tell them you are so glad to know them. Stop what you are doing and listen when they speak to you. Be open and curious to their ideas and questions. Be patient and loving. How do you change the world? You change you.