136 | Still Thinking About Him After Going No Contact? Here's What Your Brain Is Actually Doing
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Kristina Joy discusses the neuroscience behind persistent thoughts of an ex after going no contact and offers practical tools for healing.
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) You cut contact. You're doing the work. And he's still showing up in your head! Uninvited, frustrating, relentless. Today I'm giving you the neuroscience behind why that's happening, and a practical framework for what to do when it does. This is a part 2 to EP 123 on limerence, and it goes deeper into two specific brain mechanisms: the Default Mode Network and attachment protest behavior. We explore: What the Default Mode Network is and why your idle moments are when the thoughts are loudest Attachment protest behavior and why cutting contact can actually make the longing feel stronger before it gets quieter Why certain triggers fire the thought even when you've been doing well The shift from shame to curiosity: asking "what does this thought tell me about what I need right now?" instead of "why can't this stop?" Practical tools for the idle moments Next time the thought arrives, pause and ask, what does this tell me about what I need right now? Write it down. That's where healing starts. 🕊️ Let's Connect: 📞 Book your private Breakthrough Call…
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