Stop Practicing Stress: How to Rewire Your Brain for Joy and Peace

About this episode

This episode discusses how to rewire your brain for joy and peace by understanding and working with your subconscious mind.

Your Subconscious Mind Is Running the Show — Here's How to Take Back Control What if the key to lasting change isn't motivation and it's what you practice every single day? In this episode, host Melissa Hepner sits down with Craig Meriwether, certified clinical hypnotherapist, medical hypnosis specialist, and mindset coach, for a candid, wide-ranging conversation about why mindset work goes so much deeper than the sound bites and Instagram carousels we're being fed. In this episode, we cover: Why the subconscious mind drives 95% of your behavior — and how to work with it instead of against it The real problem with "micro-motivation" culture and bite-sized personal development content How your nervous system gets trained to anxiety, anger, and overwhelm — and how to retrain it Why what you practice is what gets wired into your brain (for better or worse) Spatial anchoring — how your environment is silently shaping your emotional state Simple, practical tools to reset your mindset before work, after a hard day, or when life gets chaotic Why healing is relentless — and why that's actually good news Whether you're dealing with anxiety, setting boundaries for the first time, or just…

People in this episode

Host: Melissa Hepner

Guest: Craig Meriwether

Topics covered

• subconscious mind
• mindset work
• anxiety
• personal development
• emotional state
• mental wellness

Keywords

• subconscious
• mindset
• anxiety
• emotional health
• personal growth
• mental wellness
• nervous system
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: craigmeriwether.com

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