What's on Your Bookshelf?

153 Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: Sixty-Three Days To Rewire Your Mind

We unpack why true change takes 63 days, how short daily steps become automatic habits, and where brain science meets identity-based practice. Benchmarks, accountability, and “energy as currency” make the plan concrete, compassionate, and doable. • five-step neurocycle clarified and timed • 21 days to build, 42 days to automatize • phase benchmarks at days 1, 4, 7, 14, 21, 63 • identity-based habits to anchor change • accountability partner as a force multiplier • energy as currency: invest in healthy pathways • forgetting as a feature to dissolve toxic loops • simple setup tactics and daily cues • coaching and neutral thinking for hard days • health and longevity benefits of consistency “Go listen to our series on Atomic Habits” Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2127894/support] Connect with us on our LinkedIn page School of Thoughts [https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-of-thoughts-inc./] . We also value your reviews, subscribing, and sharing our podcast "What's On Your Bookshelf?" on Apple and Spotify. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/@SchoolofThoughts-gd1sk].

152 Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: Direct Your Brain For Change

We unpack six neuroplasticity practices from Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess and show how to move from reacting to responding. We share tools for self-regulation, visualization, and the 3:1 positivity shift to build peaceful control that lasts beyond 21 days. • difference between mind management and brain change • active versus dynamic self-regulation • discomfort zones and warning signals • respond not react using the 30–90 second window • Quantum Zeno Effect and 3:1 positivity • Multiple Perspective Advantage for objectivity • visualization tools: box, window, rewind, armor • zooming out to regain big-picture clarity • why 63 days matters for integration Would you be willing to share our episodes with others? You can find us on LinkedIn and on Substack W-O-Y-B for what’s on your bookshelf. We’d love to hear from you. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2127894/support] Connect with us on our LinkedIn page School of Thoughts [https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-of-thoughts-inc./] . We also value your reviews, subscribing, and sharing our podcast "What's On Your Bookshelf?" on Apple and Spotify. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/@SchoolofThoughts-gd1sk].

151 Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: Halfway To A Clearer Mind

We reach the practical heart of Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess and unpack the five-step Neurocycle that turns insight into change over 63 days. Simple on paper, hard in practice, the method helps us embrace tough thoughts, find root causes, and stabilize better habits. • shifting from science to application • the knowing versus doing gap • five steps of the Neurocycle explained • why embracing emotions is essential • reflect and write to reach root causes • recheck and reconceptualize with care • tree analogy for pruning and grafting • active reach and 63-day stabilization • integrating grief and growth without denial • setting up next steps to direct the brain Read this book with us — join the discussion on Substack and find the link on our LinkedIn Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2127894/support] Connect with us on our LinkedIn page School of Thoughts [https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-of-thoughts-inc./] . We also value your reviews, subscribing, and sharing our podcast "What's On Your Bookshelf?" on Apple and Spotify. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/@SchoolofThoughts-gd1sk].

150 Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: Mind Over Matter, Without The Woo

We dig into the difference between mind and brain, map the four levels of mind, and show how thoughts shape the body through neuroplasticity and epigenetics. Using tree and pruning metaphors, we share how to spot signals, trim toxic patterns, and prepare for the Neurocycle tools. • Mind as thinking, feeling, and choosing • Clear split between mind and brain • Four levels of mind and their roles • Thoughts as trees with memory branches • Signals from the body as useful prompts • Epigenetics and how thinking affects genes • Reactive versus proactive mind management • Pruning toxic thoughts to free up energy • Kintsugi as a model for meaningful repair • Tease into the five-step Neurocycle next week Next week, the practical application of the neurocycle, we're gonna dive into those five steps Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2127894/support] Connect with us on our LinkedIn page School of Thoughts [https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-of-thoughts-inc./] . We also value your reviews, subscribing, and sharing our podcast "What's On Your Bookshelf?" on Apple and Spotify. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/@SchoolofThoughts-gd1sk].

149 Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: Mind Management For Real-Life Peace

We unpack how toxic thinking shows up in the body and how a practical, five-step mind management process can turn awareness into lasting change. Real stories meet research on stress, immunity, and neuroplasticity to help us build peace that holds under pressure. • moving from data to daily application • naming and handling cognitive dissonance • distinguishing useful stress from toxic stress • how thoughts influence immunity and inflammation • stories that turn science into lived practice • why awareness without strategy backfires • rebuilding habits over 63 days through repetition • millennial and Gen Z burnout drivers and fixes • empowerment through competency and simple tools Get the book. Read along with us one chapter a week. If you want an agile brain exercise, just message us and we will give it to you for free with no strings attached. The best ways through our Substack, W-O-Y-B, for what’s on your bookshelf. We’ll have a link to how to get the book. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2127894/support] Connect with us on our LinkedIn page School of Thoughts [https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-of-thoughts-inc./] . We also value your reviews, subscribing, and sharing our podcast "What's On Your Bookshelf?" on Apple and Spotify. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/@SchoolofThoughts-gd1sk].