Simply Social

Simply Social had a very enlightening workshop last Friday.  Mark Newey from Winning Minds a modular based therapy centre in Saffron Walden came along to talk to us about mind mapping.  As he explained our minds filter out massive amounts of information, and what is left is then filtered through several processes’s, some of which do not always helps us.  Basically, and this is very basic, our childhood experiences and cultural heritage steer us towards certain ways of thinking.  On top of this are our beliefs about things - i.e we might not be as confident as we might like to be.  As Mark explained these beliefs are often erroneous and to become more confident people we need to go back and challenge those thoughts with the aim of turning them around.  Secondly we each have our core values - the things in life that make us tick.  Most of us are not fully in touch with our core values.  Core values can be things such as wanted love, security, respect, etc. If our core values are not being met in our work and personal lives then that can account for us feeling down.  Once we have detailed our core values then we can take steps to make sure that they are met in our daily lives and we become much happier people.

As I said this is a very simplistic summary of Mind Mapping.  If you are interested in more then do take a look at the Winning Minds website and let me know as we are planning to hold a further workshop to help us towards identifying our core values.

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