Chad Glenn

[Scott D. Clary @scottdclary]

Nobody tells you this: the single most transformative habit isn't meditation, exercise, or journaling. It's catching yourself mid-pattern and choosing differently. In real time. Not in reflection. Not in hindsight. In the actual moment. That micro-interruption is worth more than any morning routine.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Your brain produces somewhere around 60,000 to 80,000 thoughts a day. According to a figure widely cited from the National Science Foundation, up to 80 percent of them are negative, and up to 95 percent are the same ones you had yesterday.

That means the voice in your head is running on a loop, and the loop is biased toward threat, because the brain evolved to keep you alive, not to keep you happy. A thought like "I am not ready for this" fires the amygdala, your brain's alarm centre, which floods you with cortisol, the stress hormone. Cortisol makes you more reactive and more likely to have the same thought again, and the repetition digs the groove deeper each time.

This is why affirmations work as counter-programming. When you repeat a sentence like "I can handle this," you are building a competing pathway. The first few times it feels empty, because the old groove is deeper. But the brain rewires itself based on what it practises, and a 2015 study from the University of Pennsylvania found that a repeated values affirmation activates the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that handles reasoning, and quiets the amygdala over time.

The research suggests that the mechanism works the same way whether you write the affirmation, say it out loud, or read it from a card. What matters is repetition and personal relevance, choosing words that connect to something you care about. Generic positivity does not land the same way a sentence about something you care about does. The more specific the statement, the stronger the signal. https://t.co/suEZKh5ARf

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

“Default to including alternative interpretations, hidden assumptions, and counterarguments unless I explicitly ask for a focused answer.”

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

One upgrade to layer into your LLM interaction: When something feels especially true, that’s often the best moment to ask:

“What would make this not true?”

Not to dismantle it, but to give it structural integrity.

any suggestions?

#AI #LLMs #PromptEngineering #AICommunity

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@bluewmist Learning the types is one thing. Learning to recognize which one you’re in, and which one’s actually needed, is where relationships start to feel easier. Half the time I’m asking myself: do I need something here, or do they?

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@The1WhoForgets @bluewmist Validation will not sound forced…at least not to the person you validate.

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@DrDoyleSays This is correct.

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

Escaped my comfort zone like a professional… immediately tripped over my own ego and face-planted back into old habits 😂

Watch for the full comedy sketch — and the surprisingly calm lesson at the end.

Turns out growth isn’t about staying upright.
It’s about noticing the fall, laughing at it, and getting back up without turning it into a story.

That moment of awareness?
That’s where the real shift happens.

What’s your latest “one step forward, immediate face-plant” moment?
Drop it below 👇 let’s normalize the process.

#PersonalGrowth #Mindfulness #Meditation #SelfAwareness

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@Bay17d__ Calling it a weapon still puts it in a fight. Empathy is more like a signal. The work is learning when to feel, when to step back, and when not to carry what isn’t yours. …that being said, empathy is powerful, and learning to manage it has taken me a while.

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@YungPueblo On low days, self-kindness looks like this:
don’t argue with how you feel, don’t insult yourself for it, and don’t demand peak performance. Just take the next honest step. The path out of hell is literally created one step at a time…

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@jackmoses777 Confidence belongs to the role. Humility belongs to awareness. They only clash when you think they’re the same thing.

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@maximumpain333 There’s a season for learning. Then there’s a season where more knowledge just keeps you from living what you already see. Knowing isn’t the finish line, but it is the starting point.

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@IntuitMachine Consciousness examining itself will always leave something out because the observer can’t fully step outside the system it’s made of. But yeah, it would be great to examine consciousness from all conceivable perspectives.

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@QuoteJung The shadow resists irrelevance. It was built to protect an older version of you. Integration is shadow reassignment, but the shadow experiences this as removal…like a threat to survival.

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@libriscent ADHD thoughts come in director’s commentary. “Oh, that reminds me—(wait, side note)—actually hold on—(this is important)—where was I going with this?” It’s not distraction. It’s multithreaded consciousness with bonus features. 🧠✨

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

Doctor’s orders vs. Doctor’s actual brain 😂
Swipe through my latest meditation mind-wander fail — complete with courtroom drama, grocery lists, and a surprise plot twist.
Turns out noticing the chaos is the growth. Who else has a brain that turns 10 quiet minutes into a full Broadway show?
Drop your funniest distraction below 👇
(And yes, I still recommend the practice. Just with more self-compassion.) 🧘‍♂️🌀

#Mindfulness #PersonalGrowth #Meditation

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

@vividvoid Love this! Turns out the final form isn’t floating above life, but showing up for it. Less incense, more consistency. Becoming one with the universe apparently includes answering emails and drinking water.

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

We’ve been conditioned to believe that progress comes from effort alone. More thinking. More doing. More control. But there’s another direction.

In theta, the shift isn’t something you force… it’s something you allow. The nervous system already knows how to settle. Most of us just haven’t given it the space.

That’s why “doing nothing” feels so unfamiliar.
And why it ends up being the work.

#Meditation #NervousSystem #MentalClarity

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

If Renaissance artists had access to the Theta Chamber…

they wouldn’t have painted enlightenment…

they would’ve scheduled it. 🎨🧠

“Michelangelo, your session is at 2.”

[Chad Glenn @ChadGlennMD]

Meditation was never meant to feel like effort.

The mind doesn’t quiet through force…
it settles into rhythm.

Instead of trying to meditate,
what if you could entrain to it?

Theta is the doorway.
A state where the brain softens, synchronizes, and begins to reorganize without resistance.

For some, it’s the first time they’ve ever felt what meditation actually is.
For others, it’s a deeper return to something familiar.

Not something you learn.
Something you remember.

#Meditation
#MentalWellness
#Neuroscience