Shiny Minds Show

5 Signs You Have A Growth Mindset

Let's start by defining what a growth mindset is. So that you can understand if you have it or not and if you don't, then we can talk about some ways to develop it.

 

A Growth Mindset is a mindset where you think you can learn and improve everything, including your human intelligence. As we now know, we have multiple intelligence, like emotional intelligence, social intelligence, professional, financial and even spiritual intelligence that we can always improve.

 

And what are we comparing the growth mindset to? We are comparing it to a fixed mindset.

 

A fixed mindset would say: "This is who I am, this is where my limit is, I can't improve my skills or capacity, I cannot grow." 

 

When you have a growth mindset, your brain is literally plastic that you can expand it sideways, up and down, diagonal, etc. to make it grow with your expansive, provocative and out of the box thinking. I am sure you've heard about "neuroplasticity" before. It refers to that elastic structure of your brain. It's flexible, it's agile, open and easy to shape.

 

And when you have a growth mindset, there are some signs that you can tell you have it. Ready?

How Not To Behave On Zoom

As you know, especially after Covid-19 we live in a digital world. We meet, date, dine, learn, hang out, have fun do business and make money online. And while we do all that, we use digital tools. Mainly: ZOOM. And that's my topic today! Three Behaviors To Avoid On Zoom.

How To Communicate Your Negative Emotions Intelligently

Some of us are too much in the head and some of us are too much in the heart. That's exactly why I created my Neuro-Shine Technology™ as a combination of the power of the mind and the wisdom of the heart. 

6 Tips To Improve Your Listening Skills

I want to live in a world where we pay attention not only to the way we communicate and deliver our messages but also to the way we listen to each other. And it's important that we know how to do it when we are listening to each other. Because unfortunately we don't know how to listen. Here are my six strategies to improve your listening skills.

5 Signs You Are Not Listening

When it comes to mastering your communication skills, listening is very underrated. If you are not a good listener and you don't even know it, you are missing countless opportunities to deepen your relationships and even maximize your earning potential.

And the good news is, there are signs that reveal the if you are a good listener or not.

Listen to the full episode to see if you are one.

3 Reasons Why You Need Journaling

Journaling can be done for personal or professional reasons. What's important is to choose your own reason and own it. Because if you don't own it, it'll be just another item on your to do list, making you feel pressured and uncomfortable. You gotta love journaling. Connecting with the activity of journaling needs to help you live a better and fuller life.

10 Cosmic Laws Of The Universe

From the law of divine oneness to the law of cause and effect and the law attraction, today we are going to cover 10 unavoidable, powerful and transformational laws of the universe. and how you can apply them to your everyday life with practical tips and strategies, to manifest your own ultimate magical universe.

How To Reframe Negative Emotions

Reframing is a very powerful mindset tool in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to transform anything less than empowering into definitely empowering.

It's absolutely very important for all of us to leverage this NLP tool every single day in our communications with ourselves and others, in order to feel empowered, in charge and take full responsibility of our lives.

As a Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Lingustic Programming, I feel responsible to inform everyone about the impact of their thoughts, language and how they deal with their emotions on their mental health and overall happiness in life.

Which brings me to the topic of emotions. Let's talk about our emotions, shall we?

The way I look at emotions is that, they are our beloved personal messengers, carrying important messages for us to listen, learn from and move forward with. Even when they are negative.

Think of your emotions as symptoms. You know how you eat something and if your body has a reaction to it, you get physical symptoms? Like stomach pain, rushes or head aches? Just like that, when you have a negative emotion it is a symptom of a thought, behavior, conversation, something that bothered you.

Picture this in your mind, all of your human emotions are laid on a spectrum. On the left side of the spectrum you experience negative emotions, like fear, anxiety, frustration or sadness. As you move closer to the center and you come to 0 point, you feel neutral. As you move towards the right side, you experience positive emotions like curiosity, compassion, excitement, happiness and joy. Do you see it?

So, if you are able to picture your emotions like that on a large spectrum from -100 to +100 with shades of colors and vibrations, and if you can move your emotions from the left side to the right side, just like moving an item in your home, then you'll feel empowered! And that's how you can reframe them!

Wanna hear my tips to reframe your negative emotions?

1. Identify them - According to statistics, people express about 4 or 5 emotions during their lifetime! A lifetime! So that's where we need to begin. We need to know what we are feeling, what is the name of that emotion, how to identify them. So I believe we need to get more educated about our emotions. 

2. Appreciate them - They are a part of you! They do have a right to exist in this universe, just like you do. Plus, their existence can only happen through you and to teach you a lesson. If you never appreciate them, you'll never "get to" experience them and grow with them.

3. Communicate with them - You might be like, how? Well, jJust like you communicate with anyone else, you can communicate with your emotions. Sit down with yourself and ask your emotions, and really listen to what they say, what message they give. Don't try to win them over, don't debate, don't argue, don't ignore. Just listen. But really listen. To hear, understand and appreciate.

4. Hug them - This one is my favorite! Really :) If you give your negative emotions love and appreciation just like you'd love to receive them, they will feel heard and appreciated. And trust me, the minute they are heard and loved, they will stop bothering you. If you give them an identity, a look, a face, a voice and then literally hug them with appreciation, they'll stop stopping you and they will start empowering you!

I hope this helped.

If it did, please share it with someone who needs to see this. Because we can totally make this world a better place together.

With more LOVE ❤️and SHINY MINDS.

Shiny Burcu Unsal

4 Creative Ways To Deal With Fear

To begin with, we need to accept the fact that fear is a part of our lives, a part of human psychology. And it's not that scary all the times. It might mean very different things for us.

Let's talk about it:

When we ask ourselves what do we truly want, first we want to be safe and trust others. Then we want to be seen. We want to be heard. And we want to be appreciated. 

4 Unusual Ideas To Get Motivated

Motivation as it's not always easy to get yourself motivated and stay motivated. Especially these days in the Covid-adjusted world we live, everyday uncertainties are making it even harder to keep that beautiful flow of motivation.

Motivation is an inner game. Something in you needs to ignite something else in you.

Let's talk about what that something might be. Plus, as always, I have a few ideas that might help you get and stay motivated ;)