Mind Craft - Art of Good Decisions
How good are you at making decisions? One of life’s indispensable skills, the art of decision-making is seldom given the importance it is due. In the labyrinth of our minds, making big decisions can feel like navigating through an ocean without a map.
This month we share simple but effective tools for better decision making. These tools and ideas are suitable for a wide range of age-groups. The learning happens through a short mindful walk in nature, filled with creative and reflective activities. Activities that craft your mind for unraveling life’s complexities, helping you find answers to difficult questions.
The ability to connect with nature in a mindful way helps us access our subconscious as well as creative sides. These mind craft activities give us essential skills to refine our decision-making abilities so that we can navigate the forest of existence with grace and clarity.
Catch them all in our latest post:
https://healingforest.org/2024/03/28/mind-craft-art-of-making-better-decisions/
Monkey Mind
Here’s a fascinating 3 minute clip from the Kalahari desert about how the bushmen take the help of baboons to locate water in the desert. What metaphors and analogies can we draw from this video about our mind ? Please leave your thoughts in the comments if you can.
Focus or Unfocus
Research has shed light on the power of focus and its role as a hidden driver of success. Yet as helpful as focus can be, research also shows there’s a downside to it: excessive focus exhausts the focus circuits in your brain. It can drain your energy, make you lose self-control, impair your decision-making, and make you less collaborative. The brain operates optimally when it toggles between focus and unfocus.
Read this helpful article to understand your brain better and for some tips to boost your mind craft.
https://hbr.org/2017/05/your-brain-can-only-take-so-much-focus
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