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<v Speaker>Let's take a moment.

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This is Marnie Castor.

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There are times when our reaction
to something is outsized.

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Somebody said, or behaved in
a way that was more or less

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innocuous, and yet it kindled our
wrath and we blew a head gasket.

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There's a saying that has
helped me a lot in my life.

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If it's hysterical.

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It's historical.

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Maybe we got made fun of a lot in
grade school so that now when a person

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says something to us not meant to be
cruel, we react from the sixth grade

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self who was relentlessly bullied.

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The amygdala located in our mid
brain is the seat of our emotions.

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It's where we respond to threat.

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The prefrontal cortex is the
logical, rational part of our brain.

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If we had some traumatic experiences,
when we perceive a threat, the front

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brain goes offline and we respond
from the midbrain, which can take us

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sometimes into full spider monkey mode.

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We all wanna be better, kinder and
wiser, and sometimes that takes some

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heavy spiritual lifting to understand
why we behave in an unsavory manner.

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Every situation, no matter how painful
is an opportunity for self-reflection and

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growth, and if it is a terrible wound.

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You can always seek the guidance
of professional counseling.