The 3D Model of Wellbeing Nobody's Talking About with Dr. Elefant-Yanni

The 3D Model of Wellbeing Nobody’s | Must-Know Framework

You know what nobody talks about?

That weird feeling in your stomach when something's off. Not the "I ate too much pizza" feeling. The other one. The one that whispers when your brain's too busy yelling.

Most folks spend their whole lives living from the neck up. Thinking their way through everything. Planning. Worrying. Replaying that embarrassing thing they said in 2003.

But here's the wild part - you've got a whole other brain down there in your belly. Not kidding. It's packed with neurons and it's been trying to tell you stuff this whole time. You just weren't listening because nobody taught you how.

When you were a baby, this gut brain was already running the show. Fully operational from day one. Meanwhile, the head brain was still figuring out how shoelaces work.

And somewhere along the way, we all decided to ignore the belly and trust only the brain between our ears. Big mistake. Huge.

Because that gut feeling? That's your true self talking. That's the part of you that knows things before your thinking brain catches up. It's why you jump back from danger before you even see it coming. It's working faster than conscious thought. It's basically your internal superhero.

The problem is we're all walking around like zombies, disconnected from this incredible guidance system. We're stuck in our heads, drowning in thoughts and worries and to-do lists. Never stopping long enough to ask our gut what it thinks.

And when you cut yourself off from that feeling space? Life gets heavy. Really heavy. You stop trusting yourself. You need everyone else to validate your decisions. You second-guess everything.

That's exactly what happened on our recent podcast episode. I sat down with Dr. Veronique Elefant-Yanni, and she dropped some serious knowledge bombs about how we're all functioning with two brains but only using one.

She breaks down why meditation isn't about stopping your thoughts (spoiler: that's impossible). Why small daily pleasures actually diffuse anger. And why taking walks in nature isn't just nice - it's necessary for your healing.

If you're tired of living in your head and want to reconnect with that wise part of yourself that already knows the answers, give it a listen.