The latest article from the Overcome Depression + Thrive Blog.

In today’s livestream, I’m gonna be revealing….

1. How the brain “triggers” the chemical imbalance commonly associated with depression and anxiety.


2. You’re going to discover what’s going on “behind the scenes” within our brain when we hold onto negative or fear-based thoughts.


3. I’m also going to share a simple, yet highly-effective technique that’s been proven by the latest neuroscience to quite literally rewire the brain to help reverse depression and anxiety.

Sound good?

Well, be sure watch this Livestream now!  Enjoy!

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So, I just want you to imagine that you’re drawing a line through your eye,  from front to back.  And, then I want you to draw another line through your ear.  Now, where these two lines intersect is the home of a very special, tiny structure which has the power to transform your entire life; mentally, emotionally and physically.

It also has the power to either keep you stuck in depression or anxiety, or free you from these less-than optimal states, it all depends on how we use it.

This tiny, yet powerful structure is called your Amygdala.  We have one on the right side and one on our left side.

Simply put, the Amygdala is a structure within our brain which is said to be responsible for the processing of emotions, survival instincts, memory and many other functions.

Now, just take a look at the image below.  As this will help you see what’s really going on “behind the scenes” within our brain when we hold onto negative or fear-based thoughts and how the brain actually “triggers” the chemical imbalance commonly associated with depression and anxiety.

Here’s the deal…

Anytime we hold onto negative or fear-based thoughts or feelings, whether consciously or even unconsciously, our Amygdala gets activated inside our brain.  It lights up!

Now, why does this happen and why is this VITAL to be aware of if you want to overcome the likes of, depression and anxiety?

Well, simply put….

Our amygdala gets activated because believes that these negative or fear-based thoughts or feelings are a definite sign of danger or impending doom within our environment. 

So, to protect us it activates and then sends a signal down our spine to tell our fight/flight system to turn on and then, BOOM!!!  Our Survival Centre gets activated.

Now, if you’ve watched my FREE Masterclass, the term Survival Centre will be familiar to you and you’ll also be aware that the activation of our Survival Centre means we quite literally set-off “chemical chaos” or a “chemical storm” throughout our entire body-mind system, which if not stopped, will drive us into the likes of depression, anxiety or may even cause us to experience autoimmune conditions along with a wide range of digestive, reproductive and sexual disorders.

Now, as daunting or scary as all of this “chemical chaos” may sound, it’s not as bad as it seems! 

You see, if we just check out this image…

Can you see the power is firmly within our hands to change this chemical imbalance?

In fact, just at a quick glance we can see we have at least two options available to us, if we wanna reverse all this “chemical chaos” (chemical imbalance) and overcome the likes of;  depression or anxiety.

The first, is that we simply need to remove the negative thought or feeling, which is the very thing which ‘set-off’ this domino effect of “chemical chaos” in the first place!  Removing the cause instantly transforms the outcome.  It’s the simple laws of cause and effect, right?

But, even, if it’s too late….

Let’s say, we’ve thought the thoughts and we’ve ‘triggered’ this entire process of “chemical chaos” within our system, it’s okay. 

All is not lost because we can still reverse it.

All it takes, is for us to simply de-activate our Amygdala and Survival Centre using proven methods.  And, once we do that,  once we “dial down” these systems, our entire body-mind system will relax and return to it’s optimal, depression-free, anxiety-free state.   Which is exactly what we want!

But, how do we do it?

How do we start reversing this “chemical chaos” which has been ‘set-off’ by the activation of our Amygdala and Survival Centre?

Well, that’s exactly what I walk you through in the Overcome Depression and Thrive Online Program, which you have access to when you join the ODT Inner Circle today.   

I step you through proven methods to de-activate your Survival Centre so you can start controlling your internal chemistry, rather than it controlling you.   

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But, just for now….

I would like to share a quick and easy, proven way to not only, calm all those incessant thoughts we have in depression but also calm down the activation of our Survival Centre.

So, when you complete this technique it’s like ‘hitting two birds with one stone’. 

You’re calming those thoughts which can ‘set off’ your amygdala, which in turn ‘sets off’ your Survival Centre.  And, then you’re also calming your Survival Centre.  So, this one technique can help you attack the “chemical chaos” which is occurring, from both ends; from it’s starting point and it’s result.

So, here are the steps…

First, you simply want to make yourself comfortable, close your eyes and take SEVEN long deep breaths.

Now, by long deep breaths, I mean, you want to breathe in deeply through your nostrils, keeping your mouth closed.  Do your best to feel the breath reach deep down into your abdomen.  If you can’t achieve this, don’t stress, don’t force anything. 

This can take practice if we haven’t breathed deeply or even correctly for a long period of time.   Which most of us don’t in the West and especially, if we’ve been stuck in the likes of depression or anxiety for any length of time.

So, this is something that we need to practice but your aim here is to simply feel as though you’re filling the entire abdomen and the chest cavity with air.  So they expand a