10/01/2026
Your brain has a wonderful filtering system called the Reticular Activating System (RAS).
Its role is to prioritise what you notice based on what you repeatedly focus on, and what we focus on we amplify…
If your attention is constantly drawn to stress, threat, or problems, the RAS becomes highly efficient at finding more of those cues.
However, when you begin noticing what’s been good, even in small ways like stopping to notice this beautiful sunset, you train your RAS to register more of that too. This supports nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and cognitive flexibility.
This isn’t about “positive thinking.”
It’s about attentional training — and it’s one of the foundations of therapeutic change.
If you’d like support in gently retraining your mind and calming your nervous system using hypnotherapy I’d love to help you
🤍 Sessions available in-person at my Louth treatment room & online
DM me or visit kintsugi-hypnotherapy.co.uk to find out more.
