Cognitive Fitness Coach

08/18/2025

Immediate Action Drill (IAD)

STOP Technique

S – Stop
Pause whatever you are doing. Create a deliberate break in the automatic chain of reaction. Even a single breath can be enough to interrupt the loop.

T – Take 3-5 Deep Breaths
Ground into the present moment by breathing slowly and deeply. This regulates the nervous system, shifts attention, and buys space to respond rather than react.

O – Observe
Notice what’s happening inside and around you:

Observe- What thoughts are present?

Note- What emotions are arising?

Feel- What sensations are you feeling in your body?

Look- What’s happening externally in your environment?

P – Proceed (with clarity/ confidence/ calm)
Move forward with intention. Choose the next action that aligns with your values, goals, or the situation at hand rather than reacting from survival autopilot.

Why It Works?

Neuroscience: Stops the limbic hijack by re-engaging the prefrontal cortex.

Practicality: Can be done in under 60 seconds, anywhere.

Application: Stressful meetings, emotional triggers, racing thoughts, pre-performance nerves.

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08/17/2025

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08/17/2025

One of my up, and rising meditations!

https://insig.ht/1HoIAVqfBVb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share

08/15/2025

The body always tells the truth.

Anxiety. Skin issues. Migraines. Fatigue.

These aren't flaws to fix — they're signals.

The body speaks… and often, it’s saying: “Something is off. Please listen.”

In this episode of the Cognitive Fitness Coach Podcast, I talk with Carlot from about how Neuro-emotional Integration (NEI) helps us decode what the body has been trying to say all along.

✨ What we explore:
– Why the body is often the first to know when something’s unprocessed
– How emotions can pass through generations
– The science of epigenetics and nervous system states
– What it means to be seen holistically — not just treated symptom by symptom
– How healing begins with listening

🎧 Full episode → cognitivefitnesscoach.com/podcast
🌱 Carlot’s work → sparkinsight.life

08/14/2025

Check out the latest episode of Cognitive Fitness Coach Podcast!

In this eye-opening conversation, Coach Chris sits down with Carlot de Bont to explore the fascinating world of Neuro Emotional Integration (NEI)—a modality that blends traditional Chinese medicine, subconscious healing, and polyvagal-informed too...

08/14/2025

08/13/2025

Is your body holding emotions that never got spoken?

What if the burnout, anxiety, or illness you’re facing isn’t just yours, but inherited?

In this powerful episode of the Cognitive Fitness Coach Podcast, I sit down with Carlot, founder of , to explore how emotional imprinting, and ancient medicine converge to tell a deeper healing story.

Topics we explore:
– How trauma can be passed through generations
– Why neuro-emotional integration helps us listen to the body’s stored memories
– The connection between polyvagal theory, nervous system states, and chronic patterns
– What Chinese medicine gets right about root-cause healing
– A firsthand story of how one session helped me connect the dots across my own family line

This isn’t just about mental health. It’s about whole-person, generational healing.

🎧 Listen now → cognitivefitnesscoach.com/podcast
🌿 Explore Carlot’s work → sparkinsight.life
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08/12/2025

Check out the latest meditation!

https://insig.ht/kZENhF2eBVb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share

08/10/2025

08/10/2025

What if the weight you’re carrying… isn’t even yours?

Sometimes we inherit more than eye color or last names.

We inherit fears, shame, silence — patterns passed down quietly,
until the body speaks what the family never could.

In this episode of the Cognitive Fitness Coach Podcast, I talk with Carlot of about how Neuro-emotional Integration (NEI) helps uncover and release the burdens we didn’t choose but unconsciously accepted.

We explore:
– The hidden grief and tension held in the body
– How the nervous system and subconscious hold our family history
– What ancient medicine teaches about energy and emotion
– Why healing doesn’t always start with talk — but with listening inward

🌱 We don’t have to carry what isn’t ours.
We can break the cycle — with awareness, breath, and presence.

🎧 Listen now → cognitivefitnesscoach.com/podcast
🌐 Learn more about Carlot → sparkinsight.life