Leah Benson Therapy

02/10/2026

🥗Ingredients, Not Blueprints...

💡 The Science: Your DNA isn't a strict blueprint that determines your destiny. It’s just a list of ingredients. Your life experience is the cook that decides what to make with them.

⏰ Why This Matters: "I'm just wired this way" is a myth. You can re-write your wiring. You can't change your ingredients, but you can definitely change the recipe.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works -
https://zurl.co/1E8kx
(drawing on emotion research -
https://zurl.co/Nm6mG )

02/06/2026

💡The Science: Your brain's #1 job is Allostasis—predicting when you will need energy (glucose, salt, water) and budgeting for it. "Feelings" are just your brain's way of telling you how the budget is doing.

⏰Why This Matters: You can't just "calm down" a feeling. You have to balance the budget. If you are bankrupt on energy (sleep, food, movement), no amount of positive thinking will fix your mood.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works -
https://zurl.co/CpdK3
(drawing on emotion research -
https://zurl.co/23uUh )

02/05/2026

🔮The Illusion of the "Reaction"

💡The Science: We think we "react" to the world. Actually, the brain "predicts" the world. It starts processing "FEAR" before the scary thing even fully happens.

⏰ Why This Matters: By the time you feel “anxiety,” your brain has already made the prediction. To change how you feel, you have to change what your brain predicts next time.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works:
https://zurl.co/fCbfn

(Drawing on emotion research:
https://zurl.co/qmPzK )

01/30/2026

💡The Science: Drug companies spent billions trying to fix anxiety by targeting a "broken part" in the brain. They failed because the brain works as a whole network system, not a collection of separate parts.

⏰ Why This Matters: You aren't broken. You don't need a mechanic—you need a guide to help you retrain your whole system. That is what Real Therapy does.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works:
https://zurl.co/fCbfn

(Drawing on emotion research:
https://zurl.co/qmPzK )

01/29/2026

💡The Science: Old psychology assumed every "SADNESS" looked the same (Prefab thinking.) New science proves every instance of sadness is unique to the situation (Custom thinking.)

⏰Why This Matters: Stop judging yourself for grieving "wrong" or reacting "weirdly." There is no normal. Your reaction is your brain's custom-made solution for that specific moment.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works:
https://zurl.co/fCbfn

(Drawing on emotion research:
https://zurl.co/qmPzK )

01/26/2026

💡The Science: Many therapies try to treat the body (heart rate) separately from the mind (emotions). This is a scientific error called the "Bifurcation of Nature." You cannot split the human being in half.

⏰Why This Matters: Just breathing or icing your neck (solely addressing physical symptoms) won't cure anxiety if your mind is still predicting danger. You have to treat the whole system—body and mind together.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works:
https://zurl.co/fCbfn

(Drawing on emotion research:
https://zurl.co/qmPzK )

01/25/2026

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Attachment styles fall into 4 categories; secure, anxious/ambivalent, avoidant, or disorganized. What is your style of attachment?

01/22/2026

Your "Fear Center" is a myth

💡The Science: For decades, scientists looked for a "fear center" in the brain. They never found it. "Fear" isn't one spot in the brain; it's a whole-brain prediction.

⏰Why This Matters: There is no switch to flip off your anxiety. If you are waiting for a pill to turn off a "fear circuit," you will be waiting forever. You have to do the work to reconstruct the prediction.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works:
https://zurl.co/fCbfn

(Drawing on emotion research:
https://zurl.co/qmPzK )

01/22/2026

Feeling like "Just another brick in the wall" ?
Mediocre mental health care is selling recipients short by misinterpreting the role of a diagnosis.

https://zurl.co/wnS6F

Saying anxiety is caused by generalized anxiety disorder makes as much sense as saying anxiety is caused by anxiety.

01/21/2026

What's the difference between bioenergetic exercise and bioenergetic analysis?

https://zurl.co/hrbZn

Understand what is bioenergetics: explore bioenergetic therapy, analysis, and exercise, and how they differ but all contribute to mental health.

01/19/2026

💡The Science: You can't believe "I create my own reality" (New Science) while also believing "My fear circuit made me do it," (Old Science). They don't mix—like ketchup in coffee.

⏰Why This Matters: YOU have to choose. Are you a victim of your biology, or are you the architect of it? You can't build emotional success if you still believe you're a broken machine.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works:
https://zurl.co/fCbfn

(Drawing on emotion research:
https://zurl.co/qmPzK )

01/18/2026

Happiness Is a Skill, Not a Destination 😀

💡 The Science: Since emotions are things your brain makes to manage your body's energy, "HAPPINESS" isn't a place you find. It is a category you get good at constructing.

⏰Why This Matters: Stop passively wishing for good mental health. Actively practice it because it’s a skill. Like playing tennis, you have to practice constructing it until it becomes automatic.

Ready to understand yourself better? Click the link to read the full blog post on how your mind really works:
https://zurl.co/fCbfn

(Drawing on emotion research:
https://zurl.co/qmPzK )