Train Your Brain to Silence Your Inner Saboteurs with Shirzad Chamine

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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What if your biggest obstacle isn’t OUT THERE, but in YOUR OWN mind? In this episode, I sit down with Shirzad Chamine, best-selling author of Positive Intelligence. We break down how to overcome the inner saboteurs that hold you back. We talk about why so many people stay stuck in stress + guilt, and how YOU can rewire your brain for CONFIDENCE, PEACE, AND SUCCESS. Shirzad shares mental fitness exercises to science-backed mindset shifts, so you can start building the life you DESERVE. In This Episode, You Will Learn The #1 skill MOST people IGNORE. How to SPOT your top SABOTEURS before they take over your mind. The 10-second technique to REWIRE your brain for PEACE and CONFIDENCE. How to BREAK FREE from guilt and shame. How to build an inner VOICE that UPLIFTS you. Why EMOTIONAL MASTERY is your biggest UNLOCK in business, love, and life. The mental MUSCLE most people NEVER train. Resources + Links Learn more about Positive Intelligence at positiveintelligence.com/assessment Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/monahan Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at NetSuite.com/MONAHAN. Want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic? Take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/MONAHAN. Get 10% off your first Mitopure order at timeline.com/CONFIDENCE. Get 15% off your first order when you use code CONFIDENCE15 at checkout at jennikayne.com. Call my digital clone at 201-897-2553! Visit heathermonahan.com Sign up for my mailing list: heathermonahan.com/mailing-list/ Overcome Your Villains is Available NOW! Order here: https://overcomeyourvillains.com If you haven't yet, get my first book Confidence Creator Follow Heather on Instagram & LinkedIn Shirzad on Instagram & LinkedIn

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0:00.0	If you're serious about sustained change, you do really need to rewire your brain and rewire your reflexes.
0:07.6	So all these saboteurs are my automatic way of reacting to life's challenges.
0:12.0	I've done it for so many years.
0:13.4	They're the automatic way, which means they have muscle power.
0:16.5	In my brain, they have built neural pathways, which is the brain's muscle power.
0:20.0	So the only way to truly change is we need to intercept these and then do this thing that I just
0:25.7	talked about the pukurps this brain activation and then choose different and if each
0:30.5	time you choose differently you begin to lay out a new neural pathway and new wiring and
0:36.5	muscle power in the brain that that's the positive side.
0:39.3	And so what I talk about is you can't fight muscle within sight. You need to fight muscle with muscles.
0:43.3	So in order to really change, you need to lay down the neural pathways of positive response.
0:50.3	In MRI imaging, you can literally visually see there's more gray matter in the positive region of the brain,
0:57.4	and there's less gray matter in the sabbatar region of the brain.
1:00.3	You have rewired your brain in a way that it actually shows up in MRI imaging within eight weeks.
1:04.7	I'm on this journey with me.
1:06.0	Each week, when you join me, we are going to chase down our goals.
1:10.3	We'll overcome adversity and set you up for
1:12.7	a better tomorrow. I'm ready for my close-up. Hi, and welcome back. I'm so glad you're back
1:19.4	here with us this week. Oh my gosh, this is going to be so exciting for everyone. I can't wait for
1:24.2	you to meet our guest. Shurzad Shaminine is the New York Times bestselling author of Positive Intelligence,
1:29.9	Stanford University Lecture and Pioneer in Mental Fitness.
1:33.3	Shurzad's groundbreaking work integrates neuroscience, cognitive behavioral psychology,
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