When I’m trying to figure something out, the hardest place to do so is in my own head.
My thoughts and feelings go round in circles, trying and failing to find a way through - never the most useful process!
Once I get them out - either onto paper, or into words - it’s so much easier to see and understand what I think and feel.
And it’s not just me.
Over time, I’ve been shown over and over how useful it is to externalise what’s in our brain. It enables us to:
Hear if what we’re saying rings true - or not.
Test out our response to different options.
Separate out some of the tangled threads and discard the ones that are getting in the way.
More easily see where we’re looping, and what needs to get unstuck.
Be surprised when we say or write things that we didn’t know were in there!
And more.
It’s such a gift to empty everything out and see and hear what’s there more clearly.
Our brains are brilliant but they can turn into an echo chamber, especially if we’re external processors who need some space and time to explore freely.
So, if your brain works better out loud too, talking things out can be super useful.
And if you don’t have access to someone in front of you?
You can talk out loud to yourself or to an inanimate object (“rubber ducking”), brain dump your thoughts in a notes app or write things out from different perspectives, voice note or video yourself or a friend…
Does your brain work better out loud?
And what helps you to see and hear yourself more clearly?
Wishing you a wonderful week,
