Mental Self-Mastery: Training Your Brain for Improved Emotional Resilience

By Matt Bodnar

In Mental Self-Mastery, an audio course from Scribd Coach, entrepreneur and host of the Science of Success podcast Matt Bodnar discusses mental toughness and emotional resilience, and provides actionable advice for cultivating emotional agility. In the course, Bodnar examines the relationship between negative emotions and mental toughness; what negative emotions are and are not, and why you should learn to listen to and handle them appropriately; the difference between the conscious and subconscious mind; how to recognize your emotions and retrain your brain away from false beliefs; and more.

Based on countless hours of research and study and diving deep into the human mind and peak performance, Matt Bodnar’s Mental Self-Mastery is an essential listen for anyone looking to build a more resilient brain or take charge of their emotions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scribd Coach
• Release date: May 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094448534

Matt Bodnar

Matt Bodnar, named to "Forbes 30 Under 30” and partner in multiple "Inc Fastest Growing Companies," is a deal maker and strategy expert who has scaled businesses across multiple industries. Bodnar has acquired more than 25 private businesses. Bodnar is Chairman of Fresh Technology, CoFounder & Managing Partner of Fresh Capital, and Managing Partner of Fresh Holdings. He is also the Creator and Host of The Science of Success Podcast with more than 3mm downloads. Bodnar previously worked as a consultant in China and spent several years at Goldman Sachs. To learn more about Bodnar and his work, visit SuccessPodcast.com.

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Mental Self-Mastery

MENTAL SELF-MASTERY

Training Your Brain for Improved Emotional Resilience

MATT BODNAR

SCRIBD COACH

Contents

About Scribd Coach

Introduction

Negative Emotions and Mental Toughness

Listening to Your Emotions

Cultivating Emotional Agility

Conclusion

About the Author

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ISBN: 9781094448534

First e-book edition: May 2023

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Introduction

Hello, and welcome to Mental Self-Mastery: Training Your Brain for Improved Emotional Resilience, a course from Scribd. I’m Matt Bodnar. Thanks for joining me.

We all experience uncomfortable emotions. But often, the ways we deal with them aren’t productive.

When we don’t handle negative emotions properly, we create larger problems for ourselves in the future. In this course, I will share what exactly negative emotions are, how and when to listen to them, and how to cultivate emotional agility.

We’ll examine the relationship between negative emotions and mental toughness, what negative emotions are not, and why you should learn to listen to and handle those emotions. We’ll also cover the difference between the conscious and subconscious mind and how to listen to your subconscious mind, how to recognize your emotions, how to retrain your brain away from false beliefs, and how to cultivate emotional agility.

While many of us have been led to believe that thinking positively is the answer to all of our problems, there are dangers within the positivity mindset, especially when we start to live lives not aligned with our values. You’ll leave this course with tools to cultivate emotional agility so that your emotions are not your master.

Before we get started, I’d like to share a bit about myself

I’m an entrepreneur and investor in Nashville, Tennessee, and am obsessed with the mindset of success and the psychology of performance. I’ve read hundreds of books and conducted countless hours of research and study. I also host a podcast, The Science of Success, with more than 800,000 downloads and listeners in over 100 countries.

In this course, I am going to take you on a journey into the human mind and what makes peak performers tick, with the focus on rooting the information in psychological research and scientific fact, not opinion.

When you’re ready, read on to the next unit to get started.

Negative Emotions and Mental Toughness

In this unit, we’ll talk a bit about what negative emotions mean, the ineffective