https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9kj8e-19c9255 This episode is the 2nd part of the previous episode, in which Annie shares how the emotions keep coming back and how it becomes a pattern. In the 2nd part, Annie shares a simple 6-second method for using a brief moment of mindfulness to break free from your pattern and reclaim your self-control.
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Six Seconds to Freedom: How Your Amygdala Hijacks You—and How to Break Free
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bexk5-19c5e6b This episode explains how your amygdala—the brain’s alarm system—hijacks your rational mind in milliseconds and how the chemical surge from an emotional trigger lasts only about six seconds. If you replay the trigger or react immediately, you keep the emotion alive; if you catch those six seconds, you can interrupt the pattern. Using threeContinue reading “Six Seconds to Freedom: How Your Amygdala Hijacks You—and How to Break Free”
Say Yes to Yourself: Defeating the People-Pleasing Trap
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2ty4d-199fdd3 Host Annie explores how people-pleasing—driven by an ancient survival instinct—erodes careers, relationships, and well-being. Through neuroscience, personal stories, and practical steps like pausing before responding, she teaches listeners to replace fear-driven ‘yeses’ with authentic boundaries. Learn how embracing your “light wolf” restores self-respect, builds genuine leadership, and prevents burnout. The episode offers simple languageContinue reading “Say Yes to Yourself: Defeating the People-Pleasing Trap”
Pause Before You Act: The Power of the 6-Second Conscious Pause
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ghsbq-1987e62 Some of the biggest regrets in life come not from what we didn’t say — but from what we said too quickly. In this episode, Annie explores how our reactive patterns arise, what’s happening in our brain during those heated moments, and how to reclaim our power through one simple, ancient practice: the pause.Continue reading “Pause Before You Act: The Power of the 6-Second Conscious Pause”
Why the Wolves Live Inside Us — Meeting Your Inner Protectors
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-esp72-197b541 In episode 2 of The Light Wolf Speaks, Annie explains that the inner pull between light and dark is not a flaw, but rather a conversation between different parts of ourselves. She shares her own first encounter with these wolves and reframes the ‘dark’ wolf as a protector carrying unprocessed pain. Annie offers aContinue reading “Why the Wolves Live Inside Us — Meeting Your Inner Protectors”
What Is Your First Memory?
How does your first memory influence you as a person? What is your first memory, and how does it affect your present? Talking about memory, do you know how much effect it has on you? It is more important than we realize how important our first memory is. Some memory is not at the cognitiveContinue reading “What Is Your First Memory?”
Assertiveness VS Consideration
Assertiveness VS Consideration I don’t know whether this is a challenge for anyone but me. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being inconsiderate of others. That’s probably why some people have trouble asserting themselves, especially to people important to them. Well, I have hands-on experience with assertiveness VS consideration to share. Today IContinue reading “Assertiveness VS Consideration”
How are you brave?
Brevity & How are you brave? Talking about brevity, all the stories about brave heroes and heroines in history just flashed into my head. Although those historical events exhibited various types of heroic courage, most people recognized only the courage to fight the fear of external threats. Brevity to Fight the External or Internal Threats?Continue reading “How are you brave?”
How to deal with procrastination
It’s all about the small habits Are you someone with procrastination? I am sometimes a procrastinator. That means I mostly do things I need to do right away. However, when it comes to something difficult, I stall time. “Waiting for the right mood” is the excuse I give to myself. Why do we procrastinate? TheContinue reading “How to deal with procrastination”
The Art Of Assertiveness
Assertiveness & How to Assert Yourself Authentically Talking about assertiveness, I come across many Asians having trouble with self-assertion. And we somehow feel abused by aggressive people who may have over-asserted themselves, resulting in intimidating others. Well, I don’t want to go about different races and cultures. Anyway, it is our culture to be humbleContinue reading “The Art Of Assertiveness”
Manifestation Secrets 