Your Brain Jumps to Conclusions–Here’s How to Stop It

Pausing between noticing and reacting changes everything.
Your Brain Jumps to Conclusions–Here’s How to Stop It
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The cold hits you the moment you step outside. It’s 40 degrees, the wind cuts through your scarf—and there’s your neighbor, walking past in a thin T-shirt like it’s June. Before you’ve taken another step, you’ve already decided something about her.

Maybe it’s “What is she thinking?” or “People are so careless.” Your walk turns into a private lecture about other people’s choices.

Sarah Campise Hallier
Sarah Campise Hallier
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Sarah Campise Hallier, M.A. in administrative leadership, is a staff writer for A Voice for Choice Advocacy and associate editor at Appetito Magazine. Raised on organic vegetables from her mother’s backyard garden, she brings a lifelong interest in clean living to stories on nutrition, environment, and lifestyle.