Your world is now filled with super stimulating activities. Super stimulating activities are things that have been optimized to hijack particular brain processes. Whether it’s your alert function, your nervous system, or pull of incredibly high rewards. All around us, all the time, there is some form of super stimulus.

The CRAVE Cycle is a powerful habit model that has been adapted from common habit frameworks to include emotions influence on habits.

This is the fourth blog post in the CRAVE cycle series by Mito Coaching.

Your world is now filled with super stimulating activities. Super stimulating activities are things that have been optimized to hijack particular brain processes. Whether it’s your alert function, your nervous system, or pull of incredibly high rewards. All around us, all the time, there is some form of super stimulus.

The CRAVE Cycle is a powerful habit model that has been adapted from common habit frameworks to include emotions influence on habits.

This is the fourth blog post in the CRAVE cycle series by Mito Coaching.

Once you have been cued, your craving has hit the threshold of willpower, you’re now moving into the action phase. Whether automatic or consciously decided, you are now going to do your habit. You’re driving to the gym, you’re ordering fast food, or you’re unlocking your phone to check out the latest and greatest on social media. Whatever it is, your craving has passed your willpower and you are taking action.

The CRAVE Cycle is a powerful habit model that has been adapted from common habit frameworks to include emotions influence on habits.

Once a cue has been observed by the brain (sometimes this happens subconsciously) you begin the process of craving/wanting. Craving feels like a dramatic increase in wanting something. It will start out simple with a casual “ping” sent to your brain and body. Over time that ping can feel like someone jammed a nail into your skull and the only way to get it out is by getting what you’re craving. It will feel like you are going up a ramp to launch yourself into the behavior. This craving can be helpful, like restlessness because you have not left for the gym yet. It can also be hindering; frustration because you have not eaten a sweet in a few hours.

The CRAVE Cycle is a powerful habit model that has been adapted from common habit frameworks to include how to deal with highly stimulating habits.

This is the second blog post in the CRAVE cycle series by Mito Coaching.

When it comes to habits, the cue is the first step down the path of a habit. The cue signals to the brain to begin a behavior. A cue predicts some kind of reward like food, water, or sex. In today’s society, cues will also predict money, status, power, and relationships. Your brain is constantly scanning for cues all around you.

The CRAVE Cycle is a powerful habit model that has been adapted from common habit frameworks to include emotions influence on habits.

This is the first blog post in the CRAVE cycle series by Mito Coaching.

High level athletes are well known for their ability to push themselves to their limits. They are always finding new ways to become better and execute at their highest level. Now, you can choose to believe that these athletes are able to do it all themselves. Or you can take a look behind the scenes and see that all these athletes have something in common, coaches.

This week Blake Farris (Mito Coaching’s Founder) was featured in a blog post for Style My Soul. Blake wrote about the best strategies to improve focus.

Factors that impact focus include Technology, Sleep, and the boundaries that we set. Blake goes into detail about the impacts focus have on your pursuit of your goals, the impact of notifications, and how practicing focus can be your golden ticket.

Porn addiction is a pervasive issue that affects millions of individuals worldwide. It causes significant distress and disruption in their lives. Porn interferes with personal relationships, impacting mental health, or leading to compulsive behaviors. Overcoming porn addiction is a challenging but achievable goal.

Motivation is the force that drives us to take action, pursue goals, and achieve desired outcomes. It plays a significant role in shaping our thoughts, behaviors, and decisions, influencing everything from our career aspirations to our daily habits. In this blog post, we'll explore the concept of motivation in depth, including its definition, types, and the intricate workings of the brain involved in motivating us to act.

Managing overstimulation is not only possible but essential for maintaining our mental and emotional well-being. In this comprehensive guide, we'll explore practical strategies to help you regain control, find balance, and navigate the challenges of living in a hyper-stimulated world.

A dopamine detox is an excellent way to increase focus and motivation by combating against the overstimulation that is so common. A dopamine detox requires careful consideration and planning prior to participation and will lead you to feel grounded, focused, and ready to tackle your long term goals. In this post we will discuss what a dopamine detox is and, almost as importantly, is not and how to build a dopamine detox that fits into your life. 

People will commonly feel stuck in life when they fall into dopamine traps. Dopamine traps are behaviors, substances, and/or foods that spike your dopamine and create significant troughs that result in you pursuing the same behavior again. The things that can make you feel stuck include, social media, digital entertainment, processed food, drugs and alcohol, and even our smartphones, among many others. Feeling stuck is a difficult place to be but dopamine coaching can help you spring from the trap and pursue your best life.

Cold exposure has many benefits for the brain and body. These benefits include increasing baseline dopamine, increased metabolism and fat loss, sleep and recovery time, and an improved sense of well being. Cold exposure is also a fantastic way to curb bad habits, increase motivation, and manage procrastination. Cold exposure has become a bit of a fad but this should not overshadow the extensive benefits that can be realized from this simple activity.

Cold exposure has many benefits for the brain and body. These benefits include increasing baseline dopamine, increased metabolism and fat loss, sleep and recovery time, and an improved sense of well being. Cold exposure is also a fantastic way to curb bad habits, increase motivation, and manage procrastination. Cold exposure has become a bit of a fad but this should not overshadow the extensive benefits that can be realized from this simple activity.

Pleasure is the leading cause of misery. Excess use of dopaminergic substances or behaviors is the quickest way for you to get stuck in a dull life. Leaning into pain is the only universal cure to a miserable life. When you are willing to lean into the pain of craving and desire, a life that is vivid and well lived is able to emerge from the ashes of the battlefield. 

Sadness is developed through pursuing excess pleasure and overloading our pleasure circuits to no longer feel contentment. It is very common in this day and age for us to mix the terms pleasure and happiness into one meaning. These two distinctly different feelings should not be lumped together; the former will drive you to misery while the latter is the nirvana-like feeling that most only wish for. There are multiple considerations to have when looking at pleasure and happiness, like the neurotransmitters involved, stimulation versus calming, the use of substances, and the length of the feeling.

When it comes to increasing performance in any activity, motivation and drive play a key role in performance. Dopamine is the primary neurochemical responsible for motivation and drive, meaning it plays a key role in performance. Better dopamine management increases performance by using Random Intermittent Reward Timing, avoiding layering dopamine sources, spotlighting, and with targeted and timely self talk.