I just finished up with a two day medical conference called Transforming The Future Of Medicine. There were lots of great topics presented, but one of my favorites was a simple decision making tool that I wanted to share with you here.
Although this was presented as a great way to help guide patients in making difficult health decisions, it could really work for any decision you are facing that feels overwhelming. And let’s face it, there are so many huge, daily changes in the world that require huge, important decisions to be made, and lots of overwhelm to be had, day in and day out.
So today, hopefully, I can help make one of the tough choices you are facing a little more approachable.
I created a free printable worksheet for you to help walk you through it. Simply print it out and then click the 9 minute video below and I will personally talk you through filling it out.
Clarity, ease, a sense of relief, a meaningful choice that actually excites — instead terrifies — you into moving forward… that is my goal in sharing this with you today.
If you love it, feel free to save this worksheet as a file on your computer to use whenever you like, forever more. Print out as many copies as you want, whenever you want. Or bookmark this blog post and I’ll keep this link active on my website indefinitely.
If you don’t want to print it out, it’s a very easy acronym that you can easily remember and think of any time, any where, and it can help you make basically any decision on earth:
The acronym is BRAIN:
B = Benefits (what are the benefits?)
R = Risks (what are the risks?)
A = Alternatives (what are the alternatives?)
I = Intuition (what does your intuition say?)
N = Nothing (what if you do nothing?)
Let me explain it to you in the video below — just hearing it one time will allow you to always have it in your mental toolkit to use whenever you need it. I guarantee if you run through this exercise just one time with me today, you will remember it forever. In the future, you’ll be able run through the acronym in just seconds, without ever writing a single thing down.
And of course, share it with any loved ones who are making difficult decisions too — we could all use a little more support these days.
Created for you, with love, from me.
xoxox, Laura
Click the image below to watch the video on my YouTube channel: