We all have our preferred ways in which to assimilate new information.

I, for instance would never be able to follow written instructions, to assemble flat-packed furniture. Even if I were able-bodied, I know that I still wouldn’t read the instructions! I’d prefer to guess make it: or better still learn how to do it- by watching an online tutorial. In all cases, I learn best with my eyes. Picturing things eases anxiety.

Despite having spacious awareness problems, due to the cerebral palsy: if I must drive to a new place, something I try to avoid, then I prefer to make a dry -run first. I can picture landmarks as opposed to try and remember written detail.

Besides of which, in our hectic lifestyles, we’re over-loaded with information: studying, passwords, advertisements and so on. It can make the calmest of us feel dizzy with anxious energy. We should consciously make life’s chores easier for ourselves.

Our heads can become so crammed, that we forget to use our built-in support structure: our senses, and out of them all, the easiest one for me to utilise is my sense of vision.

Perhaps you’ve not considered your optimum method of learning before?  It may not have occurred to you that there are more choices other than the written word. You could be missing out on joy, or forwarding your aspirations or career. You may have books you’d like to read, and you’ve over-looked that many are available as audible versions.

You can picture your positive inner developmental work too. I like envisaging my stomach smiling contentedly: now that I’ve been enjoying fermented foods for a couple of years. Doing so is life-changing; nowadays I seldom suffer with tummy aches.

I imagine my contorted muscles: grinning at me, now that I consciously, and finally use both sides of my body. I see my whole-body flow, and because it doesn’t, then I figure that the more I envision it as a calm river, then the more likely it’ll learn to act like one!

Picturing a positive outcome will override the pull of anxiety.

I apply the same method about my dreams too. That my future book will help other people navigate and learn to master their own mental wellbeing. I like to pretend that I can see a sea of contented faces, with less woe in their expressions…

When we become mindful about how clever our human brain is, we move with more certainty and fluidity.

The rigid learning of yesterday is becoming obsolete. Schools these days are far more likely to have an array of learning tools that cater for the varying methods of absorbing and learning.

But, most of us are no longer in a classroom, we’re living in a challenging era. We can be reminded that our built-in senses, keep watch for us. They are like personal lighthouses, and they encourage us to rely on our sensibilities.

When we picture ourselves as the carefree child we once were; largely only having our human senses to guide us, by being present about how we used to cope: also helps to melt anxiety.

I hope this is helpful. With SUNNY wishes, Emma x