Regardless of how big or small the change may be, the intention is most often to bring about more positive outcomes. So why aren’t we able to embrace change more effortlessly when we know it is good for us? The answer, in part, lies with science. The very design of our brain prompts us to take the easy way out. Change requires a rewiring of our brain’s pathway, which prefer to follow comfortable and familiar patterns. Despite well-documented resistance, we wouldn’t be human if we couldn’t change. Human society is one of constant adaptation and reinvention.
Evolution
We evolved from single-cell organisms over aeons, so change is in our blueprint. In fact, as modern humans, we are geared to life-long learning and growth and are gifted with enormous potential to change if we put awareness, effort, and commitment into making it happen.
Understanding the neuroscience of change and how the brain works during the process can help us manage change resistance and develop strategies to maximise our brain’s capacity for neuroplasticity. This plasticity is the function that allows ours brains to reorganise the way it perceives stimuli, to make new connections and neuro pathways that lead to systematic changes.
