SOMETIMES YOU JUST REALLY NEED TO BE ALONE. EARNEST MANN WALKS AND TALKS PC.1 THE EARNEST MANN SHOW
Take Control of Your Mind: Practical Tips for Emotional Stability
Hello, Earnest Mann here! In this episode, I’m tackling a common challenge: emotional chaos. Life’s external stimuli—ads, people, chaos—can throw anyone off balance. My mission today? To help you regain control of your mind, cut through the noise, and feel better in a real, lasting way.
Why Solitude Is a Powerful Medicine
Many people underestimate the value of being alone. I share personal experiences and insights about how solitude isn't just peaceful but also healing. The key isn't total withdrawal but creating space to reflect and rebuild your mental stability. This practice is the antidote to our overstimulated world.
The Power of Small Wins in Regaining Control
Ever tried muting the TV while channel-surfing? It might sound odd, but this simple act can kickstart your brain into thinking independently. Fun fact: TV manufacturers once lobbied to remove the mute button from remotes, knowing how crucial sound is for manipulation. By intentionally limiting external influences, you’re rewiring your brain to prioritize your own thoughts over external noise.
Emotional Stability Over Emotional Overload
Forget the trend of "getting in touch with your feelings." I argue it’s one of the worst things you can do. Instead, focus on cultivating steady, rational thought. Feelings are fleeting, while stability leads to long-term contentment. I emphasize that awareness is the first step to breaking free from reactive patterns.
Take Action: Disconnect to Reconnect
Feeling overwhelmed? Start unplugging—on your terms. Whether it’s setting boundaries or simply muting the chaos, small steps create big changes. Empowerment begins when you take control of your mental landscape, and it’s entirely achievable with consistent effort.
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Transcript
00:00 e hello if you are having problems in your life you've come to the right place there is so much going on in the world that what many don't realize is is that sometimes the very best
01:06 medicine is to simply be alone and um not only has this worked for several people I've known but it's worked for myself so I'm not going to tell you something something that I haven't done or anything that is speculation I want to help you out that's what this is about so there's a billion different help gurus and therapist but the fact is you could save all that expense and aggravation and and of itself and you have to withdraw now this is not saying that
02:11 you're going to necessarily unplug from everything no but what this is all about as far as putting your mind right let's say is concerned is to produce first and foremost some good feelings and what I have found that helps people to do that the most is regaining control and I mean no matter how small or seemingly insignificant that is that is Paramount to feeling better better because well it's basically a feel-good thing it's um it hits those dopamine centers but it hits them in a good way as opposed to being some kind
03:16 of Lab Rat and simply responding constantly to external stimuli which is everything and everywhere you're going to do this on your terms and so um that's what I'm advising and the way to go about this for instance what you want to do is to seize control intermittently little things here is something that I do quite often and it works for me and it's a very easy simple thing to do when you're watching TV and I'm talking about you know you're nothing serious you're just maybe you're
04:15 flipping channels on YouTube or what have you um but try the habit of turning off the volume now this may seem I don't know what it may seem like to you crazy I I don't know but I can tell you it works because as soon as you do that your brain actually begins the process of thinking thinking for itself matter of fact did you know this many years ago the uh TV manufacturers associate ation or whatever the hell it was called at that time actually went to the court in us and they lobbied to have and I'm not
05:13 kidding you you could look this up to have the mute button removed from remotes now of course they weren't successful but that in and of itself right there should tell you just how important the audio is um to advertisers manipulators um I'm not suggesting you do it with with me in this video because that would kind of uh unless you just want to see see me walk through the woods at random hey but um yeah that would kind of defeat the purpose of what we're trying to to do here so yeah um believe it or not something as simple
06:08 as that can work wonders for you now it's not going to happen overnight it can take weeks depending depending on your level your personal level of saturation you know everybody in that sense is different so um everyone for instance who is a drug addict and withdrawing from a drug uh they can have different levels of withdrawal and the time period of withdrawal so we're not cookie cutter we have very broad boundaries of it that have been mapped out over time but um it's not exact but give that a try the point of it
07:09 is to get your mind thinking again and I'm not talking about feeling I'm talking about thinking so the overall point of this despite everything you've heard about getting in touch with your feelings actually that's one of the most counterproductive things a person could ever do if anything it's the exact opposite we really need um especially particularly as men um yeah we need to reverse that and um try you know having a brain that's working um you know get a cap put on you know make my brain work
08:08 again whatever that takes but um you're going to have to do that in order to feel better and I again I speak from experience because I at one point um in my life I was very emotional uh much more emotional than I am now and it's not it's not because of my age it isn't that it's at a certain point when um I started basically learning more and more about the psyche and this is not to be confused with modern psychology because for the most most part by and large it's uh modern psychology is a
09:06 it's a game it's a game by professional bullshitters and its primary goal is to separate you and your money I don't H know how to make it any planer or simpler than that um I could go into a lot more detail about that at another time I'm not going to do that now because that's not what this episode is about this episode in particular is about you feeling better and one of the ways you start feeling better is by disconnecting from external stimuli there's a million a million things there's people there's ads
09:58 there's all that you need to unplug from it and you need to set your time and your boundaries and your space and um do whatever you're going to do if you're going to go into the belly of the Beast okay because we don't live in a vacuum we live in the world we have to do that it's required but what you can do is you can do it on your terms not the terms of craziness and chaos but on your terms or let's say at least as much on your terms as possible and you know I'm telling you that once you start doing
10:53 that you're going to feel better you're going to actually get that uh real uh you're going to get real manifestations of um Independence empowerment if you will but you don't get that from emotions because emotions are fleeting you're up you're down you're all around such as the state of emotions but a steady Keel of contentment that's what you want you want stability you don't want to be all over the place you don't want you know as for instance someone who is to use a psych
11:46 term who is having a a manic phase who was a manic depressive they're up they're down they're all around um you don't need that you don't want that now I know that when you're listenting you say well duh of course I know I don't want that it just happens but oh contrary it really doesn't have to just happen you're having a reaction to something else outside of yourself but you have to learn to have the awareness of it the moment that happens the moment you get that awareness
12:43 going you're going to be in much better shape mentally as well as physically so if you want to reach out to me with a question or wanting some life advice you can reach out to me via my website contact page in the description below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible until next time this is earnest and I usually always am
