We experienced both grand insight and meaningful self-awareness at our GC Event, where Rei McColley guided us through the neuroscience behind how we perceive reality and relate to ourselves and others. Together, we were reminded that when we understand the Central Executive, Default Mode, and Salience Networks, we gain real agency to choose focus over overwhelm, creativity over self-judgment, and compassion over fear.

As we explored awareness, meta-cognition, and the power of soothing the nervous system, this experience showed us that mastering our inner networks is foundational to making better connections, deeper collaborations, and more intentional impact, within the Grand Connection and far beyond it.

🌟 Rei McColley shared:

• Perception of reality is shaped by three core brain networks: the Central Executive Network (CEN), Default Mode Network (DMN), and Salience Network.
• Having agency and choice to notice which network is dominant and learn how to shift to a more useful one for the experience we want.
• Taking notes physically supports brain integration; the act of writing alone helps learning, even if notes are never revisited.
• The Central Executive Network governs focused attention, planning, decision-making, problem-solving, memory retrieval, error detection, and language processing.
• The Default Mode Network drives imagination, daydreaming, self-reflection, mind-wandering, emotional fantasies, future prediction, and creative divergent thinking.
• Mind-wandering is natural and healthy, especially when focused attention fatigues; it’s not a flaw but part of normal brain function.
• ADHD is reframed as a highly active default mode network, often linked to exceptional creativity and innovative problem-solving rather than dysfunction.
• The program emphasizes meta-awareness, not just noticing thoughts, but understanding how we think and how those patterns affect our experience.
• The Salience Network soothes the default mode network, reducing anxiety, depression, and fear by regulating emotional prediction and attention.
• The salience network supports intuition, empathy, compassion, forgiveness, and social awareness, helping the brain integrate insight with emotional well-being for a more meaningful life experience.

🌟 What others said about the event:

• This gave me language for what I experience every day—and now I feel empowered instead of overwhelmed.
• I love realizing that mind-wandering and creativity aren’t flaws, but strengths when used intentionally.
• The idea that we can soothe anxiety by engaging the salience network feels both practical and hopeful.
• This completely reframed how I think about focus, ADHD, and creative thinking.
• I’m walking away with a deeper sense of agency and curiosity about how I can apply this awareness daily.
• Thank you so much, Rei McColley. I really enjoyed your class—especially the mindful moment. I definitely want to experiment with that. Thank you as well, Susan, for all the information and for coordinating this course and class.
• Thank you again, Rei McColley! It was incredibly interesting and helpful.
• You guys are wonderful!!
• Very informative, with great actionable takeaways.
• Great event, Rei and Susan hold the space really well.
• I realized that my mindfulness practice is far more beneficial than I originally thought-awesome!
• Mindfulness is a continuous practice in order to be truly beneficial.

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