Your Brain Is Filtering Your Reality—Here’s How to Change It With Lori Rogers – #845

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In this episode:

Your brain is constantly deciding what deserves your attention—but could your thoughts and beliefs be influencing what you notice every day?

Julie Ryan talks with entrepreneur and Positive Activity™ co-creator Lori Rogers about how changing what she focused on transformed the way she responded to fear, uncertainty, caregiving, and some of the most difficult challenges of her life.

Lori once described herself as a chronic “worrywart.” Then several crises collided: her business was struggling, her daughter suffered a severe concussion, and her son with autism was approaching adulthood. Instead of allowing fear to dictate what happened next, Lori began experimenting with simple daily practices involving gratitude, kindness, movement, meditation, and intentional focus.

Julie and Lori explore the reticular activating system (RAS) and the role attention plays in determining which information we consciously notice. They discuss how repeated patterns of thought can influence our attention and behavior—and why changing those patterns may help us respond differently to the world around us.

But this conversation goes much deeper than positive thinking.

Lori explains why forced positivity doesn’t work, how fear can interfere with intuition and decision-making, and why she began looking at difficult experiences as happening for her rather than simply to her.

She also shares the remarkable story of her adult son Craig, who is nonspeaking and communicates through spelling. Lori describes the profound messages he has shared with her about God, love, consciousness, and the nature of life, and why she now considers him one of her greatest spiritual teachers.

Julie and Lori also explore conscious creation, spiritual guidance, resilience, caregiving, manifestation, and a simple morning practice designed to help interrupt habitual thought patterns before they take over the day.

If you’ve ever felt trapped in worry, fear, negative thinking, or circumstances you can’t control, this conversation explores what may change when you become more intentional about where you place your attention.

Guest Biography:

Lori Rogers is the president and co-founder of Rogers Marketing, a multimillion-dollar woman-owned business where, for more than 25 years, she and her team have built lasting client relationships, driven franchise-leading sales, and earned recognition for leadership in their industry. She is also the caregiver of her adult son, who was diagnosed with autism, an experience that inspired her advocacy for individuals with special needs and their families. Lori co-founded PASE—Parents Assisting Special Educators—to provide vital equipment and supplies to special education classrooms and teachers, and founded Life-Op to create safe, productive learning environments for adults with special needs. A passionate Spelling to Communicate (S2C) advocate, Lori has dedicated herself to expanding opportunities and support for nonspeaking individuals. In 2011, she began incorporating the practices of Positive Activity™, experiencing profound shifts in both her professional success and her approach to caregiving. Today, she shares these principles with others, teaching simple daily practices and mindset shifts designed to foster greater positivity, possibility, and meaningful transformation in business, caregiving, and everyday life.

📣Lori’s Website:

➡️https://www.positiveactivity.net/

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) Can Your Thoughts Change the Life You Experience?

(0:06:27) Your Brain Is Filtering More Than You Realize

(0:09:31) How Fear Can Block Intuition & Guidance

(0:12:45) The Crises That Forced Lori to Change Her Thinking

(0:23:01) Her Nonspeaking Son Became Her Spiritual Teacher

(0:37:47) Simple Daily Habits That Can Shift Your Mindset

(0:56:00) Are We Consciously Creating Our Lives?

(1:02:44) The 2-Minute Morning Shift to Start Tomorrow