Reacting Versus Responding: What is the difference? Reacting is a prehistoric instinct. Responding is a cultivated skill. How does it benefit us to retrain our brain to learn to pause to respond, and put our prefrontal cortex in charge.

"Facing Fears and Shifting Gears" is a podcast about mental health, neurodiversity, and changing our perspective when life brings us challenges, in order to heal and thrive!

My name is Leslie Reyes, and I'm a mental health nurse, yoga teacher, motorcycle enthusiast, and the author of the indieBRAG award-winning Amazon best-seller, "The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle: How I Faced My Fears, Shifted Gears, and Found Healing from Anxiety, Codependency, and Depression." Thank you for joining me! Buy "The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle" here!  ...