Two modes of mind: thinking & feeling
There’s a lot going on behind Odoki.
Our mind has two modes – thinking and feeling. Often they are in conflict, both in us as individuals and in how teams work together. Odoki helps bring these modes into collaboration, giving individuals and teams a clearer, kinder way of approaching complex situations.
Protection: the nervous system trying to keep us safe
We may notice that our mind is protecting something – bracing, tensing, avoiding, or over-reacting.
Sometimes the original threat is no longer there. Yet the protection continues. It is much more effective to look deeply into what the nervous system believes it is protecting.
Identity: the layers we defend
There are many layers to who we think we are, and we protect ourselves at many of these layers.
As we explore them, we often discover that what is actually there is not what we expected. When this is seen clearly, protection drops – and many of our life issues soften with it.
When assumptions are seen through, things shift fast
Odoki gently guides attention to places where our nervous system is making strong assumptions.
When we see that an assumption doesn’t match what is really happening, the system updates quickly. This is why change can feel rapid and natural.
Predictive processing: the neuroscience behind Odoki
All of this is grounded in deeper neuroscience.
Predictive processing describes how the brain makes sense of the world by constantly predicting and updating. It offers rich language for human change, and points to mechanisms that can bring about transformation far faster than many methods in common use.