What if the voices in your head are not there to sabotage you?

What if they are trying to protect you, but using old programming that no longer serves you?

In this Connector’s Edge Conversation, Michael Whitehouse talks with Ell Graniel, a mental wellness mentor with more than 30 years of experience helping people get their brains working for them instead of against them.

Ell talks about intrapersonal communication, neuroplasticity, NLP, old labels, self-protection, asking for what you want, and how the brain can be reprogrammed when you learn to recognize the patterns running underneath your choices.

Her rooftop message is simple and powerful:

It doesn’t have to be that way.

In this episode, Michael and Ell talk about:

Why Ell says she gives people’s brains “a bubble bath”
How the voices in your head are often trying to protect you
Why labels like “lazy” or “bad at technology” can become self-fulfilling
The difference between “I’m bad at this” and “this is not my thing”
How neuroplasticity allows people to create new patterns
Why asking is powerful, even when the answer might be no
How old fear responses can keep people stuck in familiar but unhealthy situations
Why “what’s your why?” is different from falling into “why me?”
How complaining can become a default pattern
Why The Connector’s Edge saves time by helping people identify better-fit connections before getting on a call

About Ell Graniel

Ell Graniel has more than 30 years of experience helping people understand and work with their own minds. With a background in communication, training, neuro-linguistic programming, negotiation, and personality-type predictors, she helps people shift the internal patterns that affect how they speak, feel, decide, connect, and take action.

She is also the author of four international bestselling books. Her most recent book, The Law of Subtraction, teaches people why they have struggled to sustain the changes they want and how to fix that.

About The Connector’s Edge

This episode is part of Connector’s Edge Conversations, a series introducing you to the kind of thoughtful, interesting, aligned people you can meet inside The Connector’s Edge.

The Connector’s Edge helps you make better connections by matching you with people based on who you are, what you care about, and who you actually want to meet.

You can find Ell on The Connector’s Edge. If you already have an account, log in and look for her profile. If you don’t have an account yet, you can create one for free at:

https://www.theconnectorsedge.com

TCE Guest: Ell Graniel