Carey Ann George | The George Method™
🔹 DAILY PRACTICES TO MASTER YOUR STATE
(Installing New Programming Through Repetition)
1. The 90-Second Interrupt (Flip the Switch in Real Time)
When triggered:
• Stop speaking
• Drop your shoulders
• Inhale through your nose for 4
• Exhale slowly through your mouth for 6–8
• Repeat 5–10 cycles
Then say internally:
“This is a reaction. I choose my state.”
👉 This prevents emotional chemistry from becoming identity.
2. The “Is This Mine?” Check (For Highly Sensitive Systems)
Throughout the day:
• Notice emotional shifts
• Ask: “Is this mine or am I mirroring?”
• If not yours → exhale and release
👉 This breaks unconscious absorption and enmeshment.
3. Morning State Installation (Programming Before the World Gets You)
Before your phone:
• Sit still for 2–5 minutes
• Breathe slowly
• Visualize your day going well
• Feel calm, grounded, clear
Not thinking it — feeling it
👉 This sets your nervous system baseline BEFORE stimulation.
4. The Identity Anchor Practice
Choose your higher identity:
“I am grounded.”
“I am steady.”
“I am in control of my responses.”
Then:
• Stand tall
• Breathe deeply
• Feel it in your body
👉 Identity must be embodied, not spoken.
5. Micro-Resets (5x Per Day Minimum)
Set reminders:
• Pause
• Breathe
• Relax your jaw
• Unclench your stomach
👉 Regulation is built through frequency, not intensity.
6. The “Don’t Feed It” Rule
When negative loops begin:
DO NOT:
• Replay the story
• Rehearse the argument
• Justify the emotion
INSTEAD:
• Shift focus immediately
• Move your body
• Change environment
👉 Attention is fuel. Stop feeding what you don’t want.
7. Somatic Discharge (Daily)
Pick one:
• Walking
• Shaking
• Stretching
• Dancing
• Foam rolling
👉 Stored tension MUST move or it becomes symptom.
8. Emotional Completion Practice
At night, ask:
“What did I suppress today?”
Then:
• Journal it
• Speak it out loud
• Feel it without fixing it
👉 Unprocessed emotion becomes tomorrow’s trigger.
9. Pre-Sleep Nervous System Reset
Before bed:
• No phone 20–30 minutes
• Slow breathing
• Dim lighting
• Hand on heart + belly
Say:
“I’m safe to rest.”
👉 Sleep quality = next day regulation capacity.
10. Rewriting the Past (Memory Reprogramming)
When triggered by old wounds:
• Go back to the original memory
• Insert your adult self into the scene
• Protect, speak, support your younger self
👉 This rewires the emotional charge at the root.
🔹 ADVANCED PRACTICES (Where Power Is Built)
11. Controlled Exposure to Triggers
Instead of avoiding:
• Stay present during mild triggers
• Regulate while feeling
👉 This builds true resilience, not avoidance.
12. Response Delay Training
Before reacting:
Wait 3–10 seconds
👉 This interrupts unconscious programming.
13. Environmental Discipline
Reduce:
• Negative media
• Chaotic people
• Overstimulation
Increase:
• Silence
• Nature
• Regulated people
👉 Your environment is programming your nervous system.
14. Energetic Boundary Practice
Visualize:
• Your body contained within itself
• Not merging with others
👉 Trains differentiation (especially for HSPs)
15. Daily Question That Changes Everything
Ask:
“What state am I feeding right now?”
👉 This builds awareness of your true power source.
🔹 THE CORE TRUTH (GEORGE METHOD)
You are not trying to control life.
You are learning to control your response to life.
And your response determines:
• Your chemistry
• Your nervous system
• Your decisions
• Your relationships
• Your outcomes
🔑 FINAL INSTRUCTION
Do not try to do all of these perfectly.
Pick 3–5.
Repeat them daily.
Consistency rewires the system.
Not intensity.