I’m a hypnotist – here are three super simple hacks that will rewire your brain and make you love boring tasks

A hypnosis practitioner has demonstrated three ways you can rewire your brain so you can enjoy the boring tasks you normally hate.

Emilie Leyes, 28, from New York, has over 916,000 followers on TikTok, where she shares tips on brain training and mindfulness to improve your life.

The creator of the content, known as @emilieleyes.hypnosisrecently revealed how you can modify the way your brain views certain tasks to make them more enjoyable.

“My life completely changed when I learned these super simple little brain teasers so I could enjoy the boring parts of my day more,” she said.

Leyes then gave a quick neuroscience lesson on why the brain associates certain tasks with boredom in the first place.

“In neuroscience, they say that neurons that fire together are connected, meaning when you have multiple experiences at the same time, they become physically connected in the brain,” she explained.

“When we experience experiences of boredom or frustration in the midst of chores, doing our laundry, and performing certain tasks in our day, our brains have linked those associations and our brains act like prediction machines.

“(Our brains) use past experience with a particular task to determine how we should feel in the future. So chances are that if you’ve been bored of doing laundry all your life, your brain will start predicting boredom when you do laundry.’

But you can “rewire” that association to learn to enjoy dreaded chores more, according to the brain-training specialist.

The first trick she recommends is “cultivating positive emotions in the midst of that boring task,” which will help you change the way you look at it.

Leyes said one way to do that is to practice “laughter yoga,” which is sustained voluntary laughter.

“That’s based on the idea that the body doesn’t know the difference between real or fake laughter,” she explained. “So when you start mimicking laughter in your body, it becomes real so quickly, making you feel good almost immediately.”

“If you do this while doing laundry, while doing your taxes, while commuting to work, your brain will begin to connect experiences of joy, laughter, and excitement during that task,” she added.

Leye’s second tip is to tell yourself, “This is good because…” and fill in the blank.

The hypnosis practitioner said that when she does something she normally finds boring, she lists reason after reason why it’s right.

“What we put our focused attention on is reinforced in our mind. So if you draw our attention to the parts of that experience that are soothing, that are good, that are cozy, whatever, it will reinforce the positive experience of that task,” she explained.

“So, for example, if I was washing my hands, I could say, ‘This is good because I like the feel of the water on my hands.’ This is good because the water is the perfect temperature. This is good because I like the smell of the soap.”

She noted that “the more things we can focus our attention on that are pleasant in that otherwise mundane moment, it will give our brain a new perspective on that task.”

Leye’s third and final hack was to visualize yourself enjoying the job.

“The subconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between imagination and reality,” she said. So if you have a task that you procrastinate or just don’t want to do, take a moment to close your eyes and visualize what it would be like if that task were this much fun.

“Ask yourself, “What if it was fun?” and visualize yourself laughing in the process, really enjoying every second and really paying attention to every detail: the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations and emotions.

‘Your brain processes that as a real experience, and it will start using that experience to determine how you feel in the future. So by the time you do that task in real life, it will be more fun,” she concluded.