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The small, seemingly insignificant choices you make today are shaping the brain you have to live with tomorrow

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Research Says Depression Is Probably Not Caused by a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain

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Taking Control of Your Mind, Puts You In Contol of Your Life

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The First Necessary Step to Improve Your Life is to Learn to Challenge Your Damaging Cognitive Distortions

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This Is How You Can Get a Bigger Better Brain at Any Age

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Science Proves Your Thoughts Influence Your Reality and Shape Your Brain for Better or Worse. You Choose.

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December 18, 2022 calm mind

Taking Control of Your Mind, Puts You In Contol of Your Life

Often, your own mind is the worst enemy you will face on a daily basis. Far too many of us let our minds doubt, criticize, bully, and limit us relentlessly. And if that’s not bad enough, over time, that fearful,…

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October 10, 2021 trauma

Trauma Changes Your Brain – So Does Healing

It’s very disheartening to learn that trauma can damage your brain in lasting ways. It gets worse. Trauma can also change your genes so that the damage is passed on to future generations. I find it comforting to remind myself…

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October 4, 2015 Michael Merzenich

Ten Fundamentals Of Rewiring Your Brain

Neuroplasticity has become a buzzword in psychology and scientific circles, as well as outside of them, promising that you can “rewire” your brain to improve everything from health and mental well-being to quality of life. There’s a lot of conflicting,…

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January 16, 2023 brain

The small, seemingly insignificant choices you make today are shaping the brain you have to live with tomorrow

We all have the same 24 hours in one day and 8760 hours in one year — if we’re lucky. None of us are guaranteed any of it. All any of us are ever guaranteed is this very moment —…

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January 2, 2023 antidepressants

Research Says Depression Is Probably Not Caused by a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain

For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain – namely an imbalance of a brain chemical called serotonin. However, our latest research review shows that the evidence does…

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November 20, 2022 Mental Health

The First Necessary Step to Improve Your Life is to Learn to Challenge Your Damaging Cognitive Distortions

(The following is adapted from The Theory & Practice of Well-Being by Lee LaMee.) I think all human beings have one fundamental goal in common. We all want to find some level of happiness, contentment, and peace. Is that too…

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November 6, 2022 Mental Health

This Is How You Can Get a Bigger Better Brain at Any Age

Over the years, we’ve all heard of the many benefits of exercise, which include toning up, losing weight, building muscle, heart health, having more stamina, etc. These alone are more than enough good reasons for anyone to start moving their…

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October 24, 2022 neuroplasticity

Science Proves Your Thoughts Influence Your Reality and Shape Your Brain for Better or Worse. You Choose.

If you Google “power of thoughts,” you get a lot of results including words like “consciousness,” “swami,” “manifest,” and “unleash.” To me, these words suggest a basis not rooted securely in science and more rooted in marketing hype. I like…

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October 2, 2022 brain fitness

The New Fitness, Brain, and Memory Health Information You Need to Know About Your Daily Step Count

I know you’ve seen the fitness trackers everybody is wearing. You may even use one. One of the benefits of the increasingly popular devices — besides helping people realize how much they move (or don’t move), is that they allow…

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September 20, 2022 Depression

Here’s How Your Diet Can Lighten Depression or Make It Worse

There is a clear link between your dietary choices and your health. What you put in your mouth can have significant implications for your brain and mental health specifically. Research analyses looking at multiple studies support that there is a definite…

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September 4, 2022 Mental Health

Mindfulness and Dance Stimulate a Part of Your Brain That Can Improve Mental Health

Like a thick velvety headband, the somatosensory cortex arcs across the top of the brain from just above one ear to the other. I fell in love with the brain as an undergraduate student and pursued a career in neuroscience, but…

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August 14, 2022 brain

The Brain Benefits of Meditation Depend on Which Practice

Studies have undeniably proven that meditation changes your brain. No doubt about that. Early research and all the media hype may have given you the impression that meditation and mindfulness are good for improving everything in everybody. While they can…

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July 24, 2022 Mental Health

How to Use the Good Already in Your Life to Give Your Brain a More Positive Outlook

Your brain automatically hangs onto the bad. A snarky comment from a colleague, someone breaking in front of you in line, or a small criticism from your spouse may stay with you all day — or longer. These little, seemingly…

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July 10, 2022 Mental Health

This Is How Poverty Hurts Baby’s Brain Even Before Birth

Does being poor impact your brain, or are people with decreased cognitive ability poor? Some people may have strong opinions on the above question. Probably broadly along political partisan lines. But the best place to answer this question is with…

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