I was five years old when I had my first encounter with trauma – much too young to comprehend the magnitude of the situation. It wasn’t until my…
Smartphones have become essential to almost every part of a person’s life these days: school, work, family, friends, and fun. Originally, phones were functional – a means to…
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When you hear about neuroplasticity, it’s usually in conjunction with remarkable, positive brain and life change. Neuroplasticity is an amazingly powerful ability of the brain to alter its…
Last Sunday night, October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting in US history took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tragically, 59 people were killed and 527 injured when…
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Meditation can change lives and brains for the better. Fairly quickly, it can produce beneficial results for many mental health challenges, ranging from depression and anxiety to age-related…
Your life literally shapes your brain. The more often you perform an action or behave a certain way, the more it gets physically wired into your brain. This amazing…
I tended to scoff at the likes of Charlie Sheen, David Duchovony, Rob Lowe, and Michael Douglas when they attributed their sexcapades to the condition of sexual addiction.…