Meditation can’t fix everything (but it’s still super-awesome…) By: Cynthia Beard
Have you ever met someone who goes on and on about the awesomeness of meditation and how it can cure all of your problems? I certainly have. In fact, I’ve occasionally been that person. It can be incredibly frustrating when someone offers unsolicited advice that can be reduced to “If you would only do exactly […]
3 Brain-based Tips for Balance in a Time of Political Inflammation By: Lisa Wimberger
“My side’s right, your side is wrong.” “The state of our country’s health depends on this one moment!” “We can’t have THAT monster in office!” Sound familiar right now? These are the same thoughts we referenced four, eight, 12, 16, 20 years ago, and so on. We are in a time of political fear and […]
Seeing ourselves in each other…it’s more important than you think!
Have you ever heard yourself say “do you know what I mean?” during a casual conversation? This is such a common place expression that many of us use it in our regular speech patterns without putting much thought to it. The truth is that our mental health actually depends far more on this concept than we […]
It Takes a Village — a Community of Neurons
To be our animated best selves requires us to be in a graceful electro-chemical choreography. All of our actions, thoughts, desires, emotions and behaviors are physiologically the result of networked neural activity in the brain. One neuron’s “voice” alone does not result in a smile, a hug, or a memory; however that one neuron’s voice singing […]
A Smile a Day can Enhance the Month of Romance!
The month of February is the month of romance. For some of us that adds extra pressure, and paradoxically can even cause depression. With a little self-nurture we can begin to shift this disposition. The muscles of the face, unlike most other body muscles, communicate with the brain stem rather than the spinal cord. This […]
To Know Another is to Know Thyself
Dr. Daniel Siegel, author of Mindsight, notes that “our awareness of another person’s state of mind depends on how well we know our own.” (62). From studying mirror neurons and the insula we now know that we map others’ experiences to our own internal experience and the brain perceives we are actually having the same […]
Gray Matters
According to Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, author of Mindsight, the right side of the brain creates an “AND” stance, while the left creates an “OR” point of view. “AND” becomes an inclusive mindset that leaves room for the shades of gray in any situation. “OR” can get us stuck in black-and-white thinking. Left is concerned […]
Developing Intuition Can Make You Smarter
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What does intuition have to do with intelligence? Being in touch with your emotions and the emotions of others not only makes you seem smarter, it actually improves your memory. This is because it uses the prefrontal cortex. Unless you get more intuitive, you can’t get smarter. My research and my experience with patients […]
