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A Fear-Orientation is Killing You!

In our modern world of green-house fears, war atrocities, environmental pillaging, and global threats the social media is rife with stories of conspiracy, fear, and apocalyptic preparedness. What is this focus doing to us? While it's not advisable to put…

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How to be Less Impulsive and More Big Picture

Recent research published in this summer's Journal of Neuroscience noted that increasing levels of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex curbed one's tendencies towards impulsivity and supported a more "larger, later" mentality.  So how does one do this?  During moments of…

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Seeing in Black and White…Not Just a Metaphor

We sometimes refer to perspectives as "black and white" where there's little room for moral negotiation.  This is actually more than just a metaphor.  Recent studies show that when one reads information on a black and white background, such as…

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How Close is that Looming Spider…Really?

The things we fear tend to appear larger, closer, and perhaps more ready to pounce than they really are.  A recent study published in Current Biology notes that in controlled studies individuals rated fearful images as closer than they actually…

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Getting Rid of Unwanted Memories

There is likely an ethical debate that could ensue around the art of removing or rewriting unwanted memories.  Perhaps words like denial or delusion come to mind.  But let's pretend for a moment that neither of these things is an…

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Are You Training Your Brain to Beat Depression?

It actually seems like it should be a no-brainer (pardon the pun) at this point, but science is still experimenting with using positive imagery to beat depression.  Fortunately, they are still finding that it does.  The most interesting new finding…

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Wait Until Your Father Gets Home!

Remember that statement when you were a kid, and how it filled you with a sense of dread when you were in trouble?  The insula is important in our social brains. It's involved with processing events in the future based…

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There is Power in the Pause

When we are moving too fast, speeding ahead without pause or breath, we can not integrate the lessons and experiences we've had.  Without the pause, perhaps we do not assimilate to give our spirits time to expand with seniority.  Our…

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Are You Walking the Talk?

As we engage in our patterns and habits, we reinforce them.  We all know that without action talk is cheap.  Sometimes that action needs to address our subconscious drives, those elusive mind programs that evade our detection.  Dr. Bruce Lipton…

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Ladies, This is your Brain on PMS!

As we know our brains and emotions are intimately linked in a dance facilitated by hormones, neurotransmitters, and a myriad other stimuli.  So it stands to reason that if women experience a radical hormonal flux each month, that their brains…

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