Unlike Las Vegas, what happens in your brain does NOT stay in your brain. The thoughts that you think are communicated to your whole body, in fact they move into your genes. Healthy thoughts have chemical formulas attached to them that are positively expressed as they travel throughout your body. Fear-based thoughts, on the other… Read More
The Explosion’s Coming!
Living with a lie is like living with a ticking time bomb. You never know when the BOOM is coming, but it is coming sometime, and you know it. “Don’t steal. “Don’t lie. “Don’t deceive anyone. Leviticus 19:11 (MSG) What’s happening in your brain when you tell a lie? For more: http://mashable.com/2013/12/20/psychology-of-lying/?crlt.pid=camp.lLK9YbqpOvQR#lHlERIJeTPqN
Need to focus? Train Your Brain.
Volleyball practice legally began today in Iowa high schools. My retired-teacher husband returned to coaching varsity volleyball last year, which returned me to participation as well. For lack of a better job title, I’m the official “team grandma.” I love spending time with high school girls each fall, and the relationships we develop show up… Read More
Does bigger mean better?
Make fists and put your hands together. That’s about the size of your brain. Men then to be bigger than women, so their brains are larger also, 3½ pounds compares to women’s 3 pounds. Yep, men have bigger brains. You’ve also heard that men think in boxes, and there’s an awful lot of boxes in… Read More
How do our brains measure time?
How do you feel about time? Does it fly by? Or does it creep way too slowly? What concerns you more? The day-to-day, minute-to-hour management of your time? Time measured in large chunks, for instance: adolescence, teen years, middle age, etc. How do our brains measure time? Interested yet? Read this fascinating blog by Dr.… Read More
You are what you eat?
Did you know your eating habits affect you thinking abilities? Can a typical Western diet high in saturated fats and sugars affect the parts of the brain that are important to memory and make people more likely to crave the unhealthful food? Psychologist Terry Davidson, director of the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at American University in Washington,… Read More
Lower Stress Today
Feeling stressed? Pick a few of these to do today—or start with just one. May I suggest: “Let go of the thoughts that aren’t serving you” or a quiet snuggle with your pet. Renew your mind. Choose your thoughts.
Kathleen S Evenhouse 