We’ve all been there. You wake up feeling full of energy – with mental resources and a will to conquer the world. Then out of the blue, your fate shifts, and you lapse into anxiety that douses your flame and snuffs out any zest for living with it. Has it happened to you lately? Luckily, [...]
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Flexibility’s Force and Foibles
Just as top gymnasts bend without breaking, flexible brains adapt with unbelievably pliable approaches.
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Human brains come equipped with flexibility, or plasticity, that takes exercise to sustain?
Plasticity, or mental elasticity has less to do with age and far more to do with choices?
People are more susceptible to ruts than most realize, because of [...]
Tame Your Amygdala
For a tiny sac of neurons, it zaps an ordinary day into havoc – like lightning strikes an iron rod, long before you’re aware it hit. Whenever your day jolts you off reliable tracks, it’s likely the seething culprit, and in some brains it burns like fury just below the surface.
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Serotonin – Miracle Drug at Work
It’s been called the molecule of happiness, but serotonin is far more than that in any workplace that engages its power.
Serotonin is actually a chemical that can add focus and higher problem solving skills to transform any ordinary day. How so?
On the golf course, you’ll get finer hits to the green.
In relationships, you’ll score more [...]
