Showing posts with label self-improvement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self-improvement. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2015

How to Put Your Inner Child in Time Out - 3 Ways to Retrain Your Brain & Put the Adult in Charge

The human brain is a wonder of the universe, but our understanding of it can seem contradictory, says Steven Jay Fogel, author of the new book Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living.

“On the one hand, we’re often told of those crucial years that our brain develops in childhood, when we’re rapidly progressing in development of our language and other skills, and our preadolescent and teenage years, when our brains undergo a sort of second Big Bang of learning,” says Fogel.

“But although it may seem that the brain is pretty much set by adulthood, it remains malleable throughout adulthood; it continues to change as we learn and adapt.”

Most of us are unaware that elements of our inner child’s development are constantly tugging atus, and we don’t have a clue that it’s happening, he says. In Jungian therapy there’s a concept called the dark side, or shadow side, the place in our unconscious to which certain feelings and thoughts are banished because they don’t support our image of ourselves, he says.

Friday, May 2, 2014

How to Put Your Inner Child in Time-Out: Three Ways To Retrain Your Brain

The human brain is a wonder of the universe, but our understanding of it can seem contradictory, says Steven Jay Fogel, author of the new book Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living.

“On the one hand, we’re often told of those crucial years that our brain develops in childhood, when we’re rapidly progressing in development of our language and other skills, and our preadolescent and teenage years, when our brains undergo a sort of second Big Bang of learning,” says Fogel.

“But although it may seem that the brain is pretty much set by adulthood, it remains malleable throughout adulthood; it continues to change as we learn and adapt.”

Most of us are unaware that elements of our inner child’s development are constantly tugging atus, and we don’t have a clue that it’s happening, he says. In Jungian therapy there’s a concept called the dark side, or shadow side, the place in our unconscious to which certain feelings and thoughts are banished because they don’t support our image of ourselves, he says.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

How are those New Year's resolutions working out for ya?

PlanetOut's Health & Wellness expert Kendra Fried has a revolutionary approach to the tradition and tells you how to make your resolutions into realities.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Lifesigns, a workshop

Local lesbian author Alex Marcoux will be presenting the workshop Lifesigns: Life’s Signs Made Simple on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at Mile Hi Church in Lakewood.

Says Marcoux, "When we claim the power of Lifesigns, we unleash a fresh and thrilling way to draw on amazing sources of guidance. Learn how clues are sent to us through synchronistic, serendipitous and miraculous events. Discover a practical five-step method anyone can use to obtain answers to their most urgent questions. We’ll explore fun techniques which enhance creativity, access intuition, energize life, and encourage the self-exploration of life’s purpose."