The Easiest Ways To Achieve Your Goals: Using Your Mind for Planning Your Future
The key to being able to easily achieve your goals is more simple than you may think: use your brain. Your brain has enormous power in helping you not only dream of your goals, but actually accomplish them. The Science Behind Achieving Your Goals The brain is an amazing muscle. From birth, our brains develop […]
The Key to Being Mindful During Times of Stress—and 3 Things to Avoid
Humans today experience more stress than our ancestors did in their daily lives. Sure, they may have been chased by the occasional wild animal, but otherwise their lives were relatively simple. Today, however, from the moment we wake up, we are bombarded with stress triggers: school, work, notifications, social media, news, constant influx of information, […]
Are You Grateful?
If you live on the Gulf Coast, you can expect hurricanes and tropical storms. It comes with the territory of living in the warmer climate and having mild winters. Hurricane Sally was a little bit different. She wasn’t projected to hit us along Mobile Bay. She was supposed to go to the west and while […]
Left Brained or Right Brained. Which One Are You?
Our brains are amazing. Weighing only about three pounds, the human brain contains 100 billion neurons, 100 trillion connections and 100,000 miles of blood vessels–and it all fits within our small skulls. Our brains are in control of every thought we have and every move we make. Our brain is divided into two halves called […]
How-To Guide for Practicing Mindfulness
What does it mean to be mindful? Being mindful means being fully present in the moment. When you can achieve this state of mind, even for short periods of time, you are creating the optimal environment for mind and body balance and harmony. You can create changes in your brain that are beneficial to your […]
The Secret to Steve Jobs’ Success
What does big business have to do with brain-based wellness? You wouldn’t think much. In fact, you’d think the two were polar opposites and in a lot of cases they are, but if you read Steve Jobs’ biography, you’ll find that one of the world’s most successful businessmen practiced mindfulness. Could that be the secret […]
The Mind-Body Connection and Your Health
Have you ever gotten so angry that you were sick to your stomach? Ever been so sad you’ve felt weak? Ever been told you have high blood pressure and you shouldn’t subject yourself to too much stress? If you’ve ever suspected there was a connection between your mind (how and what you think) and your […]
The Smartphone Generation: Should Parents Be Concerned?
For as long as screen-based technology has existed, concerned parents have questioned the potential consequences of its presence in the lives of their children. Even when it was limited to devices like a television set in the family room, the fear that technology could developmentally stunt children and adolescents was alive and well. That anxiety […]
Four New Year’s Resolutions to Support Your Brain Health
As December begins to wind down, many of us are beginning to look at the coming year and consider the ways we might improve our quality of life. We encourage this; it’s an ideal time to take stock of the areas of your life that could benefit from some subtle shifts in perspective, as well […]
The 4 simple steps to building a resilient brain
By: Patrick K. Porter, PhD On September 14, 2018, from my brother’s home in Alabama, I watched the television in horror as Hurricane Florence dismantled my hometown of New Bern, North Carolina—the town I had grown to love. Once the storm had passed, and I saw the aftermath on the news, I wondered how we […]