Meditation and the Art of Slowing Down by: Cynthia Beard

Over the past few months, I have been receiving messages to slow down from random people and from different situations, so I’ve been reflecting a lot upon this lately. Here in the U.S., a lot of us are pressured to move at a rapid-fire pace, even during seasons of the year (like winter) that are […]

Lisa’s Note of the Day: Change

Change. Change, whether positive or negative, often brings up levels of uncertainty which wire into our brains to trigger a threat response. But we can rewire that response and navigate our changing world differently. By noticing each small accomplishment or win during any changing event, we can spike a little dopamine and give our brain […]

The Authenticity Trap by: Vija Rogozina

We are master storytellers! In fact, our brain is designed to weave stories. “We develop a sense of ourselves through repetitive internal thoughts, internally processed experiences, and a left brain that loves to fill in gaps of fact with a narrative to make sense of who we are” (New Beliefs New Brain, Lisa Wimberger). Our […]

Announcing New Beliefs, New Brain Podcast by: Shanti Medina

Have you discovered the New Beliefs, New Brain Podcast with Lisa Wimberger, Founder of the Neurosculpting Institute?  This podcast is filled with new ideas, empowering and insightful tips, tools and topics on how the brain, body and spirit relate to each other in our everyday lives including monthly key interviews with visionaries like Elena Brower […]

I Am The End by: Travis Rumsey

My Mom was a Nazi.   I don’t mean that in some petulantly figurative way. She really was. At 12 years old she stood before her class to lead the morning “Heil Hitler”s in her classroom. All the kids were Nazis.  The teacher was a Nazi. They had no choice. She was born out of […]

Lisa’s Note of the Day – Experience

Experiences create the “repeated neural firing that can lead to gene expression, protein production, and changes in the regulation and structural connections in the brain.” (Dr. Daniel Siegel, 2010) BUT the brain is not just housed in the skull. We have these neural networks that deliver complex input from other areas of the body up […]

One Size Fits All. Or Does it? By: Vija Rogozina

Mindfulness had entered our collective vocabulary. During my Neurosculpting® workshops I point out that meditation literally changes our neurobiology. Less reactive amygdalae, lengthened telomeres, stronger immune system and ability to down-regulate stress response are just some benefits that has been measured. Neuroplasticity is a scientifically indisputable fact. Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has […]

Ripple into Freedom by: Kelley Seriano

I used to think that freedom was something that was gained when I made a certain amount of money, drove a particular car or lived in a big house. Well, 13 years ago I started a journey of personal self care that changed my entire perception. I was nudged to enter a yoga class 13 […]

Are Positive Affirmations Enough? By: Adena Shepherd

There are many affirmations, positive talks, YouTube links and spiritual texts out there that one can use to uplift or become positive, that can assist in changing your state, for a moment or for a few days. I enjoy using these resources as fun tools in changing my perceptions of what I can have, be […]

Stress is inevitable. The Struggle is Optional by: Tamme Buckner

Stress. We all experience it. In fact you could go so far as to say in our modern world, many of us experience it as an inevitable part of this human journey. That sounds a little depressing until we realize that there is a slice of empowerment in the fact that the struggle from stress […]