Lisa’s Note of the Day: Present Moment

The Insula is important in our social brains. It’s involved with things like processing events in the future based on our current body states, and it is active when dealing with pride and disgust. Studies published in last year’s Journal of Cerebral Cortex noted that a sense of uncertainty increases insula activity and level of […]

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 […]

Getting to Know Yourself by: Cynthia Beard

For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with low blood pressure. When I was younger, I didn’t understand that the ringing in my ears and lightheadedness (sometimes to the point that I would pass out) was caused by my naturally low-ish blood pressure suddenly dropping even lower. I learned as a child to […]

Lisa’s Note of the Day – Meditation as a Pain Killer

Meditation as a pain killer. In MANY studies, but one in particular done by scientists at Wake Forest University found that after only 2 hours of meditation training subjects could reduce their physical pain by 57% which equated to results with morphine. In scanners they showed changes in their insula and anterior cingulate cortex — […]

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 […]

Teaching Kids Neuro-Literacy through a Fun Story: Lisa Wimberger’s First Children’s Book is Out Now

When my daughter was little, I made a handwritten label for my can of Febreze that said, “Monster Go-Away Spray.” Anytime she felt unsafe or worried that there was a monster in her closet or under her bed, I’d spray a little bit here and there, and she immediately calmed down. While the solution worked […]

3 Tools For Navigating Any Trauma by Jody Domerstad

One day, I received shocking news that I had a brain tumor. The diagnosis rocked my world, but I had no choice but to press on and fight for my life. So how did I do it? My breath, a sense of safety, and the decision to make a plan helped me cope and heal. […]

Brain Training New Pathways: Waking up the Paralyzed Body Part III by: Shanti Medina

This is Part III of a 3-part Neurosculpting® Institute Video Blog documenting the transformational journey of one woman’s choice and courage to use Neurosculpting® brain training to enrich her life and look beyond her limitations to know grace in the human condition. Part I and II of this amazing journey can be found here: Brain […]