Create Your Life by Kelley Seriano, CNSF

A hand holds a glass jar against a starry night sky, as if Kelley Seriano's "Create Your Life" mantra comes alive. The jar seems to capture the Milky Way's stardust and cosmic light, turning dreams into tangible wonders.

  How do you want your life to look? How do you want to feel? What do you need to eliminate to accomplish this today? I work with a ton of clients and the first thing we need to understand is their self talk. It’s great to acknowledge how you feel, even if it’s not […]

5 New Hobbies to Keep Your Brain Active by Amy Michaels

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  Most people are not aware that, just like the body, you can exercise the mind by keeping it active. Beyond the usual activities like reading and writing, there are plenty of other ways to maintain an active brain. So this article will look into five hobbies that you might not think of at first […]

How to Re-Wire Our Brains! by Danielle Rachlin, CNSF

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We can get stuck in some pretty outdated and unnecessary patterns. Even if we can see that we’ve outgrown these stories, we don’t always see our way out of them. For the answer on how, let’s turn to some basic neuroscience. How the Brain Thinks a Thought Our brains are made up of approximately 100 […]

Navigating Change for Entrepreneurs by Mariah Ehlert, CNSF

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Being a business owner has a whole new set of ‘rules’ that come along with the ‘freedom’ we get. I’ve always known I wanted to have my own business. Currently, I am running a few businesses and likely will have more in the future. I absolutely love being an entrepreneur- even on the challenging days. […]

When Gratitude Doesn’t Feel Genuine by Mariah Ehlert, CNSF

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How does this word sit with you: “Gratitude”? To be completely honest, this go-to, get-back-to-happy word has actually triggered me at times; as in ‘toss something across the room’ annoyed. Why am I defaming one of the top most trendy and go-to healing words? There have been times when I’ve been so limbic (aka in […]

Benefits of Youth Mindfulness Program by Tamme Buckner

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Brain training and mindfulness in schools is catching on and teachers and students alike are receiving the benefits of an improved learning environment, improved ability for kids to focus, improved test scores, and improved behavior including: less conflict; fewer altercations; fewer principal office visits; and fewer suspensions. Brain Training Learning about your brain can be […]

Meditation in the Corporate World by: Tamme Buckner

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Meditation and the Corporate World? These two may seem unrelated at first glance, but did you know that in today’s fast paced multitasking world, employees that meditate may actually be your most productive employees. There is a plethora of research documenting the negative impacts of stress on employees and companies. In fact, stress is said […]

The Authenticity Trap by: Vija Rogozina

A close-up of a vintage typewriter with a sheet of paper bearing the partially typed text "it starts with one word" evokes the essence of Vija Rogozina's latest book. The keys and paper are in focus under warm lighting, inviting reflection on how we often fall into an authenticity trap.

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 […]

Lisa’s Note of the Day – The VLPFC

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Neurosculpting Note of the Day: The VLPFC(ventro lateral perfrontal cortex) is our braking system, inhibiting distracting stimulus, behavior, muscles, and emotional response. When our brain is taxed and tired, the VLPFC is the first to get exhausted, making it even harder for us to inhibit. In a recent study neuroscientists gave one group of dieters […]

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