Your Holiday Meal Could be Doing More to Your Brain than You Think! By: Megan Winkler

We’ve all felt it at one time or another: You eat a big meal and then you just want to take a nice long nap. Anyone who has indulged in the turkey, ham, stuffing—that’s “dressing” if you’re from the South, like me—green bean casserole, pies, cakes, and other delicacies of the holiday season will confirm […]
Boost Your Curiosity and Your Pleasure by: Michelle Lee Weldon LPC, E~RYT, CNSF

If the fountain of youth is an elixir, curiosity just might be one of its active ingredients. What do you feel when you think of curiosity? I notice the idea of curiosity sparks images in my mind of wide-eyed wonder. I start to feel sensations of delight, and a little adrenaline… a kind of “leaning […]
5 Things You Might Not Know About Neurosculpting® by: Megan Winkler

So you’ve heard about Neurosculpting® but you aren’t sure what it is. Maybe you imagine a clay brain and someone sculpting lines and paths through it with a rasp. Perhaps it sounds completely foreign and strange. In the simplest terms, Neurosculpting® is the integration of neuroscience and meditation, but that doesn’t even begin to explain […]
Explore Pathways to Healing with Neurosculpting® at Mile Hi Church this October by: Megan Winkler

Experience a weekend of healing with Neurosculpting® founder Lisa Wimberger and other experts at Mile Hi Church’s Pathways to Healing event, October 7 – 9, 2016. Nurturing the mind, body, and spirit, healers in vibrational sound, nutrition, brain science, ancient shamanistic healing, medicine, and movement will come together for the three-day event. Lisa […]
How To Enjoy “Vacation” Every Day by: Megan Winkler

I just returned from vacationing in one of my favorite places on earth, Key West. I left the island feeling rested, tired, and happy—exactly how one should feel at the end of a long weekend away. I distinctly felt different while on vacation. I didn’t care about my “beach body”—I put my body on the […]
The Smell of Fear, An Epigenetic Trauma

The Christian Bible notes “the sins of the father” can pass from one generation to another, denoting the need for each person to take full responsibility for his or her own values as they create a ripple effect upon the world. It seems as though science is saying the same thing. When U-M psychiatrist and […]
Seeing ourselves in each other…it’s more important than you think!

Have you ever heard yourself say “do you know what I mean?” during a casual conversation? This is such a common place expression that many of us use it in our regular speech patterns without putting much thought to it. The truth is that our mental health actually depends far more on this concept than we […]
Oxytocin – The Dark Side of the Love Molecule

With the recent popularity of neuroscience for public consumption the neurotransmitter Oxytocin has gained the nick-name “The Love Molecule”. Who wouldn’t want more love, right? This neurotransmitter is know to be the bonding chemical released during sex, a mother and child nursing, and during heightened moments of trust. There are oxytocin nasal sprays marketed to […]
Cynicism May be Leading You to Dementia

Do you suspect others have ulterior motives more often than not? Do you feel that others only assist you because they’ll want something in return? If you tend to look at the world through this lens you may be more inclined to develop dementia in your later years! Social Cognitive neuroscience is consistently finding links […]
Are You Training Your Brain to Beat Depression?

It actually seems like it should be a no-brainer (pardon the pun) at this point, but science is still experimenting with using positive imagery to beat depression. Fortunately, they are still finding that it does. The most interesting new finding in this study is that positive imagery coupled with the knowledge of WHERE in the […]