How Fear Hijacks the Mind

So many of us know what it feels like to be in the grip of fear, whether its financial, emotional, professional, or personal.  You know intimately what your stomach feels like each time you have a bill you can’t pay.  You are probably familiar with the pain in your chest when you think about that […]

Rewiring Fear While We Sleep

Fear is a relationship we create with events in our lives.  The events are simply moments in time but the fear we cultivate drags those moments from the past into our current lives, causing a cascade of hormonal, emotional, and physiological stress changes in the body.  But neuroplasticity gives us the ability to unlink the […]

Can your choices alter your sperm’s genetic code?

The verdict is in! We live in a time where we finally understand the smallest bit about our own power of influence over our DNA.  Let’s not be selfish…eating right, exercising and manage your stress isn’t just for you, it’s for the health and well-being of your offspring. It’s now known that oxidative damage, which […]

Help for Cops

It wasn’t long ago that the mindfulness topic was considered taboo in fields like law enforcement. Fortunately, that is changing.  Officers suffer some of the worst statistics when it comes to quality of life, longevity, health, and happy marriages.  We expect officers to be beyond reproach, yet we don’t always equip them with the skills […]

Is Your Head full of Plastic?

In the last few decades the concept of neuroplasticity has taken hold of the science community.  We agree now that our brains are malleable, waxing and waning in their structure and function, and ever changeable.   NOW we know it’s even more plastic than that!  Not only can we birth new brain cells, and strengthen […]

What Cops are Doing but Most Won’t Admit To!

Neurosculpting® is not just for the self-help enthusiast.  I’ve been bringing these techniques to first responders for the last few years as a way to help them deal with the extraordinary amount of trauma they experience in their careers.  Many of our service men and women are never given a way to make sense of […]

Interoception…the Foundation of Our Development

Interoception is basically our ability to recognize stimulus originating inside the body.  When we are disconnected from the vast information and knowledge in our own three-dimensional bodies we are disconnected from the very core of our healthy development.  Dr. Stephen Porges notes that “Interoception becomes the foundation of physical, psychological, and social development.” (Polyvagal Theory, […]

Are Two Brains Better than One?

The enteric nervous system, or intrinsic nervous system in our intestines is called the second brain because it contains many of the same neurons and neurotransmitters as our brains do. Many of these are involved with processes like learning, memory formation, and communication.  The communication between brain and body is bi-directional.  How much more information […]

Can we Command our DNA with Our Actions?

The influence of our environment on our DNA is called epigenetics. Dr. Richard Davidson notes in his book The Emotional Life of Your Brain that we have the power to command the traits our DNA expresses through the idea of epigenetics.  Dr. Bruce Lipton also illuminates this in his book The Biology of Belief.  Basically, our […]

Goal Directed or Avoidance Directed?

Science is showing us that the left prefrontal cortex activates more with individuals who are goal-directed, and the right prefrontal activates more with individuals who are avoidance-directed. Consider this ad: “Floss regularly to avoid gum disease” vs. “Floss regularly to have healthy gums”. The first ad will motivate the avoidance-directed people, and the second ad […]