The 7 Circuits What Is Gritty Joy? The ancient wisdom of Buddhism asks us to not just be present and aware but to appreciate moments of gritty joy. So does Brain Based Health by EBT.
Laurel’s Life Dreams DO Come True! After finishing two books, I needed a way to restore. A dear friend, Diana, who owns the beautiful Dougherty Ranch gave me time with Isabella. Dreams DO come true!
Stress Eating Why We Overeat! #6 – A Mini-Meltdown Taking control of food means using a simple emotional technique, having a do-it-yourself opportunity to clear away stress and spiral up to joy – Craving GONE!
Heal Yourself The Missing Link What if with all our advances in healthcare, there was a missing link that would make us really healthy and happy? That missing link would be brain-based health.
Brain states Joe's Animation of EBT About a decade ago, my son Joe Mellin changed the EBT culture and goals, setting the stage for Brain Based Health. Here is a video he made about EBT, which says it all!
We All Have a Walnut Just as mental health problems are on the rise, the diagnostic manual of psychiatric problems is imploding. The EBT theory of emotional health just could replace it.
weight loss Why We Overeat! #5 - It's A Wire! To rewire that Food Circuit, just complain about overeating to activate the circuit, then process the emotions. Use your Brain Based Health App!
Body Circuit How Dare They? People tell us to lose weight. How DARE they? We can NOT lose weight or can we? It's often that Body Circuit!
children The Best Medicine? Baby Joy! Aging does make it easier or does it? The fork in the road becomes regenerativity vs. despair. What if giving to babies makes us young again? What if we see life through their lives, even for a moment?
BBH Science New Research: Keep the Weight Off Want to get healthy? As you launch a new lifestyle plan, dig a bit deeper and pair it with a way to keep it off. New research links maintaining 75% of weight loss with the best health effects.
Heal Yourself #MeToo and EBT The emotional brain records abuse and harassment. To increase power against it for our daughters and ourselves, we need the tools to rewire our emotional brain. Email Frannie@ebt.org for information about memberships and #MeToo groups.
laurel's life Tammy? Home Sweet Home When we come home and see Tammy waiting, and a few flowers that we somehow managed to keep alive, it feels like home. Yet, according to neuroscience, "home" is grounded in the emotional brain.
weight loss Why We Overeat! #4 - Spinning! We're spinning out of control because our Stress Eating Triangle in the emotions brain is spewing "overeating" and "weight gain" chemicals.
Laurel'e life We All Need Toys! Play is essential to health. One of the 30 days of the Stress Overload Solution is devoted to play. Tammy knows how to play -- with this fish or her favorite, the octopus. Let's be more like Tammy!
Essential Pain The JOY of Existing! What is the nature of the intense joy that comes from facing the gritty truths of life? Instead of asking ourselves, "What brings me joy?" we might ask ourselves, "What reaches me with pain, because I care so much?"
