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Laurel Mellin

Laurel Mellin

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EBT as Self-Therapy
Psychotherapy

EBT as Self-Therapy

With the new Brain Based Health app, you can have a therapist in your pocket – and surprise yourself with you own insights and ah-ha moments and new depth of understanding of yourself.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Why We Overeat! #3 - BOOM!
weight loss

Why We Overeat! #3 - BOOM!

What causes us to be out of control? It's those stress reactive circuits. The problem is NOT us. It's a wire!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Intimacy: It's a Skill
Relationship Wires

Intimacy: It's a Skill

The emotional brain state controls our emotional connection, sexual pleasure and loving companionship. Learn the rules of the emotional brain. Brief groups for singles or couples. Email michael@ebt.org

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
The MAGIC of the Body Circuit
weight loss

The MAGIC of the Body Circuit

Boost your joy and effectiveness in losing weight by crushing your Body Circuit. It's often the missing link! Use whatever food plan you want, but BE SURE to zap that Body Circuit. Activate the loving powerful drive to release extra weight!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
3 Strategies for Election JOY!
BBH & the News

3 Strategies for Election JOY!

As couples, families and states await the 2020 elections, here are three ways to make them sheer JOY! No opt outs or do overs, celebrate diversity of opinion, and play the "set point" game for candidates!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Why We Overeat #2 - It's A Silly Wire!
Stress Eating

Why We Overeat #2 - It's A Silly Wire!

It's the wires in our emotional brain that trigger us to overeat. These wires tell us what to do. What's Brain Based Health? Skills to shut off or rewire those messages and drives.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
Emotions: From Gritty to Sweet
Laurel’s Life

Emotions: From Gritty to Sweet

What emotional flow comes with being a grandmother? I'm learning, but it's so multi-layered, so soft and dear, yet so gritty.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Misery – It's GREAT for us!
Neuroplasticity

Misery – It's GREAT for us!

Walking through Sather Gate years back, I was miserable. Another student made fun of me. Little did he (nor I) know then that misery can lead to transformation. Now we do!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Children: Wired for Joy
Emotional Brain

Children: Wired for Joy

With my new grandson in mind, I committed to using my brain's natural pathway from stress to joy even more often, so I could transmit it to him.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Switching Brain States: Magical!
Brain states

Switching Brain States: Magical!

Brain states remain mysterious, as even after we know the science that explains them, switching brain states is absolutely magical.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Why We Overeat #1 - My Story
Stress Eating

Why We Overeat #1 - My Story

The brain is very personal! It stores the circuits that tell the story of our lives, which are re-activated without our awareness or approval to cause repeats of past experiences, including stress eating.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Stress Nation – 3 Actions to Take
BBH & the News

Stress Nation – 3 Actions to Take

As we process the El Paso and Dayton Massacres, let's address the root cause: stress overload. Three actions you can take to become part of the solution.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
4 min read
The Psychological Is Biological!
Allostatic wires

The Psychological Is Biological!

Every emotion you experience is not only the reflection of the biologic - a wire – but it activates chemicals that impact ever cell, organ and organ system in our your body. Psychology is biology.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
Joy as Natural Medicine
BBH Science

Joy as Natural Medicine

That momentary experience of joy? That's just what the doctor ordered. Legions of chemicals comfort and heal us. EBT helps you create moments of joy (score "Joy Points" as a way to live your best life!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
The Virtue of Using the Brain Well
Heal Yourself

The Virtue of Using the Brain Well

There is a certain pride that comes from learning how to use our natural brain pathways from stress to joy, and reaping the many rewards.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
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