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Laurel Mellin

Laurel Mellin

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After 5 Comes 1
Resilience

After 5 Comes 1

The cycle of renewal, updating our circuitry makes Brain State 5 an essential part of an ever evolving life – and delivers a gritty, grounded, glorious Brain State 1.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Rediscover Sanctuary!
Sanctuary

Rediscover Sanctuary!

As we rewire Survival Circuits, we get a post-rewiring natural high. The circuit doesn't control us anymore, and we choose Sanctuary. That's definitely a Joy Point!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
No Hip Surgery for Me (Now)
Brain Based Health

No Hip Surgery for Me (Now)

I'm not that old. But, when I asked about my hip pain, they told me I had "bone on bone" problems in my hip. That scared me, and I

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Trust the Process
The Emotional Brain

Trust the Process

What if we trusted the process? That would be starting with emotional activations and circling around to thoughts and actions. Ohhhh, how wonderful life would be . . .

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Comfort from Food?
Stress Eating

Comfort from Food?

Overeating is the easiest way to feel better. When you see three ways it blocks our joy, food begins to lose its appeal! There are better addictions or we can become wired for joy and have freedom from all of them!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
The Brain's Filter
Resilience

The Brain's Filter

Responding to toxic stress by boosting our prefrontal cortex's processing, we boost our resilience. Stress is good for us.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
The Ladder In Your Brain
The 7 Rewards

The Ladder In Your Brain

If development were a ladder in the brain, we would want to climb it. The EBT Core Grind In gives us a way to do that.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Attachment & Addiction
Research

Attachment & Addiction

Any moment of abandonment is ripe for encoding a survival circuit, which we then reactivate, creating unstoppable droves to repeat old patterns.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
EBT for Corporate Wellness
Wellness

EBT for Corporate Wellness

An article was published today by wellness giant Welcoa on The Brain Based Model of Wellness. Here's a summary of the three steps wellness directors to take to bring their programs in line with brain science.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
4 min read
Finger Paints? YES!
Joy Points

Finger Paints? YES!

The right prefrontal cortex lights up with play. The reward center gushes feel-good chemicals. It's time to add to your Joy Point Bank!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
A Sad Loss of a Great Man
EBT in the News

A Sad Loss of a Great Man

A man of such goodness, but so much stress. From the corporate suite with stress from position, race, strikes, overweight, and more. The problem is STRESS.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Take the Freedom Pledge!
Freedom

Take the Freedom Pledge!

Follow four rules of the emotional brain and the grace of life takes care of the rest.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
The Joy Point Binge!
Joy Points

The Joy Point Binge!

I like scoring clusters of Joy Points. The brain can score a Joy Point, so why not have a bit of a binge? How many makes a binge? My brain usually likes 6. What about your brain?

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
Rewiring Depression
Mood Circuits

Rewiring Depression

Current depression treatment is pre-BBH. Imagine a world in which we learned how to activate healing chemicals for ourselves! This will take a revolution, which is why BBH is a movement.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
5 min read
Sexual Desire and BBH
Relationship Wires

Sexual Desire and BBH

What we most need is not sex per se, but to desire and to be desired. Desire is a brain thing, charged by the most important sexual organ of all – the emotional brain.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
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