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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
What Is Gritty Joy?
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 Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
Dreams DO Come True!
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!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Why We Overeat!  #6 – A Mini-Meltdown
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!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
The Missing Link
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.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Joe's Animation of EBT
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!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
We All Have a Walnut

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.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Why We Overeat! #5 - It's A Wire!
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!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
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