Allostatic Circuit The Real Problem? Toxic Stress The sheer volume of problems we face now distract us from using our power to address the root cause of all of them, toxic stress. The radically resilient human brain is the solution.
Joy Circuits The Solution? The Emotional Brain We need the emotional brain now more than ever. It's our wisdom, hope and joy. Perhaps COVID will help us honor the most powerful part of our body: the elusive emotional brain.
the Age of the Emotional Brain COVD-19? Enter "The Age of the Emotional Brain" The Age of the Emotional Brain has arrived, as thinking and isolation are not enough. Processing intense emotions effectively and sticking together is what we need.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Heal Yourself Sharing Brain Maps What if your physician or therapist said, "Let me show you a map of your brain"? Let's agree to speak about the causes of issues as wires and set points, something over which we have power.
Emotional Brain What's the Hidden Pathway? In 2007, UCSF researchers integrated neuroscience research to identify a technique to self-direct stress processing in the brain to expand our control of our momentary experience of life. They discovered the hidden brain pathway to get from stress to joy.
Emotional Brain What Toddlers Need Most As parents, we think about security for our children. What's the most powerful source of security? It's beautiful circuits that move them through stress to joy.
laurel's life What Brain Area Rules Us? When stress is low and the thinking brain (prefrontal cortex in GREEN above) is in charge, life is good. When stress is high, the bottom of the brain (in BROWN) takes over, which is what causes most problems.
Brain states The Loneliness Cure We give ourselves an emotional cleanse each time we use the EBT Tools. Then our mind opens up and we see the grace, beauty, and mystery of life in unexpected ways. Loneliness vanishes. The cure is within.
