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Emotional Brain

A collection of 16 posts

EBT as a Spiritual Pathway
Emotional Brain

EBT as a Spiritual Pathway

The emotional brain has hidden pathways to spiritual states in which we connect to the deeper meanings of life. EBT is a spiritual solution based on science.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
The Solution? The Emotional Brain
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.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
COVID-19? Enter "The Age of the Emotional Brain"
the Age of the Emotional Brain

COVID-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.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 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
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
#MeToo and EBT
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 Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
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
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
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
Sharing Brain Maps
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.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
What's the Hidden Pathway?
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.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
What Toddlers Need Most
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 Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
What Brain Area Rules Us?
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.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
The Loneliness Cure
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.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
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