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A collection of 11 posts

Wired to be Fearless
Spirituality

Wired to be Fearless

Our emotional brain gives us pathways to fearlessness, and moments of supreme peace after each use of the Cycle Tool. Here are five steps to being fearless for life.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
6 min read
Change Your Circuits, Change Your Life
Neuroplasticity

Change Your Circuits, Change Your Life

All problems are brain circuits. With EBT, we have the power to fix any of them that block our joy and separate us from that "glow state" that optimizes our health. What's the neuroscientific pathway to a GREAT life? Fixing our own brain with the immense power of EBT.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
5 min read
After the 5 comes the 1+
Spirituality

After the 5 comes the 1+

That deep Brain State 5 is almost as good as Brain State 1, as it unlocks wires in the reptilian brain. In those states, we find out who we really are, and voila . . we are at One.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Heaven on Earth?
Spirituality

Heaven on Earth?

Could it be that the resiliency and rewiring process of EBT delivers three ways of experience that turn hellish moments into gritty joy and spiritual deepening? Try it yourself, using the Cycle Tool with awareness of the three waves.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Your "Wired for Joy" Name
Wired for Joy

Your "Wired for Joy" Name

As you move along in your EBT Journey, at some point your given name may not fit the emotional brain you have rewired. You may be drawn to giving yourself a new "Wired for Joy" name. If that occurs, what follows are some ideas to guide you in creating it.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
4 min read
EBT: A Pathway to Spirituality
Spirituality

EBT: A Pathway to Spirituality

In an age when our awareness of the deeper meanings of life are the superhighway to a healthy, rewarding life, using our emotional brain's resiliency pathways is more needed than every. Fortunately, all of us have them. All we need is to reach for the EBT Tools.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
5 min read
Mend a Broken Heart: The 2 Steps
Grieving

Mend a Broken Heart: The 2 Steps

The joy of making each moment in life count is taking risks, loving more, and having a few broken hearts along the way. A recent Spiral Up with Dr. Laurel focused on the two steps for mending a broken heart and creating gritty joy from it.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Spiraling up to come alive anew
Spirituality

Spiraling up to come alive anew

We either spiral up or spiral down in response to the challenges that come our way. Facing the essential pain of life and accepting it gives us a new lease on life and gives us a neuroscientific way to come alive anew, again and again!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
The Pathway to Heaven on Earth
Spirituality

The Pathway to Heaven on Earth

The past lives on within us in circuits, and as we switch off the wires encoded by trauma and activate wires of emotional transcendence, we find paradise inside, a way of creating heaven on earth.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
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
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
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