Focusing our attention can change the physical structure of our brains. Neuroplasticity: heal your mind/body/spirit

Included in this post is a list of additional links on neuroplasticity.

Focusing our attention can change the physical structure of our brains. Dr. Daniel Siegel explains what is possible when we actively seek to change our brains, thus improving our relationships and stopping self-limiting patterns.

●  Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

●  The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind

We can change how our brain functions. We can change the very structure of the brain. There are enormous implications here for anyone who has ever been labeled with a DSM psychiatric diagnosis as well as for anyone who has been harmed by psychiatric drugs. We can change and heal our minds and brains and we need not do it in detrimental fashion with neurotoxic medications.

Self-compassion and awareness are the qualities we need to start to heal our mind and body. Bringing mindfulness to a problem is the beginning of change. Paying attention to a process is changing the process! Even before any behavior changes. 

This is another collection of links I will be placing in the navigation menu above. it will be updated as appropriate.

The collection:

• The Emerging Mind: (neuroplasticity and much more)

• More info on neuroplasticity — a reader favorite topic on this blog

• Neuroscience of change, another take on neuroplasticity: self-compassion and awareness to start

• How meditation can reshape our brains (and revisiting neuroplasticity)

• Contemplative neuroscience — more on neuroplasticity

• Neuroplasticity: change your behavior, change your brain

• The Mystical Brain: call it neuroplasticity if that’s more comfortable for you

• The brain that changes (grows, heals and repairs)

• Neuroplasticity of the brain — Steven Morgan

• Meditation, trauma and neuroplasticity

• The brain man – more neuroplasticity

• Recovery through mind training —a journey of meditation in Buddhism

• Your brain on exercise

• The Brain Benefits From Persistent Sensory Experience: there is always hope for healing and recovery

• Yoga: Changing The Brain’s Stressful Habits

• Willpower and choice…we can do simple things to strengthen our capacities to make healthy choices