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Video: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Brain!

By Therese J. Borchard
Associate Editor

Sharon Begley, author of “Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain” explains how training your thoughts actually changes the hard matter of your brain. She writes, “Something as seemingly insubstantial as a thought can affect the very stuff of the brain, altering neuronal connections in a way that can treat mental illness, or perhaps, lead to a greater capacity for empathy and compassion. It may even dial up the supposedly immovable happiness set point.”

In this video I demonstrate, as usual.

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Borchard, T. (2009). Video: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Brain!. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 26, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/05/23/video-change-your-thoughts-change-your-brain/

 

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