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You Can Train Your Brain to Thrive During Trauma & Stress—Here’s How

By Elizabeth A. Stanley — 2019

What if we told you that you could actually train your brain to cope after trauma? Elizabeth A. Stanley’s new book, Widen the Window, focuses on the concept of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT), a practice she’s taught to thousands of individuals in civilian and military high-stress environments.

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What Your Brain Really Wants

Your life depends on your brain. To be the ethical, engaged, creative, successful, and lively human being you intend to be, you need your brain. You need your brain and you also need to use your brain. It is not enough to possess a perfectly good brain—you must also use it.

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How to Retrain Your Frazzled Brain and Find Your Focus Again

Are you finding it harder than ever to concentrate? Don’t panic: these simple exercises will help you get your attention back.

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Your Brain Predicts (Almost) Everything You Do

Cutting-edge neuroscience shows that your brain isn’t built for thinking—it’s made to predict your reality, and you have more power over that perception than you might think.

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7 (and a Half) Myths About Your Brain

Neuroscientist Dr Lisa Feldman-Barrett busts common misconceptions about how the mind works, from left and right brains to how your memory works.

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Your Brain Secretly Works With Other Brains

Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explains some of the ways your brain is constantly changing itself (usually without your awareness) as you interact with other people.

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Reclaiming Lost Talent by the Millions

It’s time to treat the chronic brain disease called addiction.

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How Students' Brains Are in Danger on the Field

Research makes clear the drastic effects of head injuries on young athletes, and advocates are asking states and schools to do more.

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What Are the Benefits of Eating Healthy?

This article looks at the top 10 benefits of a healthful diet, and the evidence behind them.

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What to Eat for Optimal Mental Health

The food you eat can have just as profound an effect on your brain and your mental health as the drugs prescribed by your doctor. The reason: Your gut and your brain are in constant communication with each other.

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Yoga May Be Good for the Brain

A weekly routine of yoga and meditation may strengthen thinking skills and help to stave off aging-related mental decline, according to a new study of older adults with early signs of memory problems.

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