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Understanding Buddha's Brain - With The Help Of Neuroscience

The Practical Neuroscience of Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson is an accessible self-help book which combines the latest ideas from brain science with the ancient wisdom of Buddhist tradition.

As we have already noted in other articles, neuroscience is now providing evidence of our capaicity to deliberately re-shape the physical workings of our own brains.

By getting into better patterns of thinking and feeling we not only alter our habitual mental responses. We can actually bring about permanent change in the neural networks that govern our experience of the world.

What therefore is initially a deliberate or imposed change in our thinking, can in time become a natural inclination that can improve our feeling of well-being.

Matrix Reimprinting: Taking EFT to a New Level of Sophistication

Emotional Freedom Technique is a simple to use self-help technique which can be easily learnt and frequently produces quick and impressive results.

It can however also be used with different levels of sophistication and 'Matrix Reimprinting' represents one such recent development in the application of EFT and in the understanding of its possibilities.

It may be that when used in more complex ways to deal with past memories and early traumas EFT is best undertaken with a trained therapist.

However Matrix Reimprinting Using EFT is geared towards those wanting to use EFT for self-help purposes as well as towards practicing therapists.

Weight-Loss Without Deprivation Using ‘The Mindless Margin’

Most of us gain weight gradually over a long period of time and can't really understand how it happened. But what if we could lose weight in the same way - shedding those pounds without feeling any sense of deprivation?

In his book Mindless Eating, Dr Brian Wansink, a passionate researcher into the psychology of modern eating habits, provides further strong evidence in support of a non-diet based approach to losing weight.

Central to Dr Wansink's research findings is what he calls 'the mindless margin'. This is the margin in which we can either slightly overeat or under-eat without being aware of it.