The Role of Brain Fitness in Self Help Programs
do is the first right thing for any self help program to be effective, which is relax, and not just in the moment, but on demand. Heart rate variability biofeedback is learned because it is a biofeedback process, and after a bit of practice your body will learn to stay much closer to this new baseline. A coherent heart rate will open higher perceptual centers in your brain where you will continue to think the thoughts associated with your new self help program, whether it be AA or your favorite weight loss program.
The Best Brain for Self Help
I am not aware of any self help creators out there that are taking a close look at how brain fitness impacts self help success.
We can now do a great deal to make our brains fit and healthier, which is where self help happens.
Not too long ago, no one knew how plastic our brains were and are, how my neurons are connecting and establishing those new habits.
(Neuroplasticity happens in minutes, not hours, days, weeks, or months).
If you want an excellent resource for brain fitness, then read Brainfit for Life by Simon Evans,Ph.D. and Paul Burghardt,Ph.D. who are neuroscientists at the University of Michigan.
They provide a huge amount of easy to digest information about how to get your brain fit for self help.
They discuss the ‘pillars of brain fitness’, physical exercise, nutrition, (incluiding omega 3 fatty acids) sleep, stress management, and challenging learning experiences including using computerized brain fitness programs.
The other aspect of brain fitness for selp help is neurogenesis, or the daily growth of new neurons if I do not have toxins like stress hormones or ethyl alcohol in my brain too frequently.
Novel learning experiences enhance neurogenesis and neuroplasticity.
Very useful brain fitness programs which I have used? Programs involving research about the dual n back task, or Michael Merzenich’s neuroplasticity research are excellent.
Self help programs have been a huge part of my life, and I continue to try them out when I am convinced that there is some research to back them up.
Michael S. Logan is a brain fitness expert, a counselor, a student of Chi Gong, and licensed one on one HeartMath provider. I enjoy the spiritual, the mythological, and psychological, and I am a late life father to Shane, 10, and Hannah Marie, 4, whose brains are so amazing. http://www.askmikethecounselor2.com
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