Author: Gen
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8 Beliefs That Will Keep You Stuck
… and What to do About It! Beliefs drive behavior. If you want to change what you do, you have to change what you believe! Do any of these sound familiar to you? Belief # 1 I assume I will grow. On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher.The supermarket… Read more
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6 Ways to Improve Your Memory
There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Memory – Only a Trained or Untrained One The region in the brain most associated with memory is the hippocampus and is a major component of the limbic system. We have two hippocampi, one on each temporal lobe and the name is for its shape, which resembles a… Read more
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Alcohol and Memory
Pick Your Poison? Even one drink can have an impact on your cognitive and impaired memory. Alcohol is neurotoxic, meaning it is poison to your brain and damages brain cells, so its short-term and long-term effects can be dangerous. Blackouts (no memory of events during intoxication, not passing out) occur when your body’s alcohol levels… Read more
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Increase Serotonin Naturally
and Feelings of Wellbeing 6 Ways to increase serotonin naturally: 1. FOOD But it’s not as simple as eating tryptophan-rich foods, thanks to something called the blood-brain barrier. This is a protective sheath around your brain that controls what goes in and out of your brain. But there may be a way to bypass the… Read more
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Find Your Core Values
Core Values “When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.” ~ Roy E. Disney Our personal core values are the guiding principles that shape our actions, decisions, and behavior throughout life. Identifying and understanding our authentic core values can help us live more intentional and fulfilling lives. Once we have a clear… Read more
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Improve Executive Functioning
Easy Ways to Improve Your CEO Some researchers have even proposed that executive functioning may better predict success than does IQ. The CEO of our life resides in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of our brain and is primarily responsible for the following functions. As you can see, the PFC plays a significant role in success.… Read more
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Managing Stress in the Workplace
Before You Do Something You’ll Regret … GOOD STRESS = appreciated and managed stress = compels us to become better and stronger. Stress is what inspires innovation and problem-solving, but sometimes our job isn’t the best source of healthy stress. Even in a great work environment, where opinions differ, stress can move from healthy to… Read more
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Discover False Beliefs
Find the Beliefs that Drive Your Behavior “The best way to solve a problem is to identify the core belief that causes the problem; then mock that belief until the people who hold it insist that you heard them wrong.” ~ Scott Adams What are core beliefs? How do we discover them? And can we… Read more
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The Bible and Mind Management
Renew Your Mind Use these verses and others to formulate self-talk when your thoughts become defeating. I.e. “Soul, I command you, in Jesus’ Name, to line up with the Holy Spirit! I set my mind on God’s truth about myself and others. I choose love, joy, peace, and sound thinking!” Psalm 103:1 Bless the Lord,… Read more
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3 Simple Steps to be Happier
Be Happy! Are you the “glass half empty” person in the room? Yeah, I was too. Then I did something that transformed my life. I changed my psychology! The surprising thing was how simple it was. Here’s how. I became intentional about changing a few small things that returned huge results. I started with three… Read more