Mind into Matter

"Your brain is remodeling itself right now.  It doesn't take an injury to trigger the process--being alive is enough.  You can  promote neuroplasticity, moreover, by exposing yourself to new experiences.  Even better is to deliberately set out to learn new skills.  If you show passion and enthusiasm, all the better.  The simple step of giving an older person a pet to take care of instills more willingness to live.  The fact that the brain is being affected makes a difference, but we need to remember that neurons are servants.  The dissecting knife reveals changes at the level of nerve projections and genes.  What really invigorates an older person, though, is acquiring a new purpose and something new to love.
"Neuroplasticity is better than mind over matter.  It's mind turning into matter as your thought create new neural growth.  In the early days, the phenomenon was scoffed at and neuroscientists were belittled for using the term neuroplasticity.  Still, many new concepts that will likely be seminal and mainstreams decades from now are today judged meaningless and useless.  Neuroplasticity overcame a rough start to become a star." - Deepak Chopra, M.D. and Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D. in Super Brain

Mind into matter, creating new neural growth especially as learn new skills. 

Renee Madison, MA, LPC, CSAT is a counselor in Colorado.  She can be reached for appointments at 303-257-7623 or 970-324-6928