We don't have to have suffered brain damage to take advantage of the plastic nature of our brains..

After a stroke we can re-learn how to talk, because by practicing we can establish different pathways in the brain, circumnavigating the damaged part..

There are probably times where the creative process is not helped by collaboration..

If someone is depressed they tend to retreat within the inner circle of their comfort zone which in the longer term, may contribute to exacerbating a….

As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tel….

In order to stretch ourselves we do need to experience the vulnerability of not knowing the outcome..

Our brains do not have to be fixed, they can be plastic..

Neurogenesis continues throughout life and we have the capacity to establish new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones..

If we are not using our brains' capacity for challenge it feels to me as though it atrophies like an unused muscle..

It used to be thought that you stopped making new neural connections in your youth and from then on your brain was fixed and it was downhill all the ….

The extreme of flexibility is chaos and the extreme of being structured is rigid and staying sane, or indeed using your creativity, is about being aw….

When we had to survive on our wits, gather and kill our food from scratch and be more at the mercy of our environment than we are today, we probably ….

If we think of our brains as a map, those early roads are like grooves, tram tracks, easy to fall into..

The trouble is if we take no new steps to try a new challenge, our comfort zone doesn't seem just to stay still, but retract..

Meditation is focused attention and the more we practise focusing our brains the more connections we build up..

I think there is probably something evolutionary in that we are drawn to the easiest option. But in our age of convenience, cars, ready meals and off….

Meditators are shown to have thickening in parts of the brain structure that deal with attention, memory and sensory functions. This was found to be ….

Our emotional map is laid down mainly in relationship with our earliest caregiver in the first couple of years of life..

It seems whether we have a tendency towards being flexible or structured affects how we create, how we parent, how we work..

Two brains are better than one. You've twice the brain capacity and you have two sets of experiences and genes to bring to any challenge..

If we keep practicing mental skills it is likely we can strengthen neural connections and make new connections..