Occupation: Psychotherapist Birth: November 1, 1957
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….
A relapse doesn't mean you'll never walk down the path you prefer. But I think relapses are almost an inevitable part of any course of self-developme….
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….
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….
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..
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..
We don't have to have suffered brain damage to take advantage of the plastic nature of our brains..
If we think of our brains as a map, those early roads are like grooves, tram tracks, easy to fall into..