What Are the Regions of the Brain and Their Functions?

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What are the regions of the brain and their functions? How do your mind and body depend on your brain? The brain has five main regions, each playing a unique role: the limbic system, the basal ganglia, the prefrontal cortex, the anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG), and the temporal lobes. Dr. Daniel G. Amen discusses these five regions of the brain in his book Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. Keep reading to learn about the areas of the brain and what they do.

Why Is It Hard to Change Unhealthy Habits? Experts Weigh In

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Do you struggle to stop doing things you shouldn’t? Why is it hard to change unhealthy habits? Your subconscious mind creates and relies on automatic routines, which has its advantages. But, this reliance has a negative flip side: It makes it difficult for you to break free from unhealthy habits. Read more to learn from Charles Duhigg, Tony Robbins, and others why it’s hard to break out of negative routines.

Understanding Complex PTSD and How to Recover From It

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What is complex PTSD, and how is it different from PTSD? What are the best steps toward recovery? Understanding complex PTSD requires looking at the physical and psychological impacts of abuse, neglect, and other kinds of repeated trauma. Thankfully, there are ways to recover from CPTSD, even for long-term sufferers. Continue reading to learn more about this disorder, including how to heal from it.

How to Conquer the Fear of Death: 4 Tips From Sadhguru

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Are you afraid of death? Do you avoid thinking about it? Does an underlying sense of dread impact your joy of living? The fear of death is pervasive in our society. In Death: An Inside Story, spiritual teacher Sadhguru aims to inject some encouragement into the issue. He offers one specific perspective and three actions you can take to help you make peace with death. Continue reading to learn how to conquer the fear of death with Sadhguru’s recommendations.

How to Tap Into Your Subconscious Mind: Relaxation Is Key

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What’s your conscious mind designed to do? What problems come as a result? Why and how should you tap into your subconscious mind? It’s possible to rewire your subconscious mind to create lasting change. You can align your subconscious mind with positive habits by tuning into it via relaxation. Keep reading to learn how to tap into your subconscious mind through relaxation techniques.

Reason and Emotion: How to Decide Which to Listen To

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How do you know whether reason or emotion is the right voice to listen to? What’s the best way to make decisions? Reason and emotion both have a role to play in making decisions and living a good life, and philosophers have suggested choosing reason over emotion or aligning reason and emotion. Understanding each of these perspectives can help you live life better. Keep reading for more on living a rational life and balancing reason with emotion.

The Subconscious Mind and Habits: How to Leverage the Link

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How often have you tried to break a bad habit? Have you found yourself attempting new behaviors only to revert to old ones? Many authors have tackled this common struggle. They agree that habits are unconscious decisions—that is, they’re decisions you make without actually thinking about them. The only way to change these unconscious decisions is to address them at their source: your subconscious mind. Continue reading to learn about the link between the subconscious mind and habits and how to leverage it to make lasting changes.

Sadhguru: Mindfulness and Meditation Help You Live and Die Well

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What are Sadhguru’s views on mindfulness and meditation? What difference does he believe they can make in your life and your death? Sadhguru is a spiritual teacher and founder of the Isha Foundation. The foundation teaches spiritual practices including yoga and meditation, offers holistic medical services, and organizes large-scale environmental activism. According to Sadhguru, mindfulness and meditation help you live and die well. Keep reading to understand Sadhguru’s concepts and practices surrounding mindfulness and meditation.

Trauma and Mindfulness: How to Meditate for Recovery

Trauma and Mindfulness: How to Meditate for Recovery

Can mindfulness help people with PTSD? What’s the best way to develop mindfulness if you’ve experienced trauma? Trauma and mindfulness are linked in that practicing mindfulness can aid healing. Mindfulness requires understanding yourself in an accepting way, which is critical for those with trauma, and especially for survivors of abuse. Read more for an explanation of why mindfulness can help and how to meditate for mindfulness if you have a history of trauma.