Mindfulness

Mindfulness helps your brain in its ever changing state (neuroplasticity) to focus and learn new concepts which in turn, creates new neural connections (synapses) in the brain.

What was once thought of science fiction has now become science fact, thanks to those brave souls, who against all odds got their research published. What eastern philosophy has espoused throughout many millennia, western medicine is now recognising, understanding and utilising in what has become known as “modern medicine.”

Changing from a negative mindset to a positive mindset is done in small incremental steps. Some of the phrases that have helped me on my journey are listed below.

  1. “The thoughts you think are the life you live” – Anonymous
  2. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  3. “What You Practice Grows Stronger” – Shauna Shapiro PhD
  4. “Get the ANT’s (Automatic Negative Thoughts) out of your brain” – Dr. Daniel Amon
  5. “Neurones that fire together, wire together.” – Norman Doidge PhD
  6. “Like attracts like” – Illusions by Richard Bach
  7. “Never lose your childlike enthusiasm” – Under a Tuscan sun the movie
  8. “One cannot fill a cup that is already full” – old Chinese Zen saying
  9. “Yesterday I was clever and I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise and I want to change myself.” – Rumi
  10. “Tis nothing good nor bad, only thought makes it so.” William Shakespeare
  11. “We are all of us in this together. If you should see yourself as superior or inferior then you have work to do. For it is in the middle that our human community shines, it is in the middle that solutions are found and it is in the middle that we thrive. Look to find the middle ground and it is there we will find our answers.” – Corinne Bozsoky

Recommend reading:

  1. Illusions  by Richard Bach
  2. The Brain That Changes Itself   by Norman Doidge MD
  3. The Brains Way of Healing  by Norman Doidge MD
  4. Guide for the Advanced Soul  by Susan Hayward
  5. The Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach
  6. You Can Heal Your Life  by Louise Hay
  7. Happiness by Matthieu Richard
  8. Kindred Spirits by Dr. Allen M. Shown DVM MS
  9. Thinking in Pictures by Dr. Temple Grandin
  10. The Biology of Belief  by Dr. Bruce Lipton PhD
  11. Sane New World  by Ruby Wax
  12. Good Morning, I Love You by Dr. Shauna Shapiro PhD
  13. Guns, Germs and Steel by Professor Jerrod Diamond
  14. Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes PhD
  15. Molecules of Emotion by Dr. Candice Pert PhD
  16. How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett PhD
  17. Mortals, How the fear of dying shaped society by Professors Rachel & Ross Menzies
  18. Lifespan, David Sinclair PhD

This is just a small sample of the plethora of authors I have enjoyed and found helpful over the years. I encourage you to explore all of them.

Online Recommend Resources:

  1. Physiocise
  2. The Shift Network
  3. Sounds True
  4. IICT – International Institute for Complementary Therapists
  5. ACMM – Australian Centre for Meditation and Mindfulness
  6. Pilates Works
  7. ZUMBA4U
  8. The Tapping Solution
  9. Ever widening circles
  10. Moving Art
  11. Nature Healing Society
  12. Positive Psychology
  13. Temple Grandin
  14. Country Meats Direct

Enjoy the Journey

I have created my own mindfulness meditation and urge anyone seeking a more positive existence to do the same. Feel free to use The Life Boat if it suits you.