Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life

Document Outline

• Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Firing the Right Cells Together
    • Nurtured Nature
    • Neurons and Their Messengers
    • Cells That Fire Together Wire Together
    • How Neuroplasticity Occurs
    • Snap Judgments
    • FEED Your Brain
    • Marlee Feeds Her Brain
    • Test Yourself
  • Chapter 2: Taming Your Amygdala
    • Stress and False Alarms
    • Moderating Anxiety
    • Activating Your Parasympathetic Nervous System
    • Challenging the Paradox
    • Activating the Frontal Lobe and Changing Your Narrative
  • Chapter 3: Shifting Left
    • Priming Positive Moods
    • Constructing Narratives
    • The Power of Belief
    • Wiring Positive Thinking
    • Social Connecting
    • Brenda’s Bumps
    • Taking Action
  • Chapter 4: Cultivating Memory
    • Attention: The Gateway to Memory
    • The Types of Memory
    • Associations and Mnemonic Tricks
    • Eduardo’s Tables
    • How to Improve Your Memory
  • Chapter 5: Fueling Your Brain
    • Breaking a Fast
    • Sugar Factors
    • The Amino Acid Cornucopia
    • Vitamins and Minerals
    • Minerals and Phytonutrients
    • Nancy’s Fat Problem
    • Diet, Fats, and Depression
  • Chapter 6: Healthy Habits: Exercise and Sleep
    • Exercise and the Brain
    • Exercise Medicine
    • Regulating Your Sleep
  • Chapter 7: Social Medicine
    • Touch
    • The Effects of Nurturance and Its Deprivation
    • Bonding and Attachment
    • Mirror Neurons and Empathy
    • Love
  • Chapter 8: Resiliency and Wisdom
    • Attitude and Resiliency
    • Aging Youthfully
    • Resiliency and Social Support
  • Chapter 9: The Mindful Attitude
    • Awakening from Sleepwalking
    • Focused Attention
    • Parasympathetic Meditation
    • Mindfulness
    • The Mindful Brain
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author