Nadia Buckus
One of the oldest precepts of neuroscience has been that our mental processes (thinking) originate from brain activity:
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Our brain is in charge when it comes to creating and shaping our mind.
However, more recent research has shown that it can also work the other way around:
That focused, repetitive mental activity can affect changes in your brain’s structure, wiring, and capabilities.
The actions we take can literally expand or contract different regions of the brain, firing up circuits or tamping them down.
The more you ask your brain to do, the more cortical space it sets up to handle the new tasks.
It responds by forging stronger connections in circuits that underlie the desired behaviour or thought and weakening the connections in others.
That way what you do and what you think, see, or feel is mirrored in the size of your respective brain regions and the connections your brain forms to accommodate your needs.
What does all this mean? It means that what we think, do, and say matters; that it affects who we become on the outside, the inside, and in our brain.
Mostly, it means that you can retrain your brain to be more positive. Start by thinking happy thoughts, looking on the bright side, and refocusing your brain when negative thoughts occur.
Your mind has the ability to determine how your brain thinks about what happens in your life. Use it to your own advantage to reframe events and think positively.
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