How to Strengthen Your Brain’s Happiness Circuitry

I used to think that being happier was all about teaching yourself to think more positively. But often the most powerful path to increasing happiness is to strengthen the right brain circuits by using these five simple neuroscience tips. Read more.

Stop Thinking Positively

These days we’re inundated with messages about the power of positive thinking, but sometimes positive thinking can actually interfere with success. Fortunately, there is another way. Read more.

Empty Man Syndrome

 For some people depression is a hole they can’t ever seem to climb out of. Often there are several factors conspiring against them. Read more.

Yoga: Changing the Brain’s Stressful Habits

Three times a week at 7AM my Dad drives to a dance studio five blocks from the beach.  In the bright, hardwood room, which sits above a Radioshack, a muscular man with a shaved head and board shorts whispers instructions in a mix of English and Sanskrit. It was here that I first came to understand the effects of yoga on the brain. Read more.