Improving relationships

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Love can have huge positive implications or it can have huge negative complications. Falling in love releases so many feel good chemicals it can cause us to be blind to red flags. Exercise: When you fell in love with the wrong person how did your gut instinct […]

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Regularly surprise your partner with small and memorable gestures to get keep them thinking about you. Exercise: Do something special for someone you love to embed yourself in his or her mind. Ok. I will do this. Update 9/5/2024. I’m in a bit of an argument with

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Relationships are going to be better if you are dealing with 2 healthy brains. Andy’s brain looked 25 years older than his actual age and he was having marital problems. Andy was having 3-4 alcoholic drinks a day but justified it by saying he never gets drunk.

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Dr. Amen was getting stressed out over a particularly difficult married couple. After 9 months he wanted to give up. He almost suggested to them they should get divorced. As a last ditch effort he decided to scan their brains. The scans showed that she had a

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Neuroscience can be used in a practical way to help improve your relationships. Do you have a partner that says no a lot. Try rephrasing your question. Instead of “would you like to…” try ” I’ll bet you don’t want to…”. This should help your partner give

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog This chapter has an anecdote about a married couple very close to divorce. As a last ditch effort from their counselor they were referred to Dr. Amen. When Dr. Amen scanned their brains hers was normal and his looked like a drug users. The husband and wife

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog What you really mean is “I love you with all my brain.” Your brain controls all functions of you body. Eating, breathing, loving, etc. Your relationships will improve the better your brain gets. Exercise: What issues are most persistant in your most important relationships? How might your

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog Opposite to women, men tend to have less activity in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain. This makes men on average more risky and spontaneous than women. It also means that men are more likely to put themselves in stupid situations that will cause head injury. The

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog 10 Things Parents Should Never Do Exercise: Which of these behaviours do you use when dealing with your children? Make a plan to stop these harmful behaviors by switching to a behavior from day 157 I’m not a parent. Of all of them I hope I do

Synopsis about the “Change You Brain Everyday” Blog 8 Brain based parenting techniques Exercise: Which of these tips can you put into practice today? I am not a parent but many of these rules can still be applicable in other relationships. There are so many good ones that it is hard to choose just one.