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Wired to Love
Guest Blog by Don Joseph Goewey, author of Mystic Cool
The term cerebral or brainy is often used to describe a person who is remote, living in his or her own analytical world of thought, emotionally unavailable and socially awkward. These characteristics could not be less related to the neural properties of the brain. The human brain is a social organ, and its neural architecture is built for interpersonal connection. Schizophrenia and autism are disorders that make it difficult, if not impossible, for people to connect and feel connected to others. Both disorders appear to be linked to the impairment of neural architecture. The natural inclination of a functional brain is to connect. Separation makes the brain nervous. Expose an infant primate to an unpleasant stressor, place her in a room with primates that are strangers, and the stress reaction will exacerbate. Place the infant in a room with other primates who are her friends and family, and the stress reaction is mitigated.
BINGO, A Mystic Cool Story
In his marvelous book Mystic Cool Don Joseph Goewey explains how to “shift our attitude so that we can transcend toxic stress and succeed at what really matters to us.” [via Vitality] Here is a post from his blog.
A while back a series of problems surfaced in my life, one after another, all of them with serious ramifications. A business deal fell through, a money problem surfaced, two members of my family became very ill and the medicine each had been given wasn’t helping. The problems got under my skin and I watched helplessly as concern gradually grew into anxiety and anxiety devolved into depression. I worked at letting my fear go but the feelings of upset persisted. It was sort of like ushering an intruder out the front door and to the street, only to find him there in the house when I came back inside. (more…)
Don Goewey on Montel Williams
One of our favorite authors, the delightful Don Joseph Goewey, was asked to appear on a special 9/11 anniversary episode of the Montell Williams Across America. At the end of many personal stories of triumph, Montel brought Don on to explain the “Clear Button” technique from Mystic Cool. As a “Stress Elimination Expert” Don explained how the clear button technique allows people to move the stress they feel to the part of their brain that provides us creative problem solving.
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