Simple tools to bypass a noisy mind and give you easy access to your brain resources: intuition, curiosity, creativity, spontaneity, resilience, and durability. When access to the brains resources is easier, we are better problem solvers and live in a rich universe. When our maps of the universe are richer we have more options and cognitive flexibility. The sequence to achieve these desired outcomes is to recognize that brain and mind function differently. Second, the noisy parts of the brain are bypassed. Third, the brain clarity makes it possible to challenge and update old programmed mindset. Fourth, the brain and newly up-to-date mind can be celebrated with gusto.

I'll talk about initial steps for restructuring brain and mind. I’ll introduce the central role of another brain part — the cingulate gyrus - a bridge between brain and mind, biology and consciousness. This C-shaped structure wrapped around your brain's center is where a lot of the magic of being happens. When functioning properly the cingulate is a traffic director for information exchange, the vehicle for empathic connection with others, and an emotional exchange center.

The cingulate integrates emotional and cognitive information in ways that create experience. Brain scans also show it can get stuck.

Depression and anxiety often involve hyperactive rumination circuits in the cingulate. The brain mind clinical tools change brain structure and reshape biology by soothing the cingulate and bypassing the conflicted mind.

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