Super Brain: Unleashing the explosive power of your mind to maximize health, happiness and spiritual well-being

In order to get over your fear of being anxious, you need to cultivate thoughts like the following: I am not going to die, no matter how scary this is. I need to face my exaggerated sense of danger. Since I know I can survive, I can risk not running away from my fear. I can face fear and still do things that scare me. The more I face fear, the more

So-called lower creatures enjoy freedom from psychological fear. When a cheetah attacks a gazelle, it panics and fights for its life. But if no predator is present, the gazelle leads an untroubled life, so far as we know. We humans, however, suffer terribly in our inner world, and this suffering gets translated into physical problems. The stakes ar

I’m doing it again. I feel bad when I worry. I need to stop at this moment. The future is unknown. Worrying about it is pointless. I’m doing myself no good.

You can put a few harmless spiders on someone who is deathly afraid of them, and their panic may induce a heart attack. What’s stronger than reality? Knowing that you are the reality

Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt—they falsely color your reality.

Meditate. Examine your negative beliefs. Reject self-defeating reactions to life’s challenges. Learn new responses that are life-enhancing. Adopt a higher vision of your life and live by it. Recognize self-judgment and reject it. Stop believing that fear is okay just because it’s powerful. Don’t mistake moods for reality.

I’m on a learning curve.

By the same token, you should increase the predictable routines that help defend against stress. Everyone needs a good night’s sleep, regular exercise, a steady relationship, and a job they can count on.

If you are an enforcer in professional hockey and your job is to start fights on the ice, you’ve probably chosen to shape your brain circuitry to favor aggression. But it was always a choice, and if the day ever comes when you regret your choice, you can retire to a Buddhist monastery, meditate upon compassion, and shape the brain’s circuitry in a