South African Neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf Cleans Up Your Mental Mess

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Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. Since the early 1980s she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change (neuroplasticity) with directed mind input.
During her years in clinical practice she worked with many people who struggled with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), learning disabilities (ADD, ADHD), autism, dementias and mental ill-health issues like anxiety and depression.
She also teaches at academic, medical and neuroscience conferences, churches, and to various audiences around the world. Dr. Leaf is also the bestselling author of Switch on Your Brain, Think Learn Succeed, Think and Eat Yourself Smart, and now is out with her brand new book Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess - 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps To Reduce Anxiety, Stress, And Toxic Thinking.
In her new book she explores with rigorous research why the mind and brain are different and how what is often treated as a perceived mental illness of the brain is really about the mind and the stories and identities embedded into individuals. In her new book she outlines the necessity of managing your mind and does so with her own process called neurocycling.
Join us as we explore:
How Dr. Leaf has fought for decades to focus on the mind vs the brain.
The difference between brain and mind?
How all of us are capable and must strive to be Olympian mind athletes.
The interrelationship between beliefs and habits.
Why feelings of anxiety and depression are not mental illnesses.
How you’re mind must be managed because it is always with you.
How managing your mind is about catching signals and owning them.
How mental health isn’t about the brain - it’s about the mind.
The danger of identifying oneself as a disease
How the theory of a “chemical imbalance” in the brain is a myth
What neurocycling is explained with a real world example
Mentions
Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess - 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps To Reduce Anxiety, Stress, And Toxic Thinking, PREORDER available now on:
https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com
https://drleaf.com
https://www.amazon.com/Cleaning-Your-Mental-Mess-Scientifically/dp/0801093457
Preorder comes with amazing bonus content including exclusive bonus chapters, a free one month subscription to the app, free webinars and much more
https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/

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