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Blog Entries by May Benatar, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. from 08/2012

Mental Health Notes: Stuart Smalley and Neuroplasticity

| Posted 08.08.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Peter Levine, Somatic Experiencing, Neuroplasticity, Psychotherapy, Neuroscience, Brain Science, Brain Neuroplasticity, Meditation Neuroplasticity, Brain Science Neuroplasticity, Emotional Intelligence, Neuroplasticity and the Brain, Mental Health Neuroplasticity, Healthy Living News

What we now know about neural functioning indicates pretty strongly that what we think can and does change our brain. In the last 20 years there has been an explosion of new understanding in brain science.

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Mental Health Notes: Personal Transformation and Wrestling With the Dark Side

| Posted 08.31.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Psychotherapy, Transformation, Therapy, Personal Transformation, Self Awareness, Emotional Health, Emotional Wellness, Mental Health, Self Acceptance, Healthy Living News

While the power of positive thinking is an important and real possibility for us all in recasting our fates, the need to embrace the shadow -- those elements of our personality, our souls, of which we are least proud -- is a necessary element of transformation.

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