Our brains do not have to be fixed, they can be plastic.

Our brains do not have to be fixed, they can be plastic.

I am talking about being optimistic enough to sow some seeds in the hope that some of them will germinate and grow into flowers.

If someone is depressed they tend to retreat within the inner circle of their comfort zone which in the longer term, may contribute to exacerbating a problem rather than soothing it and if not seeking to expand the comfort zone becomes the norm.

Our emotional map is laid down mainly in relationship with our earliest caregiver in the first couple of years of life.

It used to be thought that you stopped making new neural connections in your youth and from then on your brain was fixed and it was downhill all the way. But in fact as we know from our own experience we can keep on learning and learning means changing our brain on a physical level.

There are probably times where the creative process is not helped by collaboration.