Neurogenesis continues throughout life and we have the capacity to establish new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones.

Plasticity is an intrinsic property of the human brain and represents evolution's invention to enable the nervous system to escape the restrictions of its own genome and thus adapt to environmental pressures, physiologic changes, and experiences.

If you start from a position of I'm a no-hoper, in a paradoxical kind of way you are not risking being vulnerable.

It seems whether we have a tendency towards being flexible or structured affects how we create, how we parent, how we work.

A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem.

Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above the ground. So we feel reluctant to let go, after all, we've survived so far doing what we've done, why risk it.

When we had to survive on our wits, gather and kill our food from scratch and be more at the mercy of our environment than we are today, we probably had enough challenge to keep our brains healthy.