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

As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity

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

I think there is probably something evolutionary in that we are drawn to the easiest option. But in our age of convenience, cars, ready meals and off the peg mean that we are in danger of being mentally under stretched.

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

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

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