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

We need to look at the repetitions in the stories we tell ourselves [and] at the process of the stories rather than merely their surface content. Then we can begin to experiment with changing the filter through which we look at the world, start to edit the story and thus regain flexibility where we have been getting stuck

After a stroke we can re-learn how to talk, because by practicing we can establish different pathways in the brain, circumnavigating the damaged part.

We don't have to have suffered brain damage to take advantage of the plastic nature of our brains.

Whether you plan or whether you flow in order to be creative probably isn't the point. The point is to keep practicing to maintain neural pathways and to establish new ones by learning new skills.

Meditation is focused attention and the more we practise focusing our brains the more connections we build up.

Two brains are better than one. You've twice the brain capacity and you have two sets of experiences and genes to bring to any challenge.