In order to stretch ourselves we do need to experience the vulnerability of not knowing the outcome.

A relapse doesn't mean you'll never walk down the path you prefer. But I think relapses are almost an inevitable part of any course of self-development.

In order to stretch ourselves we do need to experience the vulnerability of not knowing the outcome.

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.

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.

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

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