Meditators are shown to have thickening in parts of the brain structure that deal with attention, memory and sensory functions. This was found to be more noticeable in older, more practiced meditators than in younger adults which is interesting because this structure usually tends to get thinner as we age.

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

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.

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

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.

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