Key insights from
This Is Your Brain On Joy: A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health, and Nurturing Spiritual Growth
By Earl Henslin
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11 minute read
Published Jun 27, 2011
What you'll learn
Some scientists have referred to the brain as the hardware of the soul. So what happens when the hardware is not functioning at an optimal level? If the hardware is compromised, then any software we try to add will have little to no effect. If we hope to experience joy in our lives, we must learn how the brain works. It turns out that the decisions we make can impact the brain, which means we have some measure of control over how much joy we experience in life. This Is Your Brain On Joy shows us how the brain functions, and gives suggestions for how our capacity for joy can be enhanced.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 Hospitals are now recommending prayer and meditation to patients because of its demonstrable impact on brain function.
- 2 The scan of a happy brain actually lights up in the pattern of a smiley face.
- 3 You can reshape your brain through your choices and lifestyle.
- 4 We are more likely to get high on life instead of on drugs when we have strong social ties and pleasant surroundings.
- 5 Transforming our inner world can lead to greater levels of joy.
- 6 Happiness levels are closely connected to nutrition.
- 7 Neuroscience is catching up with the Apostle Paul’s teachings about joy two millennia later.
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