Today’s guest was Laurel Mellin. She is a clinical professor of family and community medicine and pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She directs the national research coordinatin center for emotional brain training (EBT) in UCSF’s Center for Health and Community, and she has authored two best-selling books on EBT. We focused on her book, “Wired for Joy.”

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Eighty percent of health problems today are due to the downstream effects of stress. And because an overload of stress leads the brain to become wired for extremes of emotions, thoughts, and behavior, you can see its negative effects in every area of your life. Stress symptoms include everything from high blood pressure, to heart disease, to addictions, to chronic anger. …

This week Ajayan interviewed Lee Gerdes, author of Limitless You: The Infinite Possibilities of a Balanced Brain. We now know that the brain can rewire its own network and optimize its capabilities. Are you ready to balance your brain? Listen in!

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This week we spoke with Dr. Rick Hanson. He is a neuropsychologist, a meditation teacher and is a weekly contributor to psychology-today.com. He has written and taught extensively about the essential inner skills of personal well-being, psychological growth, and contemplative practice – as well as about relationships, family life, and raising children. We discussed his work including his latest book, “Buddha’s Brain.”

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This week on Healthy You! we will be talking about how to “rewire for happiness, well-being and success,” with Dr. Rick Hanson. Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s. Then they used their minds to change their brains in ways that changed history.

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