Athena Staik, Ph.D., in a very stimulating article, talks about the interactions that bring about change, the major players in the process and who or what is in control.

Dr. Staik sums up how to change toxic thinking patterns thusly:

It’s up to conscious you.
How you think and relate to events and life around you spark molecular changes in your brain. They are your own unique responses to the events or persons in your life.

In most situations, you can choose how sad or happy you are to be. You can consciously choose your responses to events, and in this way, wire new associations in your brain. It’s not easy, and yes in many cases, the support of a professional may be necessary.

By practicing methods of conscious relating to your self, your breath, your mind, your emotions, your body, your thoughts, you can alter the way your brain cells communicate.

Why not let your brain work for you with optimal efficiency by discovering the power of making conscious changes and living an overall conscious life?

In the next post, more on conscious change processes and the types of neural changes that control the flow of information in the brain. http://blogs.psychcentral.com/relati...rns/#more-3988

I look forward to the second part.