Main description:

The science of neuroplasticity demonstrates that our brains can and do change. We each not only have the power but use the power to create new neural pathways - for better or for worse. This science has demonstrated that we can create pathways that lead to resilience, vitality, greater peace of mind, and improved well-being.

Self-directed neuroplasticity is a method of accelerating neurological change through expressive writing. It's what happens when you harness the power of your pen or keyboard in service of intention, attention, and action for your greater good.

This workbook of expressive writing for brain change can lead to increased well-being. As you learn and apply the principles of neuroplasticity to your own life, staged and sequenced through masterful application of writing techniques designed to promote positive brain change, improved satisfaction will not be far behind.

Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Dear Reader: An Introduction to the Workbook

Section 1: A User-Friendly Guide to Your Brain and Your Journal

1. Prelude
2. Welcome to Neuroplasticity
3. The Art and Science of Expressive Writing
4. The Journal Ladder
5. Brain Maps
6. The Reflection Write

Section 2: The Write Way to Positive Brain Change

7. The Brain as Velcro (R) and Teflon (R)
8. Your Limbic System
9. The Brain Takes the Shape the Mind Rests Upon
10. Neural Darwinism
11. Neurons that Fire Together, Wire Together
12. For Your Olfactory Delight
13. The Masking of a Negative is Not a Positive
14. From Positive State to Positive Trait
15. Building Neural Circuitry
16. Series of Three
17. And Now for Something Completely Different
18. Anticipate a Blossoming of Creative Delight
19. Short Bursts of Radiance
20. A Radical Departure
21. Overwriting the Negative

Section 3: Our Last Collective Firings

22. Reprise: Your Brain Takes the Shape Your Mind Rests Upon
23. Bridging Into the Future

References
Literature Review: Evidence-Based Research on Expressive Writing
Acknowledgments
About the Authors