Book Summary of Switch On Your Brain with Hope The author begins each chapter by linking scripture and scientific concepts. According to the author, most trained professionals saw the brain as a fixed machine for thousands of years. Until recently, treatment of conditions and damage was to compensate for loss of function, not to restore it. The author notes that she was trained to think this way as a doctor, which conflicted with her religious understanding of mental suffering and limitations. Her experience with patients showed the opposite: that the brain can not only endure a lot, it can heal and grow despite neurological adversity With this new knowledge comes a new responsibility to consider the consequences of how we use our minds. Free will is backed by both science and spirituality. In fact, both combine to shape your world. While it is common knowledge that actions can have consequences that ripple out, so can thoughts. The author notes her experience with various patients who changed their minds and their lives. Day by day, her patients used brain cells they had conceived in their sleep to conquer negative thinking and replace it with a healthy daily dose of positivity. Dr. Leaf refers to this process as neurogenesis. The author sees your mind as controlling your body, not the other way around. In other words, your biology doesn't have the final say in what sort of life you are able to live. You may not be able to control everything, but your reactions to various situations become a physical reality. Based on this knowledge, the author says it's fair to say we are designed to love, as our minds are made in God's image as much as our bodies. One of the most profound points Dr. Leaf makes is that "forgiveness is not the battle you think it is" in life. You don't have to live out life as a victim. For more information click on BUY BUTTON
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