Neural Path Therapy How to Change Your Brain's Response to Anger, Fear, Pain & Desire

When we set out to describe the problems this book can help fix--the stressful and anxiety-provoking conditions of everyday living--we quite simply ran out of space. It's no secret that life is tough, and that each passing year isn't making it any easier. Whether you're more stressed by politics, the environment, your relationships, major life changes, or just the daily task of keeping food on the table, it's easy to let life knock down and hard to get back up again. But this book offers readers a chance at a different way of life. It shows them how to accept their lives as you are, regard the events of each day with nonjudgmental awareness, and stop obsessive thoughts from compounding their feelings of helplessness and frustration. The basic idea is that neural pathways strengthen with use and weaken with disuse. While certain events are likely to provoke a hardwired neural response in us, we are capable of creating new neural paths with no more than a thought. Instead of letting automatic triggers dictate our responses to painful events, we can use this characteristic of our nervous systems to short-circuit the responses that lead to painful thoughts and emotions.McKay, Matthew is the author of 'Neural Path Therapy How to Change Your Brain's Response to Anger, Fear, Pain & Desire', published 2005 under ISBN 9781572244269 and ISBN 1572244267.