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https://ShatteredResistance.blogspot.com. New book of poetry offers insight into Bipolar illness. Available on Amazon either in paperback or in Kindle. Fabulous, timely poetic verse. Controversial and disturbing. BRAINTENANCE: Train, Strain And Improve Your Brain. Expand Your Mind. http://braintenance.blogspot.com Braintenance contains articles, resources, exercises, games and specially-designed protocols to improve the power of your brain and your mind in every significant aspect, including memory, cognition, IQ, plasticity, creativity and problem-solving ability. Key Terms : brain, mind, cognitive enhancement, memory, brain gym exercises, IQ, plasticity, mind expansion, creativity, meditation, altered states, perception, self-hypnosis, self-growth, neuron, artificial intelligence, learning, somatic intellect, mathematics, language, dissonance, individualism, herd mentality, puns and word games, linguistics, genius, emotion, subconscious, unconscious, intuition, instinct, psychedelic...
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Commitment+Control+Challenge=SUCCESS || Braintenance

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While sifting through the vast quality of articles, newsletters and reports in my Braintenance Inbox, I came across  an interesting "News Release" written and distributed by PsychTests that truly resonated with me. It's about why some of us survive and actually thrive under the trials of adversity, while others crumble and become embittered to the point of immobility. Please read on... Diagnosis: Attitude Problem – PsychTests’ Study Reveals How The Trait Of Resilience Affects Well-being   Research by PsychTests.com indicates that resilient people approach stress, challenge, and life in a way that boosts their well-being.   Montreal, Canada – November 3, 2015 – Attitude is everything. The Buddha wisely said that “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry ...
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Brainwave Entrainment For Mind Mastery - Braintenance - Douglas E. Castle

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Brainwave Entrainment For Mind Mastery By Douglas E. Castle for The Braintenance Blog And GEI Consulting External Audio And Visual Stimuli Can Change Brainwaves, Brain Chemistry And Your Thinking Brainwave entrainment is any practice that aims to cause brainwave frequencies to either mimic or to fall into step with a periodic stimulus having a frequency corresponding to the intended brain-state (for example, to induce sleep or to induce focus), usually attempted with the use of specialized light and sound effects. It depends upon a "frequency following" response based upon the assumption that the human brain has a tendency to change its dominant EEG frequency toward the frequency of a dominant external stimulus. Entrainment is not to be confused with subliminal programming where thought patterns are subconsciously or superconsciously receiving actual audio or visual messages to induce behavioral or mood changes. For Entrainment, stimulus may be audio, as in the case of bin...
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Your Personal DiSC Assessment: Braintenance – Douglas E. Castle

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Your Personal DiSC Assessment: Braintenance – Douglas E. Castle How will you work in a team setting? What probable role would you gravitate toward? Will you play well with others? DiSC is a personal assessment tool used to improve work productivity, teamwork and communication. DiSC is non-judgmental and helps people discuss their behavioral differences. If you participate in a DiSC program, you'll be asked to complete a series of questions that produce a detailed report about your personality and behavior. What does DiSC stand for? Dominance Person places emphasis on accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence Influence Person places emphasis on influencing or persuading others, openness, relationships Steadiness Person places emphasis on cooperation, sincerity, dependability Conscientiousness Person places emphasis on quality and accuracy, expertise, competency Each of us can be placed (after having been tested) into one of the above categories. You'll get to test yours...
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Make Your Brain Happy -- Braintenance

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When your brain is absorbed in a problem-solving task which requires a great deal of visualization, imagination and innovation, it is operating on "all of its cylinders." But if you can consciously convince your brain {which behaves like a small child sometimes) that the tasks which it is undertaking are games (the "gamification of problem-solving"), your brain will be even further stimulated as it perceives challenges without consequences for failure. When your game plays games, it is not being nudged by your subconscious mind about past failures or the possibility of additional failures. There is a wonderful website which I'd like to share with you in order to assist you in getting your brain to light up with sheer pleasure. My suggestion is to play games from this site (you might wish to bookmark it or make it a favorite) whenever you are faced with an uncooperative, exhausted mind. It just might be the tonic that you need to reboot your brain into productio...
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Associative Context Spoils Your Fun - Braintenance

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The image below strikes fear into the hearts of even the bravest persons. It is always worrisome and is universally annoying. It's clearly a sad case of "associative context". If you were to see this little video without knowing what it signified [for example, if you were living in certain parts of the Amazon rainforest], you might actually find it mesmerizing and quite soothing. Why not share it with everyone you know? http://Braintenance.blogspot.com .  Douglas E. Castle BRAINTENANCE: Train, Strain And Improve Your Brain. Expand Your Mind. http://braintenance.blogspot.com Braintenance contains articles, resources, exercises, games and specially-designed protocols to improve the power of your brain and your mind in every significant aspect, including memory, cognition, IQ, plasticity, creativity and problem-solving ability. Key Terms : brain, mind, cognitive enhancement, memory, brain gym exercises, IQ, plasticity, mind expansion, creativity, meditation, altered ...
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Brainstorming Techniques: Top Proven Methods

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BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUES: TOP PROVEN METHODS By: Douglas E. Castle Of GEI Consulting For The Braintenance Blog Utilize Brainstorming To Unleash The Power Of Your Mind Your mind is an endlessly powerful, multi-dimensional multipurpose tool. Regardless of its incredible power, too much conscious focus on attaining a particular goal or on solving a specific, perplexing problem eventually causes a sort of “burnout,” where creative methods and solutions become increasingly elusive as you become increasingly fatigued. It is at times like these, when the indirect subconscious approach, i.e., solo brainstorming, can provide us with a renewed perspective. While most people talk about brainstorming in groups (“let's toss some ideas around and see what we come up with...”), in this article we'll find ways of brainstorming alone using a combination of techniques and approaches. At its best, brainstorming is a means of combining the power of the subconscious with the power of the colle...
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