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BrainWise®: Antidote for Fake News – Part II

[caption id="attachment_914" align="alignleft" width="150"] Benjamin Franklin - “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”[/caption] No one would associate fake news and untruths with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and other leaders...

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BrainWise®: Antidote for Fake News and Lizard Brain Reactions

In November, Stanford University researchers shared their “bleak” and “dismaying” findings on research they conducted with 7,804 youth regarding how they interpreted information on the internet.  They asked the students to discern fake stories from real stories, activist groups from...

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Using BrainWise to Cope with Stress

[caption id="attachment_901" align="alignleft" width="150"] Kelly McGonigal, PhD, Stanford psychologist[/caption] In a number of situations, accepting and embracing stress can make you healthier.  Once you appreciate that going through stress makes you better at it, it can be easier to face...

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BrainWise and Mindfullness

[caption id="attachment_893" align="alignleft" width="150"] Jill-Botle-Taylor, Brain Scientist and TED Talk Celebrity[/caption] "To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal...

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Impact of Teaching Others

Matt Sena is a BrainWise champion, and a member of the BrainWise Board of Directors. He is inspired in his work by thinking about the following formula, given to him by a former professor: ●Think about how many new people...

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