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- Herausgeber: Ben Business Group LLC
- Kategorie: Ratgeber
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021
Summary of Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess
.The world is characterized by fear in different spheres of life such as health, the future, making ends meet, all of which—due to the feeling of powerlessness or having no control that they cause—leads to thoughts and stress characterized by toxicity, anxiety and depression. These toxic thoughts often lead to the mismanagement of the mind because society is so much dependent on the use of medications.
According to the author, there’s another way to treat the mismanagement of the mind when anxiety and depression start to creep in. Getting the proper care and techniques for mind management is crucial because when the mind is filled with toxic thoughts, we tend to become more vulnerable to diseases. Researchers have recently confirmed that up to 90 percent of—illness that includes heart disease, cancer and diabetes—are caused by stress and thoughts that are toxic.
The way toxicity works to make us more vulnerable is that toxic stress (and thoughts) triggers the release of stress hormones called cortisol and homocysteine which can have vast effects on the immune, cardiovascular and neurological systems. According to the author, many people still lack the necessary knowledge, skills and tools to adequately manage their minds, despite the popularization of the need or importance to maintain a healthy lifestyle. She noted that the skills necessary for the mind...
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Table of contents
SUMMARY of Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess
Chapter 1: USING THE MIND, THE WRONG WAY
Chapter 2: WHY CARING FOR THE MIND IS IMPORTANT?
Chapter 3: BENEFITS OF NEURO CYCLE
Chapter 4: RESEARCH BEHIND NEURO CYCLE BENEFITS
Chapter 5: BENEFITING FROM THE RESEARCH
Chapter 6: THE MIND IS DIFFERENT FROM THE BRAIN
Chapter 7: THE MIND
Chapter 8: NEUROCYCLING
Chapter 9: DIRECTED NEUROPLASTICITY
Chapter 10: FORMING A HABIT
Chapter 11: BRAIN BUILDING
Chapter 12: NEUROCYCLE VS TRAUMA
Chapter 13: BREAKING BAD HABITS
Chapter 14: MIND-MANAGEMENT LIFESTYLE
TRIVIA QUESTIONS
SUMMARY of Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess
by Dr. Caroline - Leaf 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking - A Comprehensive Summary
SUMMARY of Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess
The world is characterized by fear in different spheres of life such as health, the future, making ends meet, all of which—due to the feeling of powerlessness or having no control that they cause—leads to thoughts and stress characterized by toxicity, anxiety and depression. These toxic thoughts often lead to the mismanagement of the mind because society is so much dependent on the use of medications.
According to the author, there’s another way to treat the mismanagement of the mind when anxiety and depression start to creep in. Getting the proper care and techniques for mind management is crucial because when the mind is filled with toxic thoughts, we tend to become more vulnerable to diseases. Researchers have recently confirmed that up to 90 percent of—illness that includes heart disease, cancer and diabetes—are caused by stress and thoughts that are toxic.
The way toxicity works to make us more vulnerable is that toxic stress (and thoughts) triggers the release of stress hormones called cortisol and homocysteine which can have vast effects on the immune, cardiovascular and neurological systems. According to the author, many people still lack the necessary knowledge, skills and tools to adequately manage their minds, despite the popularization of the need or importance to maintain a healthy lifestyle. She noted that the skills necessary for mind...
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Introduction
Cleaning Up YourMental Mess: 5 Simple,Scientifically ProvenSteps toReduceAnxiety, Stress, andToxicThinking is the latest book from bestselling celebrity doctor and author, Dr Caroline Leaf, which was published in March 2021.
The book discusses at length how the mind—which is divided into conscious, subconscious and unconscious—can be used to detox the brain of toxic thought, habits, trauma. Also, using mind-management tools such as the 5 Step Neurocycle that was developed by the author, the book shows how bad habits can be gotten rid of, and new and positive habits built in 63 days cycles.
Chapter 1: USING THE MIND, THE WRONG WAY
The world is characterized by fear in different spheres of life such as health, the future, making ends meet, all of which—due to the feeling of powerlessness or having no control that they cause—leads to thoughts and stress characterized by toxicity, anxiety and depression. These toxic thoughts often lead to the mismanagement of the mind because society is so much dependent on the use of medications.
According to the author, there’s another way to treat the mismanagement of the mind when anxiety and depression start to creep in. Getting the proper care and techniques for mind management is crucial because when the mind is filled with toxic thoughts, we tend to become more vulnerable to diseases. Researchers have recently confirmed that up to 90 percent of—illness that includes heart disease, cancer and diabetes—are caused by stress and thoughts that are toxic.
The way toxicity works to make us more vulnerable is that toxic stress (and thoughts) triggers the release of stress hormones called cortisol and homocysteine which can have vast effects on the immune, cardiovascular and neurological systems. According to the author, many people still lack the necessary knowledge, skills and tools to adequately manage their minds, despite the popularization of the need or importance to maintain a healthy lifestyle. She noted that the skills necessary for mind management can be learned, but it’s not something that is learned and applied just once, it is to be applied daily as we grow.
The mind is significant to daily living. Hence, understanding how it works, and how to manage it contributes greatly towards living a healthy life. Unlike food that we can do without for three weeks, or water for three days, humans cannot do without thinking even for three seconds.
Mind management thus helps us go through rough and happy times, and is a place where each individual can be realistic about their success, rather than compare themselves to the standards of the popular wellness industry. Dr Leaf noted that one of the reasons the wellness industry is not good for us is it creates rules that are applied to everyone when it comes to healing and health.
Furthermore, Dr Leaf submitted that the competitiveness between individuals that is created by the wellness industry can often lead to internalized failure when we begin to feel that what is working for others is not working for us. This competitiveness stems from the adoption of some magic formula that states that "y would go away once people use x". When this magic formula works in others and not us, we begin to think we're the problem.
The bad mind-management decisions, coupled with others led the author to conclude that mismanagement of the mind has reached its peak. Cohabitation which used to be high in previous decades has declined, younger people are dying—from preventable lifestyle diseases—more than in previous decades despite advancements in medicine and technology. In addition to this, the rate of suicide, toxic additions, depression and anxiety have also gone up.
According to the author, the loss of our ability to think and focused mind management has contributed in large part to the problems facing this generation. This loss is partly due to the information age in which we have found ourselves. People are no longer ready to put in the hard work required to get results and true change.
Also, rather than focus on the processing of knowledge, people are now more focused on gathering data before making conclusions and jumping to solutions. Because mental health issues do not give themselves to this "quick fix" life we are used to in this era, people feel guilty and give up easily. This in turn leads to more mental and physical health damage.
The information era has also led to the increased reliance on biomedical and neuroreductionistic ways of managing mental health. Neuroreductionistic means the focus on the physical aspects of the brain when it comes to mental issues. For example, this view concludes that the imbalance in serotonin is the cause of depression.
According to the author, while this method or view of treating mental issues is valid in some cases, it greatly ignores other aspects that contribute to the life and experiences of individuals. For example, abuse in childhood, or the experience of racism which may be part of the causes of an individual’s mental struggles are usually ignored.
Chapter 2: WHY CARING FOR THE MIND IS IMPORTANT?
Chapter two delves into what caring for the mind means, and why it is important to elevate mind-management as a top priority. As mentioned in the previous chapter, the number of people falling into depression, and experiencing anxiety and fear that is characterized by toxicity is increasing.
The increase in this number has led physicians and patients alike to ask the important question of what the possible solution might be. According to Dr Leaf, a change of lifestyle is one possible solution, especially as recent studies have shown that many diseases are lifestyle-related. These lifestyle changes may include exercising regularly, eating wholesome foods, getting enough sleep, and limiting screen time.
However, to implement the various advices on lifestyle changes that abounds in books, blogs and social media, a “thought” has to happen. In other words, it is a “thought” that kick starts the change—that requires action and application—we so much desire. When we first change our thoughts—by changing and taking care of our minds—our brain is rewired to create actions that affect the lifestyle changes we want. This connection between the mind and action is otherwise known as mind-in-action.
