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“You cannot sit back and wait to be happy and healthy and have a great thought life; you have to make the choice to make this happen. You have to choose to get rid of the toxic and get back in alignment with God. You can be overwhelmed by every small setback in life, or you can be energized by the possibilities they bring.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Thoughts are real, physical things that occupy mental real estate. Moment by moment, every day, you are changing the structure of your brain through your thinking. When we hope, it is an activity of the mind that changes the structure of our brain in a positive and normal direction.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Frame your world with your words.”
― Caroline Leaf, Who Switched Off My Brain?

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. Peace Pilgrim”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Main Scripture: We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV Linked Science Concept: When you objectively observe your own thinking with the view to capturing rogue thoughts, you in effect direct your attention to stop the negative impact and rewire healthy new circuits into your brain.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Our brains are made for love. Not fear. Not performance. Not aggression. But LOVE.”
― Caroline Leaf

“You are not a victim. You can control your reactions. You do have a choice.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“We are not victims of our biology. We are co-creators of our destiny alongside God. God leads, but we have to choose to let God lead. We have been designed to create thoughts, and from these we live out our lives (Prov. 23:7).”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“The sins of parents create a predisposition, not a destiny.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“social media addict? This is a very real problem—so much so that researchers from Norway developed a new instrument to measure Facebook addiction called the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale.[3] Social media has become as ubiquitous as television in our everyday lives, and this research shows that multitasking social media can be as addictive as drugs, alcohol, and chemical substance abuse. A large number of friends on social media networks may appear impressive, but according to a new report, the more social circles a person is linked to, the more likely the social media will be a source of stress.[4] It can also have a detrimental effect on consumer well-being because milkshake-multitasking interferes with clear thinking and decision-making, which lowers self-control and leads to rash, impulsive buying and poor eating decisions. Greater social media use is associated with a higher body mass index, increased binge eating, a lower credit score, and higher levels of credit card debt for consumers with many close friends in their social network—all caused by a lack of self-control.[5] We Can Become Shallow”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“God designed humans to observe our own thoughts, catch those that are bad, and get rid of them.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Multitasking is a persistent myth. Paying deep, focused attention to one task at a time is the correct way.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Because we are made in God’s image (Gen. 1:26) and have the “mind of Christ” (1 Cor. 2:16), our normal state is one of perfection.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Satan, the father of lies (John 8:44), will come at you with a thousand negative probabilities, but you always need to remember that a probability has no power.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Romans 12:2: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (NIV).”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Daytime thinking is a building process, whereas nighttime thinking is a sorting process.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“By the same token, if you choose to add a signal—for example, saying something like, “My mother had depression and that’s why I have depression, and now my daughter is suffering from depression”—then the epigenetic marks are activated. The thinking and speaking out the problem serve as the signal that makes it a reality.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“What your mind creates only your mind can take away.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Your body is not in control of your mind—your mind is in control of your body, and your mind is stronger than your body. Mind certainly is over matter.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“The American Institute of Health estimates that 75–90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related problems.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Our choices—the natural consequences of our thoughts and imagination—get “under the skin” of our DNA and can turn certain genes on and off, changing the structure of the neurons in our brains. So our thoughts, imagination, and choices can change the structure and function of our brains on every level:”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“How we think not only affects our own spirit, soul, and body but also people around us.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“You are wired for love, and fear is a learned and not a natural response (2 Tim. 1:7). You have the”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“We are not victims of our biology or circumstances. How we react to the events and circumstances of life can have an enormous impact on our mental and even physical health.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“As he thinks in his heart, so is he” (Prov. 23:7).”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Reaction is the key word here. You cannot control the events or circumstances of your life, but you can control your reactions.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Research shows that 75 to 98 percent of mental, physical, and behavioral illness comes from one’s thought life.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan

“Things are uncertain, but I can handle it. I’ve never experienced this before, but I can handle it. These are uncertain times, but I can handle it. I have no idea what’s going to happen, but I can handle it.”
― Caroline Leaf, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking

“Our mind is designed to control the body, of which the brain is a part, not the other way around. Matter does not control us; we control matter through our thinking and choosing. We cannot control the events and circumstances of life but we can control our reactions. In fact, we can control our reactions to anything, and in doing so, we change our brains. It’s not easy; it is hard work, but it can be done through our thoughts and choices.”
― Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health – Includes the 21-Day Brain Detox Plan