Gloria Oladele

“In the beginning, it takes focus, effort, and more energy in your brain, but after you make the swing or say hello enough times, it becomes effortless. Thus, to rewire your brain you’ll have to stay with the new behavior long enough to make it become fairly automatic. In time, practice will make it effortless. Your brain won’t have to work as hard once you reach this level.”
― John B. Arden, Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life

“Effort shifts your attention from perception to action. Making a focused effort activates your brain to establish new synaptic connections.”
― John B. Arden, Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life

“Repetition rewires the brain and breeds habits. When”
― John B. Arden, Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life

“Because the amygdala can become hypersensitive, chronic stress can make you more jumpy and anxious. This is why a war veteran with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will hit the floor and cover his head when he hears the loud blast of fireworks. Before he has a chance to think about it, the blast reminds him of an improvised explosive device (IED) exploding or a gunshot. His amygdala triggers the fight-or-flight response—a false alarm. When you experience severe trauma or excessive chronic stress, the once-cooperative partnership between your hippocampus and your amygdala becomes skewed in favor of the amygdala. This is because the hippocampus is assaulted by excess cortisol and glutamate when the amygdala is pumped up. Cortisol and glutamate act to excite the amygdala, and the more it is excited, the more easily it is triggered.”
― John B. Arden, Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life