A
acculturation, 34
achievement and your effect on others, 78, 127–30
achievement-minded, 130
action imperative, 91
adaptation
about, 63, 71–72, 101, 108–10
allostatic, 46
evolutionary, 39
pragmatic, 12, 37–40, 44, 54, 58–59, 71, 186 (See also feedback loops)
adaptive brain. See also brain
feedback loops are engines of the, 7, 9, 13, 16, 57, 63, 69
flexibility promotes, 110
great minds and, 205
personality, ability to change elements of, 58
rebooting, 41
adaptive power, 64, 71–72, 107, 110
addictions, 82
advisor, the, 139
aggression, 91, 108
agreeableness, 42
Ahmed, Alaa, 130
alcohol and chemical thresholds, 78, 114–17
alcoholism, 116
Allen, James, 97
all-or-nothing thinking, 46–47, 49
allostasis, 44–45, 55, 179
allostatic adaptation, 46
Allport, Gordon, 42–43
altruistic belief, 102
ambiverts, 5
analysis-evaluation-action process, 111
anoetic, 180. See also instinct
antidepressant, 85, 132
antithetical thinking, 79
Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, 134
anxiety, xx, 80–81, 85, 100, 125. See also fear
anxiety levels, 40
Aristotle, 11
art, 125
art gallery, 126
art-exposure method, 126
aspects of the self, 87, 137
asserting yourself, 78, 107–9
assertive rights, 108–9
assertiveness skills, 108
attention, 87, 91, 96, 99, 101, 124, 180
attention density, 180
Aurelius, Marcus (Stoic philosopher), 34, 133
Auster, Paul, 57
automatic response, 99–100
automatic thoughts, 18, 49–50, 53, 139, 180–81
automaticity, 21, 97, 180, 205
autonoetic, 35, 72, 180
autonoetic personality, 35–36
autopilot, 22, 35, 64
awareness wedge, xix, 76, 79–81
B
bacterial infection, xxii
bad-boyfriend scenarios, xvii
Balzac, Honoré de, 117
basal ganglia, 180, 184
BCP. See Brain-Changer Principle (BCP)
Beck, Aaron, 133, 138, 158, 181, 224. See also Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Becker, Ernest, 133
behavioral
economics, 4
inhibitory centers, 116
psychology, xix
sciences, 41
therapies, 12
belief
about, 83–84, 102, 104, 110–11, 187
altruistic, 102
audit of your goals, bare-knuckles, 76, 83–84
benzodiazepine, 115
Berdik, Chris 88
“Big Five” personality factors, 42–44
biochemical, 76–79
biological evolution, 38–39, 58
biological survival, 39
biomechanics, 131
blindsight, 180
blog posts, 201
blood pressure, 18, 46
books. See library of the mind
Boroditsky, Lera, 123–24
brain. See also adaptive brain; mind
biochemically predetermined default settings, 209
cerebral cortex, 116, 187
chemistry, 115
cingulate system of the, 101
dimensions of “I” within the, 137
forebrain, 180, 182, 184
frontal cortex, 105, 186
hypothalamus, 116–17
insular cortex, 182
internal threat-alarm system, 103
left hemisphere of, 5
medulla, 117
midbrain, 184
modular processing system of, 69
neurochemical changes in, 13
as organic machines, 71
pain in the, 86
prefrontal cortex, 17–18, 22, 86, 95, 137, 184, 186
reward center, xix, 8, 88–89, 115–16, 139
right hemisphere of, 5
scans, xix, 152, 185
synchronization, impromptu, 77, 101–3
tumor, xxii
brain plasticity, 41, 54, 144. See also neuroplasticity
Brain-Changer Principle (BCP), 76, 81
brand-new you, 62
business strategy, 16
C
caffeine, 106
Cambridge University study, 132–33
Camus, Albert, 68, 107
Cannon, Walter Bradford, 45
cardinal traits, 43
career counselor, 119
catastrophic loss exercise, 78, 135–36
Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), 212
Cattell, Raymond, 43
CBT. See Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
ceilings, 113–14
celestial agency, 113
center of narrative gravity, 60
central traits, 43
cerebral cortex, 116, 187
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Amen), 101
change-resistant, 43–44
chaos of multiple “selves,” 60
chemical thresholds and alcohol, 78, 114–17
chemotherapy, 39
childhood desires and fantasies, 21
chimpanzees, 30, 58
choking on the money, 88
chunking, 181
churches’ scripting, 61
Churchill, Winston, 81
cingulate system, 101
Clark, Lee Anna (psychologist), 90
clock-watching, 106
cocaine, 115
cognitive
distortions, 13, 181
lodestone, 65
pause, 79
responses, 22
science, 4, 7, 41, 60, 85, 102, 118, 137
scientists, 9, 21, 29, 97
therapies, 12
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
about, 46, 138, 181
Beck, Aaron, 133, 138, 158, 181, 224
problem-solving rules, 50–51
collaborator, the, 140
commitment, 84, 120, 128, 211
communication patterns, 32
competitive culture, 122
competitive species, 122
composite “selves,” 60
confusion about where to go, 114
conscientiousness, 42–43
conscious
control of thinking, 69
detachment, 19
metarepresentation, 22
reasoning, 70
self-narrative, 59, 64–65, 72, 210
thought, xix, 81, 100, 184
thought, higher-order, 184
and unconscious motivations, synchronizing, 77, 92–94
conscious mind, 18 40 pieces of information per second, xx, 21–22, 70
space, 18, 21–23, 26, 49, 51, 79, 82–84, 86, 183
consumer societies, 34
contemplative pause, 79
conventional thinking, 131
corporate-isms, 120
corporate-speak, 120
cortisol, xviii, 85, 132
cosmic rule book, 111
Costa, Jr., Paul (personality theorist), 43
Covey, Stephen, 122
creativity, 35, 72, 92–93
Creator, the, 140
crime metaphors, 124
critical thought, 38
crystal meth, 115
cult of narcissistic intentionality, 213
cultural evolution, 38–39, 54, 58
cultural stimulus, 209–10
culture, regular doses of, 126
culture appreciation, 78, 125–26
D
da Vinci, Leonardo, 143
The Daily Brain (blog), 6
DBT. See Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
De Beauvoir, Simone, 109
decaffeinated coffee, 40
declarative metacognition, 181
demographic variables, 55
Dennett, Daniel, 60
dentate gyrus, 133
depressant, 115
depression, xxiv, 46, 86, 125, 132, 135. See also serotonin
despair, 83–84, 91
destructive thought patterns, xix
destructive thought process, xxv
detached perspective, 86
detachment, 12
detachment, higher-order level of, 58
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), 181, 184
Dickens, Charles, 88
dieting, 51
digital social networks, 39
Dionysian intentions, 213
director, the, 139
dishonesty forces/factors, 93
disqualifying
the negative, 46–47
the positive, 46–47
disrupter, 112
Dobbs, David, 204
dolphins, 30, 33, 36
dopamine, xix, 8, 41, 88–89, 115–16
Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 127
doubt, 38
Drucker, Peter, 113
E
Eckhart, Meister, 135
ego-dystonic, 52–53, 181
ego-symmetric
about, 52, 72, 181
personality, 52–54, 72
ego-syntonic, 52–53, 181
Einstein, Albert, 29, 100, 179
elephants, 30, 36, 58
embodied simulation, 148, 181
emotional
contagion, 90
experience, 90–92
experience feedback loop, 77, 90–92
explosion, 80
reasoning, 46–47, 49
well-being, elements of, 137
emotive enhancement, 99
employer’s scripting, 61
employment, 44, 58
enculturated emotion theory, 182
energy consumption, 131
engineer, the, 139
epidemiology, 16
epistemic
about, 21, 49, 182
feelings, 20–21, 34, 189
thoughts and feelings, 22, 27, 49
evolution, 21, 30, 34, 38, 63, 70
evolutionarily born instincts, 34
evolutionary
adaptation, 39
biology, 37
development in the human brain, 213
dilemma, 210
force, 63
inheritance, 31
interpretation of scientific data, 209
objectives, 60
process to trip us up and fake us out, 209
psychology, 4, 37
reality, 110
tree, 38
“excitatory” neurotransmitters, 115
exercise, 105–6, 132–33, 140
existential life preserver, 112
expand. See library of the mind; movies
explorer, 67–72
feedback technologies, 139
influences, 23, 46, 54, 61, 145
narratives, 72
scripting, 61, 64–65
exteroception, 182–83, 187
extroversion, 42–43
extrovert, 5
F
Facebook posts, 201
failure assessment, 78, 111–14
false expectations, 47–48
faulty comparisons, 47–48
fear, 52, 63, 80, 91, 100, 113, 202. See also anxiety
fear modulation, 137
fearful thoughts, 53
feedback loops. See also pragmatic adaptation
action stage of, 15–16, 26, 54, 57
adaptive brain and, 9, 13
“are engines of the adaptive brain,” 7, 9, 13, 16, 57, 63, 69
biological evolution and, 38
consequence stage of, 15, 26, 54, 57
emotional experience, 77, 90–92
endless, 5, 7
evidence stage of, 14–15, 26, 54, 57
habit, 81
illustrated, 15
metacognition and, 63–64, 69
negative-thinking, 71
relevance stage of, 14–15, 26, 54, 57
run our minds, 40
thinking errors distort, 48–49
feel good, 34, 195
feeling of knowing (FOK), 182–83, 189
fight-or-flight reaction, 31, 45–46
Finding Flow (Csikszentmihalyi), 194
first-order intentionality, 32, 183
five minds for the future, 138
flexible thinking, 110
fMRI. See functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
focus forward, 212–13
focus on achievement, 114
FOK. See feeling of knowing (FOK)
force field, 130
forebrain, 180, 182, 184
fortune telling, 46–47
fourth-order intentionality, 33, 183
Freud, Sigmund, 5
frontal cortex, 105, 186
Frost, Robert, 123
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 88
G
GABA, 115
Gardner, Howard (psychologist), 138
Gasset, José Ortega y, 134
genetic propensity, 61, 116
genetically scripted style, 61
get motivated, not overmotivated, 76, 88–90
Ginsberg, Allen, 98
glucose increases self-control, 77, 98–100
glutamate, xix, 8, 41, 115
goal pursuit, 89
goals, defined but path uncertain, xviii
God, 197
gods of biochemically induced self-sabotage, 214
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 75, 211–12
Golden Rule of habit change, 76, 81–82, 129
good journalist, 23–27
governing principles, 13–14, 147
governor, the, 139
great apes, 30
grief, 135–36
gum chewing, 76, 84–86
gut wisdom, 51
H
habit feedback loop, 81
habits, 81–82, 181
habitual thoughts, 34, 134
The Happiness Hypothesis (Haidt), 194
Hebb’s law, 182
helping someone else, 102
Herbert, Wray, 204
higher power, 61, 197
higher-order
conscious thought, 184
decisions, 80
thinking, 17, 182
high-level detachment, 79
Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell, 67
holy grail of homeostasis, 45
homeostasis, 44–45, 55, 182
Homo erectus, 38
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty (Ariely), 92
hopelessness, xxiv
Horace (Roman poet), 95
hormone tests, xix
The Human Use of Human Beings (Wiener), xviii–xix
Humphrey, Nicholas, 140
hyper arousal, 103
hyper-stress response, 46
hypothalamus, 116–17
I
INaction, 210
incentive salience, 88
“inhibitory” neurotransmitters, 115
inner noise, xix
inner silence, xix, 95–96
inner speech, 96
inner voice. See also instinct about, 33–34, 52, 139
educated and uneducated, 34, 36, 59
support in decision making, 139
input shuttle, 111
instinct, 24, 33–34, 59
insular cortex, 182
intentionality
first-order, 32, 36, 183
second-order, 33, 36, 183
third-order, 33, 36, 183
fourth-order, 33, 183
fifth-order, 33
sixth-order, 33, 183
defined, 182–83
internal
dialogues, xix
narratives, 72
noise, 96
scripts, 61
verbal barometer, 59
interoceptive awareness, 182–83
interpersonal neurobiology, 32
introspection, xix, 21, 26
introspection illusion, 21, 26, 69, 183
introvert, 5
ipsundrum, 183
J
James, William, 79, 114, 133, 205–7
Jaspers, Karl, 134
JOL. See judgment of learning (JOL)
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 125
journalist(s)
good, 23–27, 59
inside, 23–26
process steps of a, 23–27, 59
science, 203
the, 139
judgment of learning (JOL), 182–83
judgmental heuristics, 77, 97–98
K
Katie, Byron, 133
keep doing something, 77, 103–4
Kipling, Rudyard, 86
L
labeling, 47–49
Lao Tzu, 94
learned knowledge, 35, 72
left hemisphere of brain, 5
left-brain interpreter, 183–84
library of the mind. See also movies
fiction and memoirs, 169–72
nonfiction books, 144–57
nonfiction reads, 157–67
works by William James, 206–7
life satisfaction, 41, 44, 125–26
life scenario, 62
limbic system, 31, 187
lip service, 62
Lippmann, Walter, 210
literature, reading challenging, 78, 126–27
living in the now, 121–22
logic, 198
losing the plot, 118
loss exercise, catastrophic, 78, 135–36
love what you do, 78, 117–22
M
magnification and minimization, 46–47
magpies, 31
managers, 120–21
Managing Your Mind (Butler and Hope), 108
marital status, 44, 58
marketing campaigns, 110
Massimini, Marcello, 105
mastication-induced arousal, 85
Matin, Leondard, 99
Maximum Brainpower (Breznitz and Hemmingway), 83
McCrae, Robert (personality theorist), 43
meditation, 19
Meditations (Antoninus), 134–35
medulla, 117
melatonin, 105
memory, 5, 17, 19, 85–86, 91, 118, 132–33
memory, “confabulate,” 118
mental
images, 100
limitations, 209
network, 17
paralysis, 103
representations, 139
space, 30
stimulation, 81
theater, 17–20, 26, 184, 189
mentalization, 31, 35–36
metacognition
adaptive power and, 72
in the consciousness context, 20–22
to create a loss scenario, 136
defined, 9, 184
feedback loops and, 63–64, 69
higher-order, 20, 22, 27, 50
internal tool, our most powerful, 13
lower-order, 20, 22, 26–27, 50
thinking about thinking, xvii, xix, xxvi, 13, 26
what is it?, 12–13
metacognition, indispensable roles of, 138
metacognition loop, 17–19, 22, 26, 29, 35
metacognitive
abilities, 58, 138, 188
action, 212
awareness, 22–23, 27, 30, 58, 184
categories, 138
control, 23, 92, 94
knowledge, 23
monitoring, 23
processing, 17, 19
soapbox, 33, 59
space, 53
metaphor quotient (MQ), 78, 123–24, 184
metaphorical rudiments, 123
metarepresentation
about, 184, 189
conscious, 22
of mind, twelve, 24, 79, 137–40
microRNA particle, 39
midbrain, 184
mind. See also brain
management by body movement, 78, 131–33
monitored by the mind, 140
reading, 46–49
shift, 4–6
twelve metarepresentations of, 78, 137–40
Mind Over Mind (Berdick and Berridge), 88–89
mindful integration, seeking, 77, 94–95
mindfulness, 96, 181, 184
mindfulness meditation, 96
Mindhacker (Hale-Evans), 79
mind-muscle combo, 131
minds of metacognitive pioneers, 78, 133–35
mindscape, 10, 53, 67, 76, 174
mindsight, 149, 184
mirror neurons, 181, 185
modern modes of thinking, 39
mood state, 90–91
moral
indignation, 19
outrage, 19
reminder, 93–94
more-efficient thinking, 131
motivational centers, 99
motor functions, 70
motor-function-control module, 18
movies. See also library of the mind
list of, 173–78
watching challenging, 78, 126–27
MQ. See metaphor quotient (MQ)
multitasking, 213
Mumford, Lewis, 134
museum, 126
N
narrative salience, 62–63
narrative scripts, 61–62, 65
narrative thread, 59–60, 64–65
National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), 116
natural selection, 39
natural style, 61–62
navigator, the, 139
negative
action imperatives, 92
consequences, 121
cycles, xx
disqualifying the, 46–47
feelings, 48
outcomes, 80
rumination, 83
thinking, 71
thought feedback loop, 71
thoughts, 49, 53, 100–101
neoteny, 185
nervous breakdown, 91
nervous-system signal, 70
NESARC. See National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC)
networking opportunities, 16
neural linkages, 32
neural processing, 131
neurobiological standpoint, 136
neurochemical exchanges, 5
neurogenesis, 132
neurophysiological processes, 32
neuroplasticity, 5, 162, 182, 185.
See also brain plasticity; plasticity
neuroscientists, 18, 151, 154
neuroticism, 42
neurotransmitters, 41, 115
new unconscious, 21, 185
new-age books, 21
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 131, 211
Nin, Anaïs, xvii, 101
nine prefrontal functions, 137
nociceptive responses, 86
noetic, 185
noetic consciousness, 180
non-static factors, 41
nonverbal feelings, 20–21
Norwegian study, 126
noteworthy peaks, 71
O
obituary, writing your, 76, 86–88
obituary page, 112
office social scene, 16
openness, 42
“openness to experience,” 43
opponent process theory, 186
overgeneralization, 46–47, 49
overmotivated, 88–89
P
pain in the brain, 86
paradoxical therapy, 86
parallel parking, 101–2
parasympathetic nervous systems, 45
passion, 8, 98, 118–22, 203, 211
passion sells, 121
Pavlov, Ivan, 103
pay it forward, 102
perception, 38, 61, 89, 145, 186
personal, 76–79
personal histories, 118
personality, 5
autonoetic, 35–36
categories, Big Five, 42–44
change, 41–42, 44, 54–55, 58
repertoire, 44
16-personality-factor model, 43
personalizing, 47–48
phonemic restoration effect, 186
pigs, 33
Pincott, Jena, 204
pineal gland, 105
Pink, Daniel, 124
pituitary, 116
plasticity, 41, 54, 109. See also neuroplasticity
Poincaré, Jules Henri, 92
portfolio thinkers, 118–19
positive, disqualifying the, 46–47
postmodern-atheistic, 197
postmodernism, 199, 211
The Power of Habit (Duhigg), 81
power of metaphor, 123
pragmatic
adapter, 212
science, 197–99
pragmatic adaptation, 12, 37–40, 44, 54, 58–59, 71, 186. See also feedback loops
pragmatically adapt, 40, 44, 61–62, 64, 71–72, 110, 211
preestablished role for your life, 113
prefrontal cortex, 17–18, 22, 86, 95, 137, 184, 186
present moment, 30, 180
primates, 30–31, 33, 36, 183, 185
problem-solving at night, 107
problem-solving techniques, 12
proof of concept, 110
proprioception, 183, 186–87
Prozac, 132
psychological immune system, 187
Psychological Science journal, 98
psychological skewers, 136
pursuit of happiness, xvii
Q
quantum Zeno effect, 187
R
Ramachandran, V. S. (neuroscientist), 137
RAS. See reticular activating system (RAS)
rational actors, 5
reason for everything, 113
red cognitive stop sign, 79
reincarnation, xvii
relational, 76–79
relational experiences, 32
repertoire of experience, 129
reporter, 67–72
repressed feelings, xxv
resilience, manifesting, 78, 109–10
resolve into strategy, 212
responsibility ownership, 129
reticular activating system (RAS), 187
reward center, xix, 8, 88–89, 115–16, 139
right hemisphere of brain, 5
rigid thinking, 108–10
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 90
robotic arm, 130
Roethke, Theodore, 104
room temperature, 106
Rorty, Richard (philosopher), 199
rubric tool, 54. See also metacognition
rumination rut, xix
running, 132–33
running group, 132
running scripts, 61
Russell, Bertrand, 134
S
salience, 63–65
schizophrenics, 60
science
about, 197–99, 201, 204
barbarians and, 198
behavioral, 41
Christians and, 198
cognitive, 4, 7, 41, 60, 85, 102, 118, 137
communication, 201–4
community, 203
explanatory and edifying role of, 199
journalists, 203
magazines, 203
pragmatic, 197–99
pragmatic position of, 198
sandbox, 204
schlock, 201
science-help, 187, 193–95, 209, 213. See also self-help
science-help book, 8, 148, 157. See also self-help book
scientism, 198
scripting
churches’, 61
defined, 187
employer’s, 61
external, 61, 64–65
peers’, 61
secondary traits, 43
second-order intentionality, 33, 36, 183
self-awareness, 29–30, 35–36, 58
self-destruction, 210
self-doubt, 71
self-efficacy, 187–88
self-examination, xxv
self-fulfilling prophecies, 84
self-help. See also science-help
about, xxvi, 194
genre, 8
philosophies, xvii
section of bookstore, 193–94
solutions to life’s problems, 209
self-help book, 8, 21, 193–94, 209. See also science-help book
self-identification, 29
self-identities, composite of interplaying, 59
self-identity, 59–60
self-image, 139, 188
selfish ends, 122
self-narrative, 62–65, 71–72, 87, 139, 210
self-particular traits, 44
self-perspective, 30
self-reflection, xix, xxvi, xxix, 38
self-regulation and performance, 78, 130–31
self-related goals, 99
self-sabotaging, xvii
semantic pause, 79
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, 103
sensation, 38, 121, 135, 188
sense of direction, 114
sentition, 140, 188
serotonin, xix, 8, 41. See also depression
set-point theory of happiness, 188
seven aspects of self, 137–38
sex drive, 132
sexual arousal, 117
Siegel, Daniel (psychologist), 32, 94–95, 130, 137, 145, 149, 184, 213
signal detection theory, 188
silence campaigns, 77, 95–96
simulator, the, 139
six thinking hats, 138
16-personality-factor model, 43
Skloot, Rebecca, 204
sleep
deprivation, 105, 107
inhibitors, 105–7
for overheated cerebral circuits, 77, 104–5
smartphones, 39
smoking, 82, 107
smoking habit, 81
snake-oil salesmen, 97
social
behavior, 4
emotional responses, 19
enculturation, 4
isolation, 213
neuroscience, 4, 153
reforms, 124
socioeconomic factors, 44
socioeconomic variables, 55
sofa sitting, 82
software applications, 16
solar system, 75
soulful pragmatism, 128
species extinction by humans, 199
species survival, 38
Spinoza, Baruch, xxi
SSRI drugs, 132
state of health, 125
station in life, 111
storyteller, the, 139
strategic resolution, 129
strategic thinking discipline, 104
straw man, 198–99
stream of affect, 90
stress, xx, 81–82, 85, 103, 107, 132, 181–82
stress hormones, 85, 103, 132
stress-alert, 45
Stroop task, 98–99
Stumbling on Happiness (Gilbert), 194
succession planners, 119–20
sugar increases self-control, 77, 98–100
sugary-food habit, 81
suicide, 83, 91
supernaturalism, 199
survival value, 188
sympathetic nervous systems, 45
synapses, 41
synergy with other minds, 140
System, unconscious, 20, 35, 69
the System, 17–19, 26, 69
T
tactical pause, 79–80
task performance, 36
technician, the, 139
television (habit), 82, 105–6
tenacity, 110, 121, 127–28
Theory of Mind (TOM), 31–32, 189
Thibodeau, Paul, 123–24
thinking
all-or-nothing, 46–47, 49
antithetical, 79
conscious control of, 69
conventional, 131
discipline, strategic, 104
distortions, 46, 51
flexible, 110
hats, six, 138
higher-order, 17, 182
modern modes of, 39
more-efficient, 131
negative, 71
rigid, 108–10
strategies, 23, 27
thinking about, xvii, xix, xxvi, 13, 26 (See also metacognition)
thinking errors. See also Beck, Aaron; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
about, 13, 46, 48–49, 51, 55
third-order intentionality, 33, 36, 183
Thoreau, Henry David, 3, 83, 126
thought
evaluation process, 53
experiment, 3, 8, 10
postponement, 100
stopping, 77, 100–101
tight spot, 93
“tip-of-the-tongue” phenomenon, 22
tip-of-tongue state, 182, 189
Tolstoy, Leo, 37
TOM. See Theory of Mind (TOM)
transmarginal inhibition, 103
trauma relived, 91
trust infringements, 140
twelve metarepresentations of mind, 24, 79, 139–40
U
ultra individualist messages, 110
The UltraMind Solution (Hyman), 109
unconscious
about, 5, 20, 50
barriers, 139
eleven million pieces of information every second, xx, 21, 70
Freudian, 20
mind, 18
System, 20, 35, 69
thoughts, xix
unifying self-narrative, 60
Untimely Meditations (Nietzsche), 211
U.S. National Institute on Aging, 132
V
verbal commands, 100
vision of fulfillment, 122
W
Watson, David (psychologist), 90
weight gain, 132
well-being, 41, 44, 55, 58, 127, 137
what if I die tomorrow?, 112
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite (DiSalvo), xix, 6–7, 193, 209, 214
“Wherever you go, there you are,” 44
Whitehead, Alfred North, 125
Wiener, Norbert, xviii–xix
willingness to face adversity, 80
word-count goal, 87
Words Can Change Your Brain (Newberg and Waldman), 95
writing, evidence-based, 204
writing your obituary, 76, 86–88
Y
yoga center, xvii
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