Reading Time: 2 minutesNeuroplasticity, the brain’s dynamic ability to reorganise and adapt its neural pathways based on experiences, is a well-established concept in neuroscience. This adaptability underscores the brain’s resilience and capacity for change, with repeated thoughts and behaviours influencing its wiring. In coaching, understanding neuroplasticity offers a promising avenue for facilitating transformational change. Coaches, therapists, and other professionals harness the principles of neuroplasticity to help individuals modify habits, behaviours, and thought patterns. The goal is to shift from limiting patterns and beliefs to empowering ones. In this context, hypnotherapy emerges as a…
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Why Is the Next Solar Eclipse Special?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others understand how to make progress forward and live our best lives! Why is there an annular solar eclipse happening? In a typical solar eclipse, the Moon passes in front of the Sun. This shadow casts on the Earth is called the umbra, and it can result in a total solar eclipse, or partial…
Read MoreAre You Prepared for a Medical Record Breach?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others understand how to make progress forward and live our best lives! We are very accustomed to all of our information being available instantly. Digital orders delivered instantly, fast food and hot or iced coffee ready super fast. Food from any restaurant is delivered quickly to our front door. And when we see our…
Read MoreTurning Negative Into Positive Series: Chemotherapy Perks
Reading Time: 5 minutesBreast Cancer Awareness Month starts on October 1st. I was diagnosed with stage IV triple-negative breast cancer at the end of 2016. I started treatment in 2017, receiving six rounds of chemotherapy, a double-mastectomy, six weeks of radiation, and six more surgeries in 2018. My experience was life-altering, and shifting gears from fear into love and gratitude was the secret to my healing and thriving. In fact, I founded a company called Zero Negative, spreading love and gratitude through accessories that give back to UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation. I…
Read MoreCan Self Help Tools Really Help?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others understand how to make progress forward and live our best lives! Finding Strength Through Storms The storms of life can be devastating, but they don’t have to be. In fact, they can provide a path of growth and personal development. Surviving these difficult times can also change our perspective on things and teach us…
Read MoreCan It Get Any Worse for Working Parents?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others understand how to make progress forward and live our best lives! Is the Childcare Crises Causing an Economic Crises? Millions of families struggle with childcare, and the issue is growing worse. In fact, researchers say inadequate childcare costs America $122 billion annually in lost wages and productivity. It’s a problem that was present…
Read MoreDirecting Awareness, Shaping Neurology: Exploring the Potential Role of Consciousness and Quantum Effects in Neuroplastic Pain Relief
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe know the brain rewires neural pathways based on repetitive experiences and behaviours. As some theories suggest, if consciousness plays an active role in collapsing quantum potentials, directing awareness could physically reshape neurocircuitry. For instance, through practises like mindfulness, visualisation, and affirmations, patients can break latent mental associations that sustain the pain and form new empowering configurations. Meditation could calm overactive threat detection signals and build pain regulation circuits. Approaching pain with acceptance rather than aversion may lessen fight-or-flight responses and decrease sensitisation. Reframing self-talk could retrain habitual thought patterns…
Read MoreWhy Does Your Marvelous Mind Need Intuition?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others understand how to make progress forward and live our best lives! Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius – year 2,500 BC. When was the last time you felt completely clear on your path or journey? Do you always feel happy, grateful and at peace with your…
Read MoreWhy Are Fake Fragrances Ruining Our Health?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others understand how to make progress forward and live our best lives! How Fake or Synthetic Fragrance Ruins Our Well-Being. When you smell a perfume or body spray, cologne, soap or detergent, you’re smelling chemicals that have been linked to hormone disruption, cancer and allergic reactions. The reason is that synthetic fragrance uses a…
Read MoreDoes the Boy Scout Eagle Rank Still Matter?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others understand how to make progress forward and live our best lives! Are Boy Scouts Still Relevant? As a mom to two Eagles Scouts, I believe the Scouting program, when run properly, is very relevant and very much needed. It’s not only learning how to survive the outdoors in all weather conditions, it’s more about learning…
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