Being Brilliant Every Day

Are people just born positive or optimistic and if you aren’t like that you can never change? The truth is, no. Whilst we are born with certain tendencies, more and more research is being done every day showing just how quickly the brain can change. This is called neuroplasticity.  Measurable changes can be seen in the brain after just 3 weeks when people begin learning a musical instrument, meditating or some other task that creates new neural pathways.  The most exciting finding is that not only do our brains change and create new neural pathways even as adults but this also affects gene regulation. This is a breaking new field called epigenetics which shows that the neural pathways we create can alter our genes so our passed on to the next generation.   So whilst it is true that we can change our neural pathways it is also the case that what we practice will have a profound effect on the tendencies of our children and our grandchildren. This gives us all an incredible responsibility to