Learning to Love Your Brain

The Eighth Commandment of Self-Brain Surgery™

You only have one brain, and it is the interface between you (your mind), your body, your family, the rest of the world, and God.

Your brain supports everything about your life, and taking good care of it is essential if you want to live and age well.

The Bible even says in Romans 12:1 that taking care of our bodies (including our brains and minds) is a reasonable and essential act of worship!

That’s why our eighth commandment is this:

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I must love my brain and believe that it is designed to change

(The Eighth Commandment of Self-Brain Surgery)

Read it out loud:

I must love my brain and believe that it is designed to change

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Your brain is easily injured, so wear a helmet when you’re on a bike, skis, skateboards, or motorcycles (or anything that moves faster than you can walk). Don’t just make your kids wear them (but PLEASE do make your kids wear them), you are just as likely to injure your brain if you fall as they are, but you have less capacity to recover than they do also. Kids heal brain injuries faster and more completely than adults do.

Avoiding things like nicotine, excessive alcohol, and other harmful substances, and eating brain-healthy foods will help too.

Here are some tips from my friend Dr. Daniel Amen.

Another important aspect of loving your brain is to realize that God only ever made ONE brain like yours! You are unique, and you’re here for a purpose. Your mind and your brain have incredible power to rewire in ways that help you, and believing in your capacity to learn, grow, change, and heal is incredibly important to make sure you keep your brain going strong for your whole life.

Your brain isn’t designed to keep you sad, sick, stressed, or stuck; it’s designed to change and grow and heal. Loving your brain means you make good decisions to support the brain’s physical structure and function, AND you make good mental decisions to take charge of the connection between mind and brain to optimize your mental health.

Here’s a whole podcast on this idea.

It’s not just a good idea, it’s the eighth commandment of Self-Brain Surgery™:

I must love my brain and believe that it is designed to change.

Reply to this post and or leave a voicemail and tell me if you’re practicing self-brain surgery, and how it’s helping you.

Be sure to check out last week’s lesson if you missed it.

Announcement: We’re starting The School of Self-Brain Surgery™ soon. We’re testing the school with some volunteers now, and our second training session is soon. Once we work all the tech kinks out we’ll be ready to go live with students from all over the world! If you’re interested in knowing more about The School, click here to be notified when it’s ready to go live.

We’re going all in on believing that we have the tools to change our minds and change our lives. Living from a mind-down perspective changes everything, and it helps us harness the transforming changes to our lives that the Bible promises in Romans 12.

The neuroscience is on your side, my friend.

And the good news is, you can start today.

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If you need a treatment plan to help you overcome any kind of trauma, tragedy, or massive thing in your life, check out my latest book, Hope Is the First Dose.

Lisa and I are praying for you.

Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope),

Lee

Psalm 71:14 ("As for me, I will always have hope.")

From the banks of the North Platte river on Moon River Ranch in Nebraska, USA