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Target that struggle...even if you don't want to because you will increase your intelligence and mental health!

Pushing through hard times or challenging situations is not always what we want to do. And I am not just talking about toxic thinking and emotional situations, but also about learning situations in school, university or corporate environments.

We all know the Bible rightly exhorts us to “keep on keeping on” through “hell and high water”, as the saying goes. Well, as someone who is passionate about the Bible, Quantum Physics and Neuroscience, I like to show people how God has designed us to be able to do the things He wisely advises us to do — one of which is pushing through, or scientifically “targeting the struggle”. Our brains are equipped for this exact thing, it’s part of our design! 

Pushing yourself to face up to a challenge, and to choose to go just beyond that difficult circumstance where you have to really apply yourself in focused ways, increases your brain power. As you make mistakes, acknowledge and learn from them; getting up and trying again enables you to increase your intelligence, happiness and sense of achievement.

In fact, slowing down, acknowledging and correcting your errors activates the circuits in and around the basal ganglia of your brain to go in to high learning and neuroprotective mode. So, when we think deeply and consult with the Holy Spirit, we direct our attention differently. We develop the correct attitude to the events and circumstances of life. This reflects as healthy integration in our brain networks and manifests as increased mental health and wisdom.

Effortless performance is not a desirable way to learn and grow as a person in all areas. Things that are obstacles turn out to be desirable in the long run – especially when we reach out to God! Memories (thoughts) are living structures of infinite size and the more we generate impulses through deep Godly thinking, the more mental health we build. We build particularly good mentally healthy memories when we learn from our mistakes! Developing a growth mindset is about focusing on the process – the experience – as well the outcome. Setbacks are opportunities to gain information and learn!

So… pay attention to what went wrong or to your wrong choices; ask God to help you learn from the experience. You will develop your brain and increase the health of both your brain and immune system!

And don’t thrash blindly! Choose a goal just beyond your present abilities, apply Hebrews 11:1, and you can capture a failure and turn it into a skill, increasing your intelligence and peace at the same time!

Copyright © Dr. Caroline Leaf
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Author Biography

Caroline Leaf
Web site: Dr. Caroline Leaf
 
Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist with a Master's and Ph.D. in Communication Pathology and a BSc Logopaedics, specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. Since the early 1980s, she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change (neuroplasticity) with directed mind input.
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