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81 How To Get Your Life Back with John Eldredge

The Place We Find Ourselves

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What Is Benevolent Detachment?

One of the ways, or another practice that you outline in the book is called benevolent detachment. Biologically, we know that practices like this change the brain. It doesn't only affect ten a m and two p m - it affects the way you are in between. And can we all just thank god for the plasticity of the brain for a minute? Back in the eighties, they thought the brain was a fixed system, and you're stuck,. ecause your brain is now hard wired to that. But it's not. And it's beautifully maluable and an therefore healable, restorable, renewableas just, its awesome.

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