The School of Greatness How to Rewire Your Mind in 63 Days | Dr. Caroline Leaf
Dec 31, 2025
Dr. Caroline Leaf, a cognitive neuroscientist and author, reveals that depression and anxiety are not diseases but important messages from your mind. She debunks the chemical imbalance theory, focusing on how mind management can reshape the brain through neuroplasticity. Listeners learn a five-step NeuroCycle process to reclaim control over their mental health and effectively process trauma. Caroline emphasizes the power of thoughts, the importance of emotional validation, and encourages developing healthy habits to sustain change.
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Mind Is A Distinct Active Field
- The mind is a distinct, active field that processes experience and drives the brain and body.
- Caroline Leaf frames mind as a nonphysical, energetic source that grows 'thought trees' in the brain.
Teen With TBI Recovered To Graduate
- A 16-year-old in a coma recovered to finish 12th grade within eight months using deliberate mind-management techniques.
- Caroline Leaf used that case to launch her neuroplasticity research and methods.
Depression As Messenger, Not Disease
- Depression and anxiety are survival signals and messengers, not neuropsychiatric diseases.
- Changing how you manage your mind can alter brain chemistry, biomarkers, and even DNA markers like telomeres.