Thoughts are real, physical things that occupy mental real estate. Moment by moment, every day, you are changing the structure of your brain through your thinking. When we hope, it is an activity of the mind that changes the structure of our brain in a positive and normal direction.

— Caroline Leaf, Autorin und Kommunikationspathologin

Source: Switch On Your Brain

Topics: Hope & Confidence, Wisdom & Understanding, Meaning & Identity

Occasions: Encouragement, For Reflection

Caroline Leaf

Caroline Leaf (geboren 1963) ist eine südafrikanisch-US-amerikanische Kommunikationspathologin, Buchautorin und Vortragsrednerin im freikirchlich-charismatischen Umfeld. Sie wurde durch Bestseller wie „Switch On Your Brain“ bekannt, in denen sie biblische Aussagen zur Sinneserneuerung mit Konzepten der Neuroplastizität und mentalen Entgiftung verknüpft. Bibellesern bietet sie alltagsnahe Impulse zum Umgang mit belastenden Denkmustern, steht jedoch wegen methodisch fragwürdiger neurowissenschaftlicher Behauptungen und einer pauschalen Reduktion von Krankheitsursachen auf falsches Denken in der Kritik.

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