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Self-Directed Brain Change is based on a key emerging insight from neuroscience: that to keep our ancestors alive, the human brain evolved to stick to negative experiences like Velcro and shrug off the positive ones like Teflon. The good news, teaches Rick Hanson, is that we can retrain our neural structure out of "sheer survival" mode and into one of greater well-being, mental clarity, and moment-to-moment appreciation.

When we experience an emotional crisis, memories of the event are channeled through unique brain pathways where they remain hidden yet profoundly affect our feelings and actions throughout life. In Clearing Your Past, award-winning author and therapist Lynne Finney shares recent discoveries about memory and trauma and her own experience healing childhood sexual abuse to teach a direct way to uncover and heal the painful memories from your past.