The Best Journaling Habits for Your Brain, Backed by Neuroscience
The Upgrade with Makai Elías Calles
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Ten minutes of journaling changes what shows up on a brain scan. Researchers have studied this for forty years and still can't fully explain why something this simple works this well.
The findings go well beyond the “dear-diary” reputation. Students who journal get better grades. People who write about their hardest experiences make fewer trips to the doctor, wounds heal faster, and sleep improves. Yet none of them changed their diet or started exercising.
In this video, I'll go through the four things that happen in the brain when the pen hits the page and explain why some of it contradicts common assumptions. By the end, you'll know exactly what to write tonight and why it helps.
Every study is linked below. If you've kept a journal for years or bounced off it three times, I'd like to know which one in the comments.
📖 Sources:
https://ept.ms/Journaling
Chapters:
00:00 - The Neuroscience of Journaling
01:19 - Name It to Tame It
02:55 - Letting Go of Lingering Thoughts
04:58 - Talk to Yourself Like a Stranger
07:11 - Turn the Mess Into a Story
08:40 - What to Write Tonight
#journal #writing #brain
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it opens up my brain to a space beyond & I like that.
I’m sure that writing by hand is beneficial, since I have to coordinate my thoughts with what I am writing and more so than typing on a computer, although I am fairly fluent with the letters and use all of my fingers…!! It’s definitely better than speaking into a dictaphone…!!
I will definitely be doing to do lists for the next day, which will help me with planning my day and making decisions, which will be of enormous benefit…!!
Thank you for your work.
The Best Journaling Habits for Your Brain, Backed by Neuroscience
The Upgrade with Makai Elías Calles
255,320 views
Ten minutes of journaling changes what shows up on a brain scan. Researchers have studied this for forty years and still can't fully explain why something this simple works this well.
The findings go well beyond the “dear-diary” reputation. Students who journal get better grades. People who write about their hardest experiences make fewer trips to the doctor, wounds heal faster, and sleep improves. Yet none of them changed their diet or started exercising.
In this video, I'll go through the four things that happen in the brain when the pen hits the page and explain why some of it contradicts common assumptions. By the end, you'll know exactly what to write tonight and why it helps.
Every study is linked below. If you've kept a journal for years or bounced off it three times, I'd like to know which one in the comments.
📖 Sources:
https://ept.ms/Journaling
Chapters:
00:00 - The Neuroscience of Journaling
01:19 - Name It to Tame It
02:55 - Letting Go of Lingering Thoughts
04:58 - Talk to Yourself Like a Stranger
07:11 - Turn the Mess Into a Story
08:40 - What to Write Tonight
#journal #writing #brain