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Free Your Brain

April 28, 2009 – 9:08 pm

I ran across this inspiring photo today at Neurophilosophy, a recent addition to my blogroll. Mo, the author, describes the photo in a post there, but here is an excerpt:
Purkinje cells are the largest cells in the mammalian brain. They have a planar structure with a highly elaborate dendritic tree.
I’ve become inescapably fascinated with [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Inspiration, Psychology | Also tagged brain injury, brains, creativity, dendritic tree, human freedom, mind over matter, philosophy, phineas gage, possibilities, theory of creativity | Comments (0)

Phineas Gage from Psych 101

January 27, 2009 – 9:30 pm

Do all you can to take care of your brain. The instrument is fine. The treasures you will find will be in your mind.

By Damien Riley | Posted in Psychology | Also tagged balance, brain chemistry, brain study, drugs, inhibitions, medication, phineas gage, psychiatry, Psychology, reality, survival mechanism | Comments (0)

Seasonal Affective Disorder :: Sad Times?

December 14, 2008 – 4:25 pm

Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as S.A.D, affects an estimated 6 out of 10 people. It is basically a mental disorder brought on by cold and lack of sunlight.

By Damien Riley | Posted in Health, Psychology | Also tagged dealing with sad, dealing with seasonal affective disorder, depressed in winter, depression in winter, fatigue, full-spectrum light, light exposure, light therapy, low energy, melatonin, mental-health, mood, need more sleep in winter, phototherapy, Psychology, sad, seasonal affective disorder, seasonal depression, Self Improvement, serotonin, sleep more in winter, sleeping more in winter, sunlight, tired in winter, treatment for sad, treatment for seasonal affective disorder, winter blahs, winter blues, winter depression, winter tiredness | Comments (0)

Life is Short, Eat at the Buffet

December 10, 2008 – 11:20 pm

My son and I were driving home the other day and we were both starving with the dream of a local buffet we love. We called my wife and asked her if she was up for it. As it turned out, she was busy and not hungry so she gave us the green light to [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Health, Inspiration, Psychology, Self Improvement | Also tagged Health, Inspiration, kids, life, mental-health, Psychology, relationships, Self Improvement | Comments (0)

[Guest Blog] Relaxation Meditation: Part 1 of 2

November 10, 2008 – 6:00 am

When I ran across Dorian’s Blog “Buddha of Hollywood,” I was instantly curious. Since I live so close to Hollywood and know a few “oddballs” that have come out of that town, I figured I had a tiger by the tail with this blogger. Since then we have exchanged emails a few times and I [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Health, Psychology, Self Improvement | Also tagged blogger, energy, knowledge, meditation, optimism, Psychology, relaxation, Relaxation Response, rest, therapy | Comments (0)

Broken Mood Thermostat of Bipolar Disorder

September 9, 2008 – 5:21 pm

My hope in this series is to produce a paradigm shift in people’s attitude toward bipolar. Remember when you were a kid and your parents said you were going somewhere really special? Depending on your age, it could have been grandmother’s house or a flight to a 3 day stay at Disneyland. Remember feeling your [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Health, Psychology, Self Improvement | Also tagged bipolar, bipolars, brains, depression, mood, parents, psychiatrist, relationships, stigma, Work | Comments (0)

Speedlinking 8-8-08

August 8, 2008 – 12:49 pm

I’ve just been out for my monthly surf of everybody on my blogroll and here are my cool findings:

Dunn gives us a concise announcement concerning the new Entrebar.
Neurophilosophy has written a cool little article with an awesome picture about how the brain relates to magic.
M gives us a short but very emotional statement of what [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Blogging A to Z, Reviews | Also tagged about, blog, Blogging A to Z, cult, Family, jacob, Jacob Share, job, las vegas, link love, michael kwan, neurophilosophy, paradigm shifts, Psychology, Speedlinking, Vegas, Work | Comments (9)

Work Wisdom: Act on Fact not Feeling

July 3, 2008 – 9:12 pm

Sometimes the people who make it hardest to be a teacher are other teachers.

By Damien Riley | Posted in Health, Inspiration, Self Improvement | Also tagged animal brain, blog, emotion, Inspiration, journey, lesson, professional, professional environment, Psychology, Work | Comments (0)

Overprescribing Mental Health Pills

June 6, 2008 – 4:05 am

More people were using Prozac in the 1990’s than aspirin. It was the pop drug of choice for millions of mental health caregivers. Was all that prescribing warranted? We found that Prozac caused suicides and a set of other mental health impairments that were just as bad as depression if not worse. [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Health, Self Improvement | Also tagged anger, anxiety, balance, brain chemicals, depression, drugs, Health, mental-health, pdoc, pdocs, popping pills, prozac, suicides, tranquilizer, xanax | Comments (0)

Damien Riley, "Present!"

June 4, 2008 – 4:40 pm

I asked myself a question today as I was preparing to go out into my Truman Show here at the Funny Farm here I call my life. The question was based half on Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth and half on my own outlook on life. Blogs can be a great way to [...]