February 2014 Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. “Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.” Allan Lokos New Look  For must of us here at NeuroNova Centre, we are looking forward to the Spring. Spring is a time of revitalization and renewal. After the ice storm, […]

Arlene Kawchuck and Shirley Winlaw-Tierney, Ph.D. Canada: The Book Chicks, 2012. Reviewed by Tina, Alumni This book is about an adorable, newly hatched chick named Shelly who is just beginning her life. Readers are guided through 12 chapters as Shelly embarks on her path of learning and self-discovery. Each chapter also includes inspiring quotations. In […]

By Dr. Adam Bletsoe A very common challenge for both newcomers to the course and alumni is the “racing mind” during meditation practice. Here, one of our newly minted course facilitators, a Toronto chiropractor, writes about this common concern. At any given moment, our minds are typically filled with a broad range of thoughts, and […]

Editor’s Note: Following an “epigenetics” discussion in class, one of our participants, who is also a molecular biologist, kindly volunteered to write this article. This is a very edited-down version of her article (my apologies to her). To request a copy of her original version, which is longer and quite scholarly, please email sara@neuronovacentre.com. Replied to […]

Painkillers, such as Tylenol (acetaminophen), reduce emotional as well as physical pain? Read more in the article, “Treating psychic pain: Treating physical pain with drugs might also lessen psychic pain,” by Gary Wenk, Ph.D. It can be found at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-brain-food/201305/treating-psychic-pain