Contents
1 Understanding the Brain-Soul Connection
One: The Brain Is the Soul's Fragile Dwelling Place
The Feedback Loop Between the Brain and the Soul Offers New Answers
Two: Seeing into the Soul's Hardware
New Insights from Brain Imaging and Neuroscience
Three: The Thoughtful, Compassionate Brain
The Prefrontal Cortex (PFC)
Four: The Flexible, Growth-Oriented Brain
The Anterior Cingulate Gyrus and Basal Ganglia
Five: The Spiritual and Passionate Brain
The Temporal Lobes and Deep Limbic System
Six: The Good, Bad, and Emotionally Ugly
Brain and Personality Development
Seven: In God's House
Brain Health and the Sunday Sermon
Eight: Lead Us Not into Temptation
Brain-Soul Connections and Disconnections for Parents, Bosses, Community, Church, and World Leaders
2 Optimizing the Brain-Soul Connection
Nine: Amen Brain System Checklist and Strategies to Optimize Each Brain Area
Ten: Healing the Hardware of the Soul
Exercises to Focus on Eternal Values and Direct Your Thoughts and Actions
Eleven: Healing Painful Deep Soul Memories
Twelve: Prayerful Brain Enhancement
Thirteen: Soul to Soul
Connectedness
Fourteen: Mind Medication and the Soul
Does Medication Make You Someone Different or the Person You Really Are?
Fifteen: Forgiveness, a New Look
References and Suggested Further Reading Clinic and Web Site Information Index
