Did you know that you
have three brains?
The brain in your skull isn’t the only brain in your body. You have two others that you can rely on to assist
you in making decisions, action taking and navigating life.
by: ELIZABETH MARKIE
The brain in your skull isn’t the only brain in your body.
You have two others that you can rely on to assist you
in making decisions, action taking and navigating life.
Your heart and your gut are also brains. The heart is
referred to as your cardiac brain and the gut is your
enteric brain.
how we think about the brain and the nervous system.
and we have complex, adaptive and functional neural
networks in both our heart and gut that process and
store information.
has expanded to into more areas of research that
ever before, including the areas of neurocardiology
and neurogastorenterology. New technologies have
allowed us to study the brain in action, allowing us
to better understand how we process thoughts
and emotions, how learning takes place, memory is
Previously it was believed that our cognitive brain
regulated the function of our heart and gut with a
top down communication. We now know that there is
bilateral communication and interaction between our
three brains and that our heart and gut brains actually
send more information to our brain rather than the
other way. With this knowledge and with further
understanding how your head, heart and gut interact
you can begin to integrate and align your three brains
to achieve a distinct advantage in decision making,
The discovery of neuroplasticity, the brains ability to
continue to form new neurons and reorganize synaptic
connections thought our lifetime has numerous
implications on behavior, brain health and overall
of thought that we change the brain. If thought is
genetic structure. This means that for individuals
brain related dysfunction, we can begin to redirect or
rewire pathways to reactivate brain functions. It also
means that we can rewire our brains to achieve habit
and behavior change.
2018. February - 10 - vervemagazines.com
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