The Ripple Effect: How Your Circle Shapes Your Brain

The Ripple Effect: How Your Circle Shapes Your Brain

The Ripple Effect: How Your Circle Shapes Your BrainYelena Gidenko, PhD
Published on: 08/28/2025

Discover how your circle shapes your brain through social contagion. Learn how faith, neuroscience, and intentional habits can create positive ripples that transform your mind, family, and community.

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The Traveling Brain: How New Places Rewire Your Mind for Growth

The Traveling Brain: How New Places Rewire Your Mind for Growth

The Traveling Brain: How New Places Rewire Your Mind for GrowthYelena Gidenko, PhD
Published on: 08/20/2025

Discover how travel rewires your brain for clarity, creativity, and resilience. Learn brain-healthy travel tips and how to turn your next trip into transformation.

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The Hidden Cost of Phubbing: How Phone Snubbing Rewires Your Brain and Relationships

The Hidden Cost of Phubbing: How Phone Snubbing Rewires Your Brain and Relationships

The Hidden Cost of Phubbing: How Phone Snubbing Rewires Your Brain and Relationships

Yelena Gidenko, PhD
Published on: 08/18/2025

Phubbing, phone snubbing, rewires your brain and damages relationships. Learn the hidden costs of distraction and how to reclaim presence and peace.

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Breaking Chains: Understanding Substance Abuse and the Path to Brain Healing

Breaking Chains: Understanding Substance Abuse and the Path to Brain Healing

Breaking Chains: Understanding Substance Abuse and the Path to Brain HealingYelena Gidenko, PhD
Published on: 08/08/2025

Discover how addiction rewires the brain and how healing is possible through neuroscience, faith, and evidence-based recovery. Learn the brain’s role in addiction and the hope of lasting freedom.

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Video Games and Your Brain: Finding Balance in a Digital World

Video Games and Your Brain: Finding Balance in a Digital World

Video Games and Your Brain: Finding Balance in a Digital WorldYelena Gidenko, PhD
Published on: 06/15/2025

Video games aren’t all bad, but they’re not all good either. Learn what neuroscience says about how gaming affects memory, focus, and mental clarity, and get practical, faith-informed tips to create balance for yourself and your family.

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The Cognitive Effects of General Anesthesia: A Neuroscience-Informed Path to Clarity

The Cognitive Effects of General Anesthesia: A Neuroscience-Informed Path to Clarity

The Cognitive Effects of General Anesthesia: A Neuroscience-Informed Path to ClarityYelena Gidenko, PhD
Published on: 05/31/2025

Explore how general anesthesia impacts brain health and discover compassionate, neuroscience-informed steps to support mental clarity before and after surgery.

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