The Five Mental States — And How to Shift Between Them
Your brain is not in one state — it cycles through five distinct electrical frequencies throughout the day. Understandin...
Ted McGill · 10 April 2026
Your Brain's Chemistry — A Practical Guide to the Five Neurotransmitters That Drive Everything
Dopamine, Serotonin, GABA, Acetylcholine, Norepinephrine. These five chemical messengers govern your motivation, mood, m...
Ted McGill · 10 April 2026
Why You Forget Things — And the One Change That Fixes It
Forgetting is not a failure of intelligence. It is a predictable consequence of how memory actually works — and there is...
Ted McGill · 10 April 2026
Your Brain Is Not Fixed — Here Is the Proof, and What to Do With It
For most of the twentieth century, science believed the adult brain was static — that you were born with your neurons an...
Ted McGill · 10 April 2026
Chronic Stress Is Ageing Your Brain — Here Is the Biology and the Fix
Cortisol is not your enemy. Chronic cortisol elevation is. And the distinction between acute, adaptive stress and chroni...
Ted McGill · 10 April 2026
The Six Pillars of a Brain That Ages Well
Cognitive decline is not inevitable. It is the product of specific, measurable, and largely preventable inputs over time...
Ted McGill · 10 April 2026