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How much of your life -- your health, your achievements, your skills -- is influenced by the sheer power of your mind? As it turns out, the answer is a lot. Just by changing your thoughts, you can modulate your heart rate, blood pressure, and immune system. That said, if you want to be a high achiever, you must train your brain to think in a way that sets you up for success.

You cannot change the fact that your brain is designed to produce an anxiety experience. But you can learn to manage anxiety. In addition, the neuroplasticity of the brain, which has been demonstrated in several studies, opens the door to reconnection of the brain to modify the experience of anxiety. While the aspects of anxiety are not beyond your conscious control, that does not mean that anxiety should govern your life. No one will ever live a completely anxiety-free life, but we can all reduce the effects of anxiety in our lives by using the techniques above. Your new understanding of the role of and the effects of the cortex is valuable information that will help you identify sources of anxiety.