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In the book the midnight library Nora has a lack of confidence and struggle with herself mentally. she thinks of suicide and bad thoughts about herself. the ted talk by Dr.amen he says it is important to ignore those thoughts because people can get lost in those thoughts and it can be bad for your mental health.

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I am the messenger - Physiological Effect 

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I am the messenger - Physiological Effect 

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Relationships play a significant role in "I Am the Messenger" because that is how Ed helps the people on the card. For instance, Mila was very old, had no one, and was waiting for her deceased husband to return when Ed helped her by pretending to be her deceased husband. For Sophie, he established a relationship by running with her, saw her problems, and then assisted her with her running. Without the advice and assistance of his pals, even Ed probably couldn't aid others.
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The Midnight Library connection to "Change in the Brain".

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The Midnight Library connection to "Change in the Brain".

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In the midnight library, Nora finds the struggle to continue on in life. Nora is full of regrets in which the questioning thoughts of ruining her life make her want to kill herself. As Dr. Amen said in the Tedtalk it is important to ignore some thoughts because sometimes people get stuck on those thoughts, As did Nora in the midnight library. In the end, Nora begins to accept herself with help from Ms. Elm as she shows Nora multiple Alternate lives. I would say seeing Nora becoming more accepting of herself left a change in her mindset.

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In i am the messenger relationships is a big importance because that how ed helps the people that was on the card he creates a relationship with them and helps them out by seeing their issues like for the example Mila she was very old and had nobody and was waiting for her dead husband to come back and ed helped her by acting like her dead husband another example was Sophie he created a relationship by running with her and seeing her issues then helped her with her running. Even ed himself needed a people without the advise and help from his friends he probably couldn't help other

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In the book, I am the messenger we talk about a 19-year-old Australian Cab driver with no goals in life. He hangs around some questionable people who he claims to be his friends but in reality aren't cut out to be. Along with this bad environment, he thinks of himself as a failure life, not someone who'll amount to something. I think his situation can relate to Justin Bieber's brain scan and his stress. From the video on friday showed how stressful situations and lifestyles can damage the brain's general functions it shows many similarities to Ed's situation.

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Ed struggles with his mental health a lot in the beginning of the book. He feels like he is just a 🤬 that does nothing, but he slowly improves his mental health through confidence. Ed begins to believe in his abilities more and realizes he was chosen to complete the cards, and he knows he has to do it. Ed is improving throughout the book and I think that he will be significantly more confident with himself.

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Nora Seed in the book "The Midnight Library" struggles with this a lot. to have good fulfilling friendships according to the frientimacy video we watched, you must have 3 things: positivity, consistency, and vulnerability. Nora Seed however doesn't allow herself to have 2 of these three core things. Both positivity and vulnerability are needed to have deep friendships yet Nora Seed doesn't show both of these things with her friends. This makes her relationships with other people in her life surface level, and this ends up leading to her being more depressed and full of regret. It's a very hard thing to be intimate with your friends, I for one struggle with this all the time. This is why I felt this stuck with me a lot more than usual.

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In the midnight library, Nora's relationships all went downhill she wouldn't put up any fight to get them back either. She had tons of friends and family in her life but at the same time, she really wasn't building anything. This is what made her book of regrets tons of thoughts on how she wishes she did something to make her relationships better. In the ted talk, it talked a lot about what makes a real friend and the only you can really do it is by having experence with them and taking the time to bulid a special bond and also be willing to listen and express yourslef to them with trust.

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In the beginning Ed and his friends are just card buddies who met up every week to play cards. They were never really close and never talked to each other about things going on in their personal lives. But later on once Ed started getting the cards everyone eventually came closer and he started understanding his friends more and everyone started to become more comfortable with each other as well. Audrey started to come over to Eds whenever she would feel sad because she felt safe with him and felt she could talk to him because he truly helped her feel better and understood her. Overall they all helped each other through things and helped each other feel comfortable and loved.

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In the book Midnight Library, Nora is constantly thinking about all the negative in her life. This makes her feel like she is the problem, as she is the source of all this negativity, which causes her to kill herself. This relates to the change your brain journal because it shows the impact of letting the negative change you. Nora needed to ignore the negative that she couldn't control and work on fixing what could be fixed.

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In the book I am the Messenger the main character Ed struggles with his brain health. Just like most people he tends to have negative thoughts about himself too. He sometimes compares himself to his sibling. His older sister Katherine got pregnant and moved out at a young age and now has a family. His other older sister Leigh moved out a year after Katherine and left with no problems. His younger brother Tommy goes to University and is on the track to becoming a lawyer. They have all moved out of their hometown, and have a job, a family, and a good stable life. Whereas Ed can't get/keep a stable job. He is currently just a cab driver and still lives in his hometown. These negative thoughts are not going to get him anywhere in life. He needs to believe in himself and then he will live a good and stable life.

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The Midnight Libary- Change your life, change your brain

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The Midnight Libary- Change your life, change your brain

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Nora Seed is full of regrets. she was only able to think of herself in terms of the things she wasn't. the things she hadn't become in life. the regret questions her that she is not needed in this world anymore. this relates to the change your life, change your brain journal because the video talks about mental health and how negative emotions can affect us. Throughout the book, Nora Seed talks down on herself a lot.

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In I am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak, the main Character Ed struggles to build relationships. He is friends with Audrey, who also happens to be his crush, whom he will most likely never be with because he is a raging 🤬 with no brain. His best friend is his dog, The Doorman, who smells rancid and will probably die very soon. According to the "mastermind" Andrew Mills, Ed would be living an impoverished life.  He doesn't have the connection to better his immune system and will most likely end up dying younger than most people because his brain is tired and sad and poisoning his body.

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In I am The Messenger, Ed is lonely and sad but always has someone to go to when he needs it. When he goes to church he asks his friends to go and they say yes because they like him as a friend and want to support him. In the Justin Bieber clip he cares a lot about the relationships he has and can build and it’s the same with Ed

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In the book I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak, Ed has many lasting relationships and lots of new ones too. His main circle of friends includes Marv, Richie, and Audrey. Audrey is the woman he's in love with, but she won't love him back. They still maintain a great friendship even though she knows how Ed feels about her. They're there for each other and they're consistent too. Marv and Richie are his typical guy friends. They have fun and mess around, but they aren't vulnerable with each other (most guys aren't). He meets many people via the aces he's left and that's made his relationships even better. Sophie showed him confidence and pride. Milla showed him kindness and love. The Rose boys showed him brotherly love and protection. There were so many other ones, but those are lasting impressions that I got from the book. The people you surround yourself shape who you are. This is very true for Ed

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the power of relationships in I am the messenger

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the power of relationships in I am the messenger

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in the book I am the messenger, many different relationships can be seen. Ed has 3 friends; Audrey, Marv, and Ritchie. these friendships show frentimacy (although Audrey is his crush). Throughout the story, ed can also be seen building relationships with other people, for example, Sophie. he starts not knowing her, and through a sort of stalker-ish relationship they kind of become friends. for example, ed shows positivity by giving Sophie a shoe box, to show that he sees her because an unhealthy relationship might start by someone not feeling seen.

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Brain helth is very importan and efects everyone diferntley as was saw with Justin Bieber. In The book I Am The Messenger brain health is a big factor. The main charter Ed d dosent have the best brain health. he talkes down to himself saying hes just a undreage taxidriver and has nothing going for him . he says the best part of his day is when he plays cards with his freinds and drink at the end of the day. he also talkes about how he dosent really like playing cards.he would be a compleatley difrent charter and would change the mood if he though better of himself and have a better brain health.

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I Am The Messenger- Frientimacy Triangle

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I Am The Messenger- Frientimacy Triangle

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I want to connect the book I'm reading to the activity we did a couple of days ago, called frientimacy. Shasta Nelson was mentioning how having good relationships with people is really important and Ed has that problem where he knows a lot of people; I feel like from what I read so far, he doesn't have a solid connection that could be ranked at the very top of the triangle. For example, even the relationship between him and his mother is very tense. This could very well be affecting him according to Shasta's Ted Talk.

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The Midnight Library connection to "Change in the brain".

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The Midnight Library connection to "Change in the brain".

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In the midnight library, Nora finds the struggle to continue on in life. Nora is full of regrets in which the questioning thoughts of ruining her life make her want to kill herself. As Dr. Amen said in the Tedtalk it is important to ignore some thoughts because sometimes people get stuck on those thoughts, As did Nora in the midnight library. In the end, Nora begins to accept herself with help from Ms. Elm as she shows Nora multiple Alternate lives. I would say through seeing Nora has become more acceptance of herself leaving a change in her mindset.

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In the book The Midnight Library Nora's relationship with everyone was broken, she distances herself from everyone but wanted friendships and relationships. Her own brother doesn't speak to her and her best friend doesn't talk to her anymore she left her fiance Dan. She never really tried to open up to people she never tried to make friends. She needs to let people in her life and try to get involved. That was the main problem with Nora she didn't try to fix what was broken. Your friends are what you'll actions will be like and in Nora's case she had no friends she was lonely and alone all the time she blamed herself for everything. She needs to put herself more out there and fix whats broken

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Ed is surrounded by many people, yet they don't truly know him. Ed begins to change when he's asked to kill an abusive man. When this happened, he constantly thought about it, which was not good for him and rather toxic. It affects how he acts and percieves the world, and he doesn't have a whole lot of support from the others, as the friend group starts getting mad at one another.

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Ed was a simple man, a taxi driver, but every week he, Audrey, Marv, and Richie played cards. Ed's friends, were mostly just card buddies who see each other about twice a week, but never got personal, never really close. However when the cards came, his attitude and mind set did as well. He really looked in their lives and saw what they all needed, Motivation, self closure, and love.

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In the book, Nora dosent really expand on her relationships. She does not get closer to any of her friends and excepts the relationships will just stay at the "hi, how are you?", "good". She does not ask questions, make time for them, or stay consistant.

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Peer pressures and life lessons in the Book I Am The Messenger is shown throughout the book all the time. We start off getting to know Ed and how his dad left his mom is an alcoholic and treats him like he doesn't matter. On top of that his friend group is pretty strong however their a-holes to each other and probably wont really go very far. With the messeges that Ed receives He's peer pressured with some events, and with others even with helping other people he finds life lessons of his own to really find himself. They are challenging messeges to send but in the end Ed is able to find himself and turn his life around from a boring unhealthy lifestyle to a beautiful healthy lifestyle.

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I Am The Messenger - Creating relationships

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I Am The Messenger - Creating relationships

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Ed has always just had his three friends, Marv, Audrey, and Ritchie, however, he struggles to meet other people. Something from my own life that I have always wanted to try is to just walk up to a random person whom I've never met and just have a conversation. I feel like that would help me with my social skills, and it's also always interesting to see what other people think or know. When Ed met/confronted the characters the cards led him to, he learned and improved upon himself while building his ability to talk with others. I think the best example of him adapting is with the old woman, Milla, and him acting as Jimmy. He quickly learned things about her and completely changed his character, proving that he should be able to change his own character as Ed.

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In the Midnight Library, Nora can't make lasting relationships with people. This is partly because she can't form a relationship with herself, and she can't love herself or accept herself and the mistakes she has made throughout her life. This causes her to struggle when trying to make friends or keep her relationships with her family. We were also able to see some of her alternate lives where she was happier, and in these lives her happiness came from her relationships with the people around her and not just from her success or money. This relates to Dr. Amen and his studies of brain scans because he proved that people with stronger relationships are happier than people who are just friends with people to say they have friends, and don't try to form meaningful relationships .

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The lack of strong honest relationships in Ed’s life is largely reflected in his perception of the world and the way he feels. He has many opportunities to bond and develop friendships and relationships full of emotional depth but I believe he subconsciously holds himself back. He prefers to take care of things himself.  In the small moments of clarity, like when he opens up to Audrey, he seems to feel relief. It’s very interesting to notice his behaviors tie together at the end of the book when it is revealed that the main purpose of his challenges and adventures is essentialy just to make his life less ordinary. His world is entangled in the lives of several other people but the first time we see his life pick up pace is when he is tasked to take the life of another man.

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I read the Scorpio Races as my choice book instead of Midnight Library or The Messenger.
This story follows Puck, a middle child with two brothers who is trying to keep her home from being foreclosed. As tensions rise, she finds out that her oldest brother is leaving for the mainland and the responsibility of both her younger brother and the house falls onto her shoulders. Not only is this an incredibly stressful situation for anyone, but for an orphaned set of three with Puck being only 16, it's terrifying.
The journal that connects best to the story is The Power of Relationships- the first journal from this quarter. Through her struggle, Puck is able to find a boy named Sean. Sean is also an orphan who is trying to make a name for himself and protect the things that he loves (aka his horse,) which Puck is able to relate to. Against the odds, these two become close friends.
Through both of their fears, they are able to build a strong relationship that provides them with the strength they need to keep moving forward.

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In the book midnight, Nora does not fight for her relationships. She accepts the way they are. she does not try to build on the existing ones. for example, the relationship with her brother is not strong because she hurt him. The reason is she would not stay in the band. And if Nora pushed back and explained her thoughts on the matter, she might have a better relationship with her brother because she is showing she wants to fight for the broken relationship. Nora is starting to figure this out throughout the rest of the book. In the Frientimacy ted talk, she talks about building relationships make them stronger and more reliable, which Nora needs to do with her brother.

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Nora Seed is unable to find success in having consistent and deep relationships with those around her. Her more successful lives were not dependent upon her money nor fame, but on how strong her relationships were with those around her. For example, she experienced a life in which she was an Olympian, yet - because she could not see her brother - she was unable to find happiness in that life. This is similar to an idea preached by Shasta Nelson in her "Frientimacy" speech--close friendships are necessary.  Nora had everything she could ever wish for, but it was not until she experienced a deep, non-surface-level, relationship that she truly wanted to live.

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In one way or another all of Nora's relationships have ended poorly and without them she has nothing, in her root life the only relationship she had was with her cat Voltaire which sadly passed away due to an accident driving her to suicide. Because of the pressure placed upon her as a teenager and the shyness of her childhood she never had that many relationships in the first place so when her best friend and her drifted away and her cat died she had nothing to look forward too. Relationships are extremely important in human society because we are very social creatures and without them we are empty.

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The midnight library: The importance of relationships in a good life.

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The midnight library: The importance of relationships in a good life.

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Nora’s biggest problem in her life was her lack of relationships as well as the crumpling of her current ones. Trying to live life without any relationships with peers is hard, I know this because there was a time in my life when I had no one to talk to. I have to admit that I was miserable, but I got sick of it and started talking to some new people. Nora’s solution to her lack of relationships was taking her own life, which she ended up realizing was not the solution but rather that she should improve upon her current life. It is without a doubt that Nora got an incredibly unique opportunity to find herself as a person.

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The Midnight Library - The power of relationships & Change your brain change your life

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The Midnight Library - The power of relationships & Change your brain change your life

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I think the power of relationships is relevant to the midnight library. In the book you notice that the relationships she had in her root life were not high quality. Even her own family did not provide high quality relationships, which in turn led to her lower brain health causing and amplifying her feelings of depression and anxiety.

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How Nora relates to journal: Change your Brain, Change Your Life

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How Nora relates to journal: Change your Brain, Change Your Life

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At the beginning of the book, Nora had to be vulnerable and share her regrets and be open. Her self-esteem comes down a lot and she starts feeling full of regret and like she is not needed. This relates to the journal: Change your Brain, Change Your Life because the journal talks about how negative emotions and anxiety can have an effect on our mental health and you can see that play out with Nora's character throughout the book.

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Nora seed and The power of relationships

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Nora seed and The power of relationships

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Nora seed struggles to maintain friendships in The Midnight Library or any relationships at all. Her old band-mates and brother are mad and don't speak to her. Izzy no longer speaks to her, and she has no living family other than her brother. One of Nora's final straws is when her neighbor declares he no longer needs her to get his medicine for him. Nora has no relationship with anyone around her and feels disconnected and useless. These feelings are part of what lead Nora to a bad place and they can lead anyone to a bad place. Nora Seed shows just how important those relationships are because if she had them she may not have done what she did.

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Part of the triangle is Positivity. Nora is missing that because, in the book, she has lots of regrets and does not really talk about the good things going on in her life. She doesn't talk to Izzy anymore and also does not get along with her brother. Nora definitely needs someone in her life to vent to because it is hard for her to bottle up all of those emotions. It is important for Nora to talk to a friend because bottling up everything could make someone very depressed, and it's just better for us to get everything out.

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I am the messenger - Peer pressure  and power

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I am the messenger - Peer pressure  and power

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Ed seems to know a handful of people, but nothing seems to change him more rather then when he was tasked to kill a man , an abusive man at that . It shows that persuasion and rewards can make almost anybody get out of their comfort zone to do things , even if it risks changing their life . I feel like this can relate to Change your brain change your life as it shows that a slight change of thinking can really change the actions somebody can do , whether it's a positive change or negative .

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Nora Seed doesn't really have any good strong relationships. She has a few surface relationships in her main life but she doesn't have those deep reliable relationships. She's so sad all the time and has no one to talk to about her problems and it made her want to die. These relationships are so important. Now obviously we don't need to put our worth in these relationships and we don't need them to survive but it makes it a heck of a lot easier. If Nora had those strong foundational relationships she probably would've been living a much happier life and a life she wanted to keep living.

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The Midnight Library - The Power Of Relationships 

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The Midnight Library - The Power Of Relationships 

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In her root life, Nora struggles with relationships. She doesn't have anyone who she's actually close with, just surface level interactions. With the little connections she has, she becomes upset with her root life and doesn't feel as if anything is fulfilling her. After she travels to each life, she realizes that a constant between all the lives is that she has people. She has people she has deeper connections with and enjoys. For example, in one of her "longer" lives, she is married to Ash and has a daughter. She is the happiest in this life because she realizes she has those close relationships that she didn't have in her root life. This relates to the Power Of Relationships (Mills) because he talked about how important it is to have those people that you have more than a surface-level connection to. Without those, Nora was depressed, which led her to the library in the first place. She finally feels satisfied after she gets put in a life with those deep connections.

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How Nora Seed relates to Change your brain change your life

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How Nora Seed relates to Change your brain change your life

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Nora had her share of regrets throughout the 19 years of her miserable existence like losing her job backing out of engagement, and overdosing on antidepressants. With the guidance of Mrs. Elm, the initially reluctant Nora seeks to understand the meaning of life and surfs through an infinite amount of possibility for her life and shows the nobility of human life lies in its ups and downs. I think this relates to change your brain change your life because even though Nora is bright and gifted she struggles with immense pressures. After going through infinite amounts of parallel lives she decides that her life matters. I think that her change of mindset changed her life.