
This is an extremely helpful article that goes right into the science of how to more effectively work with your brain. It also goes in to ways you may be able to heal and grow it.
Feed Your Head: Harnessing Neurogenesis
http://the-nexian.me/home/knowledge/42-feed-your-head-harnessing-neurogenesis
The title of this next link explains it all…
Harvard neuroscientist: Meditation not only reduces stress, here’s how it changes your brain
This article goes in to the benefits found through beginning an art practise
The Power of Art Psychotherapy: How Being Creative Can Help You Express and Heal Yourself
Aromatherapy works via being absorbed through the plentiful blood vessels in the nasal passage and transferring their effects straight to the brain.
Essential Oils and The Brain
http://livingtraditionally.com/essential-oils-and-brain-injuries-what-you-are-not-being-told/
This shows proof that meditation and silence assists the brain in regeneration
Silence Important For The Brain
http://www.lifehack.org/377243/science-says-silence-much-more-important-our-brains-than-thought