Welcome to my blog
There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. This is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep, to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
Welcome to my blog
There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. This is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep, to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
Is Stress Affecting Your Performance At Work?
If you’ve ever felt so stressed you couldn’t think, you’re not alone. Stress is causing many of us to struggle with decision-making, memory and accuracy in our day-to-day activities. The problem is worse when we’re exposed to high levels of stress on a regular basis...
Does Your Thinking Need Smartening Up?
Have you ever wondered what it takes to achieve mental fitness? Better brain fitness is essential to how well we think, how we make decisions, solve problems and learn new skills. And we think a lot! We think about our future plans, what happened in the past and...
How To Make 2019 Your Best Year Yet
Forget about those New Year’s Resolutions and try goal setting instead. While that fleeting intention and good resolve may have some merit what’s more useful is to examine how effective goal setting can help you achieve more of your heart’s desires and with less angst...
Your Goldilocks Brain and Sleep
How's your sleeping? Sleep is one of those things we often pay little attention to unless you have a sleep disorder or have difficulty getting enough. What's the link between our brain and sleep? We’ve heard it before – how we are all horribly sleep deprived and how...
Managing Our Mental Load
Managing our mental load is recognised as an essential skillset in the modern workplace. But it’s not just a problem at work; it affects us in everything we do. What is our mental load? It’s that myriad of items that need to be remembered, planned for and executed in...
Why Eating More Broccoli Could Protect Your Brain From Ageing
People often ask me, “What are the best superfoods for the brain?” While we like to think our superfood heroes will save the world and us, it’s often the unsung heroes that actually make the biggest difference. Sure, those superfoods have been identified as having...