When feeling stressed or under pressure it’s not unusual to find yourself breathing more shallowly or holding your breath. New research has shown how controlled breathing focusing on slowing the outbreath reduces tension and boosts your ability to focus.
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There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise... Which 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... Which 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.
Do you spend enough time outdoors? I read recently that the average American spends between 80-99% of their time indoors. More frightening still, that time is increasing. Now if you live somewhere very cold like the Arctic, or somewhere very hot like Dubai where you...
read moreWe all know how to breathe. You may also have noticed how your breathing changes depending on what you’re doing physically or how you’re feeling. It turns out that how we breathe when stressed has an effect on our cognition and that meditation can be used as an intervention to build self awareness and change our behaviour
read morePursuing greater happiness for its own sake does not make us complete. Rather it is being able to experience the emotion we feel to be appropriate for a given situation. More here
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Using Mindfulness To Stay Out of Danger
Mindfulness isn’t about sitting cross-legged and chanting Omm. It’s about being in the present moment. It allows us to notice what’s happening right now.
Working in high stress or dangerous environments requires rapid evaluation and assessment of events as they unfurl, to help you come to the best and safest decision
read moreChin Up! How to take the grey out of your day using two simple techniques
When you’re under the pump, working too hard and can’t wait for that moment of respite, your system is under stress. It’s the time when chronic fatigue creeps in, you notice you’re a bit flat and everything feels a drudge.How you manage your state of mind at this time...
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