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.
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.
Mindfulness meditation has been used as a tool to manage symptoms of anxiety for many years. Now the science is catching up to verify not only that it works, but also how mindfulness impacts and changes the brain.
This is important because high levels of stress, anxiety and depression are major health issues. The prevalence of mental illness has increased by one third in the last decade, and it’s not just due to too much tea or coffee.
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.
We 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
Looking after your noggin is plain common sense. Growing up in the UK where many of the older houses were constructed at a time when people were somewhat shorter in stature than they are today, the phrase "mind your noggin on the lintel!" remained sage advice. If...
Keeping your head while everyone else around you is losing theirs is a sign of great leadership. Maintaining calm takes practice, which is why being open to different relaxation technique can be helpful
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