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.
COVID-somnia. It’s a great term isn’t it and I wish I could take credit for it but someone else (sorry I can’t remember who) did. Has Covid affected your sleep pattern? I’ve been asking my clients how they’ve been sleeping since the onset of the global pandemic. Some...
If you are consistently typically going to bed late, waking tired and struggling to get to work on time during the week and then try to play catch up on the weekend, you probably have social jetlag. Along with 31% of the adult Australian population.
Deep sleep is the sleep needed for you to wake feeling refreshed and restored. It’s the sleep needed for memory consolidation to make it easier to retain and recall information, and for the production of growth hormone (super important for kids).
Lack of sleep is a global pandemic affecting around one third of all adults and two thirds of adolescents.
Organisations are waking up to the fact that sleep deprivation is bad for everyone. A study by Rand Europe and Cambridge University reported that lack of sleep is the leading cause of low productivity.
Tackling this problem doesn’t have to be hard or expensive but does require a shift in workplace culture and expectation.
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...
We all need sleep, preferably 7-8 hours of good quality uninterrupted sleep. The problem is over 1/3 of us don’t and one of the commonest reasons given is “we’ve got too much on our mind.” Work is an important part of our lives. It puts food on the table. But it should never take over our lives to the extent that it puts our health, mental wellbeing and ability to think at risk. In this article I share some tips to help you stop overthinking or worrying and get a better night’s sleep.
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