This week’s blog is about why should you prioritise your health. You might be young, you might be in your 30s, 40s, maybe in your 50s and it’s easy to think I’ve got 40/50 years left of life to live. Why should I be worried about my health? Why can’t […]
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Is stress bad for your mind, your body, and your wellbeing? The answer, of course, is yes. But why? When we’re in a stressed state, we release different hormones, predominately cortisol, which can have a negative effect on our body composition because cortisol instructs the liver to secrete glucose into
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Are social relationships good for our health? It’s a great question and one that was asked of me recently – and the answer is absolutely yes! We know that loneliness is one of the biggest causes of preventable death, alongside stress and other causes. But with loneliness we’re increasingly recognising
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What are the benefits of staying mentally healthy? Intuitively we know that we need to look after our mental health, but what is the real significance of neglecting that? It falls into three simple things: Cognitive Performance We need to look after our mind and stay mentally active and mentally
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I was listening to a podcast this week and the person being interviewed was Vishen Lakhiani, the CEO of Mindvalley. They do seminars, a month-long retreat in various different parts of Europe, they also have a university. Mindvalley is a large company and has grown from acorns – when Vishen
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One of the biggest challenges people face with energy is finding a balance between energy in and energy out, or what is called the energy balance. The amount of energy being expended on a daily basis must be matched by the amount of energy being put into the body. So
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The subject of this blog is mental health, and specifically mental nourishment. To nourish: “to provide with food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition”, and our minds and brains need nourishment as much as the vital organs, cells, tissues and muscles do. Despite this, I think
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This week’s blog is all about energy – I’ve yet to meet someone who doesn’t want a bit more energy (usually quite a lot). There are many ways of getting more energy. There is energetic potential in all of us – our food stores contain energy just waiting to be
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Exercise is the most underused drug for mental health. I saw a fridge magnet with this statement on once and loved it (I think the other part of the quote is food is the most over-abused substance). We are waking up to the power of exercise and physical movement for
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What do you see when you look at this image? The modern malaise Many of us are suffering from what I call the modern malaise. This is a non-medical condition that describes the challenges we face in the Western world today, particularly with mental health. The stats will give you
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