Do you sometimes get into a bad mood spiral? You have a thought (that you’re probably not even aware of) and – bang – a bad mood tumbles uncontrollably through your head like a collapsing chain of dominoes. Before you know it you’re stomping through the house, slamming doors, grunting and your family members are […]
As newborns, we enter the world by inhaling. In leaving, we exhale. (In fact, in many languages the word “exhale” is synonymous with “dying.”) Breathing is so central to life that it is no wonder humankind long ago noted its value not only to survival but to the functioning of the body and mind and […]
We’ve been experiencing heartbreak for millennia and yet most of us still use the same coping and recovery mechanisms we did thousands of years ago: time, social support, and unfortunately, substances (eg, alcohol, drugs, food). Despite recent advances in our scientific understanding of how we are impacted by heartbreak, little has changed in how we go […]
What factors do you need to reach a ripe old age and still be in good health? Studies of people living in the so-called ‘Blue Zones’ have revealed some fascinating insights. A Blue Zone is an area with a remarkably high number of centenarians and there are 5 official Blue Zones in the world: Sardinia […]
There might be no natural limit to how long humans can live—at least not one yet in sight—contrary to the claims of some demographers and biologists. That’s according to a statistical analysis published in Science on the survival probabilities of nearly 4,000 ‘super-elderly’ people in Italy, all aged 105 and older. A team led by Sapienza […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE NOVEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER including Freebie If you’re anything like me you probably have a to-do list that seems to get longer by the hour. Each time a task gets crossed off another 3 get added. Sounds familiar? Intrigued – and making fun of myself – I dived into some of the latest […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE OCTOBER 2018 NEWSLETTER including Freebie Before you think I’ve gone completely crazy, let me explain….Research suggests meaningful work can be something you grow into, not necessarily something you discover On the surface, goals around fulfilment and purpose seem great. Instead of seeking power, status or personal wealth, many are motivated to discover […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE AUGUST 201 NEWSLETTER including Freebie With the heat wave during the last month I was more in couch potato mode, but when the cooler days in between hit I was looking for any excuse to get outisde and moving. Forgot to buy bananas? I was volunteering to jump on the bike to […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE JULY 2018 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. Have you heard? Sitting is the new smoking. A sedentary lifestyle has long been linked to poor health, and a growing body of evidence suggests it may also affect personality. Previous research found associations between a lack of exercise and declines in character traits such […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE JUNE 2018 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. The earliest evidence that the gut might be involved in Parkinson’s emerged more than 200 years ago. In 1817, the English surgeon James Parkinson reported that some patients with a condition he termed “shaking palsy” experienced constipation. In one of the six cases he described, […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE MAY 2018 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. Ketamine has been called the biggest thing to happen to psychiatry in 50 years. The notorious party drug may act as an antidepressant by blocking neural bursts in a little-understood brain region that may drive depression. It improves symptoms in as little as 30 minutes, […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE APRIL 2018 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. We all know what it’s like to feel as insecure as an untethered tent in a force 10 gale. We know we should ask that obvious question rattling around in our head during the meeting, but are afraid we’ll sound stupid. We secretly are in […]