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Do you watch the clock at night?
When you should be asleep? You are not alone. Insomnia affects between 4 and 22% of adults and is associated with long-term health problems including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression. So many people are troubled by insomnia, that research at Indiana...
How to Manage Doubting Thoughts.
Do you have doubting thoughts and conversations in your head?? Most of us do. Usually its one side bringing up doubting thoughts about just about anything. And then the other side replies, offering reassurance and calming advice. Doubting is an...
Focus-Connect-Rehearse really works!
The week before Christmas I met up with friends for a Christmas lunch. People mingling in a vibrant and celebratory atmosphere, cars stacked into every available car park. During the course of lunch one of my friends had a medical event. An ambulance was called and...
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Does Thinking Make Us Tired?
Have you ever felt like this? As if your brain simply cannot take in one more thing? Has thinking exhausted your brain? Here are the facts: The brain consumes about 20% of the body's energy, despite representing only 2% of its weight. (Calculated using oxygen...
Viewing Art Improves Mood and Anxiety
Have you visited an online art exhibition lately? An international research team involving the University of Vienna and the Max Planck Institute had 240 participants view an interactive Monet Water Lily art exhibition then fill out a questionnaire about their state of...
Get more out of your daily walk
Incorporate balance exercises, weight training, and vigorous activity into your routine. You already go for a walk every day, which is great for overall health. Regular, brisk walking helps lower LDL (bad) cholesterol, control blood pressure, strengthen muscles, burn...
Noticing MCI? Improve with Positive Thinking.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the stage between the expected decline in memory and thinking that happens with age and the more serious decline of dementia. MCI may include problems with memory, language or judgment. People with...
Is exercise easy or hard for you? The answer is Dopamine.
Dopamine plays a vital role in why exercise and physical activity feels easy to some, but exhausting to others, a new John Hopkins study reports. Dopamine is a chemical released in the brain that makes you feel good. Having the...
