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Improve your learning – what does the science say? with Jared Cooney Horvath
“Teach the why, not the what,” Jared Cooney Horvath says. Today he’s here to teach us the ‘why’ of brain-training programmes. “The research has been incredibly clear: brain-training games work really,...
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Neuroslimming – change your brain to change your body with Dr Helena Popovic
“Who here uses dental floss? Well, you’re about to learn how to use ‘mental floss’ – cleaning the plaque from between your neurons,” Dr Helena Popovic says. “A healthy body means a healthy mind, but...
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The power of meow with David Michie
David Michie began writing fictional books about Buddhism after pondering the life of a cat the Dalai Lama once had. “When you write stories, you engage people on a completely different level than...
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The power of equanimity for pain reduction with Dr Bruno Cayoun
“Pain is a serious health issue,” Dr Bruno Cayoun says. Pain is complex and subjective, however it is required for survival. “Interestingly, there are no pain receptors and no pain fibres in your...
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Less is more – how to declutter your life with Kim Carruthers
“What is decluttering?” Kim Carruthers has a three-pronged approach to decluttering. The first question is, ‘Do you use it?’ The next question is, ‘Is it making you happy regularly?’ The last question...
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The neuroscience of habit with Dr Jeffrey Schwartz
“I define the mind as the choices and decisions we make about the stream of information the brain sends us,” Jeffrey M Schwartz says. “The nature of habit and the way it’s wired into the brain...
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Collaboration and creativity with Susan Mackie
Susan Mackie wants to reflect on the career and life of Edward de Bono. They met when thousands of platinum mine workers were striking in South Africa. Susan called Edward for help as he happened to...
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Become extraordinary by doing the ordinary with Dr Tim Sharp
“Even ordinary people can do extraordinary things,” Dr Tim Sharp says. Most people are familiar with motivational quotes like, ‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’ Tim has found that this in itself...
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Epigenetics – playing the genetic hand life dealt you with Dr Craig Hassed
Our genes influence so much of who we are. Dr Craig Hassed gives us a few examples of how genetics affect us. Everything from our grandparents’ diets, how much our parents show affection to us as...
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Edward de Bono in conversation with Richard Aedy
“Very few people have thought more about thinking than Edward de Bono,” Richard Aedy says. RA: Why is thinking important? EdB: Without thinking, there’s not much you can do but repeat, repeat and...
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Educated, empowered and chemical free by Michele Chevalley Hedge
Michele Chevalley Hedge asks us to think about our grandmothers and speculate on how many women they knew, when they were forty years old, who had breast cancer. “It would have been hard for them to...
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What makes a champion? with Joe Williams
Joe Williams is someone who struggles on a daily basis with personal mental health issues. “I don’t battle my mental health now, I manage it,” he says. In October last year, he released a short...
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5 tips for health and wellness at work
Let’s face it: when we’re over-worked, under-slept and eating sugary snacks or fatty fast food because we’re so time-poor, we definitely don’t feel our best. Health and wellness might fall at the...
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Monday Wellness Tip #1 RELAX
Where do you like to relax? Most people imagine a comfortable, indoors environment – lying on their couch with a book, lazing in bed with Netflix or having a glass of wine before cooking dinner. But...
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Monday Wellness Tip #2 WALK
Last week’s Monday Wellness Tip introduced the concept of ‘forest bathing,’ the practice of walking in nature, noticing the colours, sounds and smells, being fully present in order to relax deeply....
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Monday Wellness Tip #3 SOCIALISE
Last week’s Monday Wellness Tip suggested combining walking and socialising. This week we will give you three new ways that you can boost your social wellness! We’ve heard it before – we are social...
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Monday Wellness Tip #4 HELP
Last week’s Monday Wellness Tip talked about volunteering as a way to meet new people – this week we’ll take a closer look at volunteering: how helping others can benefit your own wellbeing. Helping...
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Monday Wellness Tip #5 GIVE
Last week’s Monday Wellness Tip revealed that people who volunteer feel they have more time. This week we’ll look at how giving can make you richer! Giving makes us feel happy. As we’re in the midst of...
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Monday Wellness Tip #6 SMILE
Last week’s Monday Wellness Tip suggested smiling as a way to give to others. In this week’s post we’ll show you some of the many benefits a smile can bring – to yourself and others. Smiling doesn’t...
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Monday Wellness Tip #7 THANK
Last week’s Monday Wellness Tip gave you lots of reasons to smile. In our last post for 2015 we invite you to reflect on all that you’re grateful for and how you can thank the people in your life....
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