This time of year is powerful when setting goals to establish a pathway to success, health, fitness and/or wellbeing. It is the perfect time create space to develop new habits and to discard those that no longer serve us well. I am currently creating an intention for the year and putting together goals – keeping …
Exercise & the Placebo Effect. Can mindset make you thin, do the splits, win a marathon, or heal you? A study tested whether the relationship between exercise and health is moderated by one’s mindset. Dr. Alia Crum’s research focuses on how changes in subjective mindsets—the lenses through which information is perceived, organised and interpreted—can alter …
I am, by nature a little chaotic and well, rather disorganised. At work I used to think I did better this way, achieving more when under pressure. ‘I thrive in an environment of pressure…’ my CV would espouse. But realistically, I crammed in everything at the last moment. I may have completed the most pressing …
NOMOPHOBIA – nō-mə-ˈfō-bē-ə – an irrational fear of being without or unable to use your mobile phone. I’ve been on Facebook since 2007, initially using it as a tool to keep connected with friends & family while living in India. But it is only lately – 9 years later – Facebook, Instagram and other socials …
I have a 9 year old son, 7 & 5 year old daughters, and apparently, this is the age when little minds start to question their reality. Our magical white (lies) stories don’t stack up anymore. The little Elf that visits and distributes treats into our Advent calendar, every night in December until Christmas eve, wasn’t so clever …