Most people find change hard, particularly without any support or guidance.
The greatest difficulty about change is when you’re not taking the right action to help yourself create the change, either because there’s a part of you not willing to let go of the old, or some kind of lingering resistance in your subconscious, also known as your bodymind.
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So, how can we restore our youthfulness and finally bring balance to our mind and body? There are several ways to do it, so if you’re interested to know more and learn how to enjoy a great holistic balance, read on.
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Neuroscience and the study of gratitude, shows us how the brain can respond and adapt to a grateful mind by gradually integrating new neural pathways with intentional practice.
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Research shows that consistently grateful people are happier, more energetic, more hopeful, more helpful, more empathic, more spiritual, more forgiving, and less materialistic. They’re also less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, neurotic, or sick.
In one study, a group of participants were asked to name five things they were grateful for every day, while another group was asked to list five things that annoyed them. Those expressing gratitude were not only happier and more optimistic; they reported fewer physical symptoms (such as headache, cough, nausea, or acne).
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Change of any kind is often done by consciously focusing on doing something different. But that’s not so easy when you’re trying to make your brain do something it’s not familiar with.
This is why understanding and working with your brain is the key to change – without getting your brain on board and working with you, change will be extremely hard.
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Do something EVERY day to balance out the external stress with internal calm.
You deserve to enjoy your life, not feel overwhelmed or constantly stressed by it.
How do you approach self-care?
For so many people taking care of themselves may include sweating it out at the gym 3 times a week, having a pampering massage once a month, or taking a morning walk every day.
These are wonderful practises to take care of your physical body, but what about the rest of you?
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For far too long the medical establishment dismissed the interdependent and influential relationship of the mind and body as a complementary whole, where thoughts have the power to influence physical and chemical changes within the body.
There is no more influential life stage than childhood when these patterns are first created.
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The human brain never falls asleep, not even at night when the body needs to recharge. Kids’ brains are incredibly active and ready to accumulate information.
To boost focus and improve memory, research shows that the best “medicine” for the brain is meditation. Once a preferred relaxation practice by Buddhist monarchs, meditation has been proven to improve brain function and promote concentration, inner self-awareness, and self-discipline.
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The meaning that certain significant events have at different times in our lives are conditioned in our mind and brain as patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.
Which is why when we try to make change consciously, we often come up against some kind of resistance or sabotage that we just can’t explain.
And it’s SO frustrating when you know what to do, but you just can’t do it !!
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Self-care sometimes feels like that elusive grand prize. When you’ve finally done everything on your to-do list: once you’ve taken care of feeding the family, finished that assignment, prepared that report, or made sure everyone else’s needs are met… then maybe you’ll have time for yourself to finally relax.
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I don’t know about you but I’m finding it hard to believe that Christmas is only 5 days away. December always seems to disappear in a haze of end-of-year deadlines and festive activities.
As much as I love Christmas and the holidays, I always look forward to New Year more. Partly because of the ‘clean slate’ atmosphere (I just love that new-exercise-book, back-to-school feeling) but also partly because it means the ‘silly season’ is over for another year.
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What are you thinking right now? Stop for a moment and consciously listen to the thoughts inside your head… What
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Ever watched someone practising meditation and thought: I wish I could do that but I couldn’t sit still or stop thinking
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In the simplest terms, anxiety is caused by an overload of fear and doubt in the thinking mind, which in turn neuro-chemically and physically activates the autonomic nervous system’s ‘fight, flight, freeze’ response in response to certain triggers i.e. sensations, perceptions, meanings, memories.
Our fears drive our thoughts, and our thoughts and behaviours create our emotions. Through repetitive stimulus, certain thoughts, feelings and behaviours condition the nervous system to become overstimulated and stuck in the ‘ON’ switch.
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