Mindfulness is rightly enjoying considerable popularity lately. Mindfulness is a practice of non-judgmental awareness of thoughts and feelings as they arise in moment-to-moment experience. Mindful awareness is correlated with increased activity in the prefrontal cortex – the thinking, reasoning part of the brain – as well as decreased activity in the amygdyla – the emotional, […]
5 ways to improve your mental health
When Simone Biles, the four-time gold medallist American gymnastics Olympian, pulled herself from the competition early on in the 2021 Japan Olympics, many assumed she’d suffered an injury that would stop her from competing. But it wasn’t for a physical problem, it was for her mental health. While feeling the weight of competing and then […]
Managing COVID-19 anxiety
Here are some ways to nourish your mental health and help curb cabin fever while you stay indoors. Here are some ideas to consider. 1. MAKE A LIST Because our sense of time during the pandemic is distorted, Dr. Michael Rich, founder of the Centre on Media and Child Health at Boston Children’s Hospital, says […]