In my blog post about Hormesis, I talked about the importance of good stress. I described why leaning into challenge is good for the brain and body and why we shouldn’t shy away from difficult situations in life. One of these challenges that we encounter almost daily is communication. Communication...
Growth Mindset
In my blog post about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, I talk about clinically proven ways to change the way we think, feel and behave. All three affect one another, but ultimately it is our thoughts that dictate our feelings and actions. It is our mindset that drives everything in our lives....
Andrew Huberman: Stanford Neuroscientist
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist and a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine in the Department of Neurobiology. He specializes in brain development, brain plasticity, vision, neural regeneration and repair. He is the head of the Huberman Lab at Stanford, where he and his team use virtual reality technology...
Hormesis and the Importance of Good Stress
Chronic, self-inflicted stress is bad. The kind of stress that occurs from negative thinking and is perpetuated over and over again from our minds wreaks havoc on our bodies and leads to sickness and disease. But not all stress is bad. In fact, we need some stress in our lives...
Vision and Stress Management
A great way to reduce stress in the heat of the moment, and one that often gets overlooked (pun intended), is practicing different vision techniques. Our vision has a direct effect on our states of mind and levels of stress. For example, we stress ourselves out when focus hard on...