Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Procrastinating If you have a tendency to put things off, you’re not alone. It has been estimated that around 20 percent of adults procrastinate, and around half of all students do. Unfortunately procrastination has negative effects. These include poorer performance and increased stress, as well as mental and physical health…
How Companies Can Instill Mindfulness Over the last few years, more and more businesses have taught mindfulness to their employees, or encouraged their workers to learn mindful meditation. You might think that any business that uses mindfulness is probably some kind of hippy-dippy fly-by-night selling knitted yoghurt and handwoven cheese! You’d be wrong. Some of…
Mindfulness meditation-based pain relief For years now researchers have been looking at cognitive-based approaches to pain relief. There have been success with interventions using hypnosis, acupuncture and distraction, and of course, the placebo effect shows that the body can, on occasion, heal itself. The effect isn’t magic — it is down to the opioids. The…
What Is Mindful Eating: Benefits and How to Practice One of the core mindfulness skills we teach on our programme is paying attention while doing everyday tasks. This includes eating. If we are not being mindfulness, many of us eat without tasting or experiencing our food — even a favourite meal may be wolfed down…
PTSD Meditation: How It Works and How to Try It New research has shown the mindfulness is an effective therapy for people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research was conducted with American soldiers who had experienced combat. They were enrolled in a 16 week programme, which included mindfulness. Their results were compared with…
Tips to Practice Mindfulness Through Knitting Form of mindfulness: Over the last few years, colouring books for adults have become incredibly popular. Not only do these help you rediscover the fun of colouring in, but concentrating on colours and shapes helps you clear your mind of chattering, persistent thoughts. I was recently asked what I…
Can neuroscience tell how you’ll vote? Neuroscience: An Irish election has just past, and an American election is looming, but have you ever considered how exactly you decide who to vote for? Now, presumably you’ll say that you choose a candidate based on his or her platform, promises, political party affiliation and other such rational…
The Surprising Secret to Longevity – The surprising secret to a long life You won’t be surprised to hear that unhealthy lifestyle choices, like smoking, excessive drinking and bad eating habits play a role in how long you’ll live. Nor would you be amazed to learn that chronic illness affects the number of years you’ll…