@iambenwest
hi mate, I have given you a follow on Clubhouse. I run a daily mental health show very aligned to your work - it would be really worth us connecting. DMd on insta 🙂
Happy New Year!
I'm very excited to be kicking of 2020 visiting and speaking
@UofT
and delivering my first lectures
@UniofExeter
.
I look forward to continue sharing my message regarding the powerful effects mindfulness can have on our mental health and our performance🧘🏼♂️
We planned our whole Europe trip using Al. When we told our friends we were going to Kassel in Germany so many people said that was so random. Even the people we're chatting to here think it's so random that we've come 🤣. We told the Al we just wanted to see the best nature in
After 60 days of this fully unprocessed diet I'm convinced the reason we all crave eating so much crappy food is simply because are bodies are just deficient in the real nutrients they need. This is the easiest 'diet' I've ever tried. 100% recommend.
Listen carefully when people are talking to you. Don't formulate your response in your mind whilst they are speaking. Actively listening to what someone is saying is an admirable and important trait.
With the insane dopamine effects of ultra-processed foods I’m really starting to believe an ‘everything in moderation diet’ is no longer possible. Moving to a 100% whole food diet is seeming essential.
This weekend be selective over your phone use. Mindlessly checking social media in every moment of boredom crashes your dopamine making you feel sh*t. Boredom is good for your mind.
Throughout 300,000 years of human evolution, our brains developed four key chemicals to maximise our survival…
- Dopamine: to make doing hard things feel good.
- Oxytocin: to deeply connect us to our tribe.
- Serotonin: to ensure we ate, hydrated and slept.
- Endorphins: to
One of the best decisions I've ever made is getting an alarm so I could charge my phone outside my room. In the winter months these sunrise alarm clocks are so good as they wake you up over 30 mins with light too. So much more natural.
Every modern health ‘hack’ is simply a reintroduction of our ancestors’ daily lifestyles…
Forest bathing 🌳
Sunlight exposure 🌄
Intermittent fasting 🔁
Barefoot walking 🦶
Fermented foods 🥥
Cold therapy 🥶
High protein diets🥩
What is your favourite ancestral habit?
Why getting bored is magical for your brain👇
Many of us almost fear feeling bored these days.
We spend a minute or two in silence and all kinds of thoughts or worries can appear in our mind.
Often it is much easier to just put your headphones in or pick up your phone to avoid
Incredibly excited to announce my new role as Director of Mental Health & Wellbeing
@_Whitecalm
. I will be doing this role alongside running my personal business and cannot wait to see how it supports my dream of making a difference to mental health 🧠🙂
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
Dopamine hack: observe the difference in your brain after reading vs scrolling social media videos.
Reading leads to satisfaction, social media leads to dissatisfaction.
Feeling satisfied is a key indicator that you have naturally built dopamine.
We must keep
#mentally
and
#physically
fit during this time. Join my
#calmingminds
community
@thepepoapp
where I will be posting daily videos to support people in finding stillness during these uncertain times
I struggle sometimes with pretty intense intrusive thoughts. I discovered recently they are a symptom of OCD.
I’ve had OCD since I was 4/5 years old. I read some research that OCD symptoms elevate when your serotonin levels are low.
So for a month now I’ve been laser focused
I love this image. When I started making content, speaking on stage and running my business I was honestly crap at all of it. The only reason anything cool has happened in my life is by simply taking action each day and constantly pushing out of my comfort zone. If there's
Your number one objective when you wake is to achieve something. Walk, stretch, read, make your bed, listen to a podcast. Small wins build dopamine. Dopamine creates your motivation and excitement for your day ahead.
#mentalhealth
#dopamine
#neuroscience
Throughout the 19th century people often said ‘an hour before midnight is worth two after’. Turns out this is true in many papers I read. Go to sleep before 11, you will notice a huge difference in your mood, motivation and happiness.
- a morning stretch and body weight workout
- an hour of focused work in a coffee shop
- a high protein, nutrient dense lunch
- a swim in a lake and frisbee with friends
- a game of basketball in the sunshine
Heaven Sunday.
“The reason to deliberately do hard things is so that when non self elected challenges arrive, and they will. You can tell yourself I don’t know how this is going to turn out but I know I can do hard things.” -
@hubermanlab
🧠
Today me and
@georgiafarrar_
have set off on a 2 month trip around Europe! We’ve got these things called ‘inter rail’ train passes that mean we can jump on and off trains as we go. This trip has been a lifelong dream of mine and we’re buzzing to make some sick content to inspire