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Hungry hungry hippocampus: Diets and your brain
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Wanting to eat better, lose weight or improve fitness is one thing … for many of us, actually achieving these goals can prove elusive. Common sense is not always enough to achieve lasting change, and there is such diverse and too often contradictory information out there on health, fitness and dieting.
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Neuroplasticity in action
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The thing that amazes me most, watching this video, is that even under circumstances that are tremendously prejudiced to failure, the neuroplasticity of the brain makes success possible. What might your brain be capable of that may seem impossible to you today?
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The Science on Mindfulness
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Mindfulness forms an important part of a range of strategies we use at Thrive Wellness to facilitate psychological well-being. So far we have never written on the subject on our blog. Now, once again, the Radio National program All in the Mind has done a great job summarising what mindfulness is and the current…
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Radio National program on Borderline Personality Disorder
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Borderline Personality Disorder is a treatable condition. Listen to Radio National’s recent segment on the condition to find out more.
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Do you feel wise?
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Emotions exist for a reason. Feelings tell us important things that logic alone may miss. Sometimes those things are really, really important.
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Motivation experiment days 19-21
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Achieving something personally challenging, and surprising myself, noticeably increases my intrinsic motivation to draw as my experiment in motivation continues.
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Motivation experiment days 16-18: the joys of imperfection
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As my experiment in drawing daily continues I notice fluctuations in intrinsic motivation, and reflect on the threat that perfectionism poses to accomplishment.
