Why do we always want what’s bad for us? We get addicted to things we used to enjoy, the nicest foods are the ones that are bad for you and the bad boys and mean girls are irresistible. But why? Dopamine is such a powerful influence on our lives. It makes us want to move, and then it makes us…
How Old Is Your Brain? – Why are you Anxious? I don’t know about you, but I am a glutton for those tests that score your IQ and your mental age etc. But, your mental age will not tell you how old your brain is. We are running on a brain that really evolved into its present form about 1.7m…
How many of these symptoms are familiar to menopausal women? Depressed mood most of the day, or on most days Loss of interest or pleasure in most activities including those you used to enjoy Unintentional weight gain or increased appetite Insomnia Visibly restless or run-down Tired, fatigued, or no energy, decreased efficiency in completing tasks A sense of worthlessness or…
So, here’s the thing. My big guilty secret. I haven’t flown for 22 years. The reason we holidayed in the UK or went to Europe by train isn’t anything to do with all the reasons I have always given people. It’s because I wouldn’t fly. That time my husband went to visit his family in Australia, and I stayed behind…
What if I were to tell you that weight loss had very little to do with will power, but everything to do with evolution and stress? In March 1998, J Stradling and his team published a clinical trial in the International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders that took 3 groups Hypnosis with energy intake reduction Hypnosis and Stress reduction…
I’ll never know what gave me Equinophobia, making me too frightened to lead my horse in from the field, or cry with fear when I got on him. I had ridden on and off since I was a pony mad child. In my 20s a bought my first horse, There was a photo of her on my desk at work…
