WHO

2 min. di lettura

Steve ‘Commando’ Willis might appear to have a hard exterior, but the ex-army officer showed a softer side when talking with WHO this week. Still keeping up his daily fitness regime, Willis says he makes time in his day to “just breath” and focus on

Men's Fitness UK

1 min. di lettura

You might reach for comfort snacks when you’re tired or stressed, but research shows that just one plate of fatty foods can ruin your ability to concentrate. Scientists at Ohio State University found a clear cognitive difference between subjects who

You South Africa

3 min. di lettura

Communicative Mercury moves into your sign, freeing up words and loosening your tongue. Whether you want to charm yourself into someone’s heart, show your compassion or share your concerns, it’s a good week in which to verbally express your feelings.

OK Magazine Australia

1 min. di lettura

I make a conscious effort every day (well, most days) to get to the gym and treat my body with a good stretch or cardio session, but I rarely think about giving my mind the same attention. Mental health and caring for your state of mind is something

MASK The Magazine

1 min. di lettura

“Some of the methods I use to calm the chaos is I just try to change my mindset. I do this by understanding that there are some things you can control and some things you can’t. I try to control what I can control. I definitely use music to calm myse

RECOIL OFFGRID

2 min. di lettura

Although survival is undeniably a physical challenge, the mental aspect is often even tougher to overcome. The most obvious mental challenges occur in the heat of the moment — for example, struggling to maintain focus, stay calm, and surmount hopeles

The Atlantic

6 min. di lettura

I couldn’t say these things during a traditional ceremony, but these aren’t traditional times.

WHO

3 min. di lettura

You are mentally tired and restless, concentrating on your immediate duties and familiar tasks may be difficult or confusing. You are not inclined to discipline your mind or focus on practical matters unless there is an element of risk-taking involve

Girlfriend Australia

1 min. di lettura

It could just be that you’ve grown apart and they are hella distant. Let them go and wish them well. “Chances are you didn’t do anything wrong,” says Kim. “You never know what’s going on in the other person’s mind. Perhaps they have changed or are go

Nadia

1 min. di lettura

What inspired The Well-Gardened Mind? I can’t say there was one inspiration but I was certainly driven by a belief that forming a relationship with plants, soil and place through gardening can help counteract many of the mental health issues that ar

MASK The Magazine

1 min. di lettura

“Some of the methods I use to calm the chaos is I just try to change my mindset. I do this by understanding that there are some things you can control and some things you can’t. I try to control what I can control. I definitely use music to calm myse

WHO

3 min. di lettura

You are mentally tired and restless; concentrating on your immediate duties and familiar tasks may be difficult or confusing. You are not inclined to discipline your mind or focus on practical matters unless there is an element of risk-taking involve

The English Garden

2 min. di lettura

Which have been the most satisfying projects you have worked on during your career? You become immersed in each project and I’ve been lucky enough to work on only those things that I completely believed in. But having a smallholding – Franklin Farm,

India Today

4 min. di lettura

5 PATHWAYS TO LOWER MENTAL STRESS 1. WORKING (IT) OUT MANPREET SINGH, Rudrapur The start of 2020 for Manpreet Singh, 32, had been joyous. He had taken a group of tourists to Thailand and Vietnam in January and his travel company, Four Seasons Holiday

Architectural Digest India

1 min. di lettura

Living with death is an odd experience. Awareness of the physical non-existence of a loved one colours almost every experience. One can accept and adjust, but the void remains. And it is funny how the human mind adapts to living with this lacuna. Som

The Art of Healing

2 min. di lettura

A growing mental health crisis is the ‘second wave’ of health issues that experts anticipate due to the prolonged stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking poll from July 2020, 53 percent of U.S. adults reported t

Manhattan Institute

2 min. di lettura

Paul Hollander, Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, died last week at 86. He was a remarkable man. By age of 24, he had experienced more history than most of us would see in several lifetimes. He was born in 1

Best Self Magazine

4 min. di lettura

— A few years back I wrote an article called Mind Yoga: Why and How to Bring Awareness to Your Thoughts. In the piece, I discussed how our minds are our most valuable asset. I also pointed out how we can decide whether we want to think a thought or n

Femina

2 min. di lettura

The lockdown has made everyone sit back and take stock of various things. While thinking may be good, too much of it can lead to an overloaded mind. The pandemic and the resulting lockdown has sent many in a frenzy about the future and made them appr

Psychologies

1 min. di lettura

Our restless, racing and untethered thoughts are often described as the ‘monkey mind’. In Buddhism, there is a word in the Pali language especially dedicated to describing this – papancha. The monkey mind swings from thought to thought. As we seize o

MEGA

5 min. di lettura

“I am disciplined. I am focused. I am healthy.” Confidently written in a journal entry one Thursday morning last March, these self-affirmations were much-needed pick-me-ups for a then troubled Ben Wintle. And why wouldn’t he need all the positive rei

Literary Hub

10 min. di lettura

I read once that every time we learn something new, neural pathways form in our brains, physical proof that we have been amazed or surprised or shocked by something. Knowing little about the the brain, I have always imagined that each of us carries i

Horses and People

3 min. di lettura

www.tanjamitton.com Photo by Linda Zupanc Ok, so most of us have been spending much more time at home than we would normally do. That’s a good thing, right? Most people long to spend time at home, have a holiday, slow down, have more horse time and f

POPSUGAR

2 min. di lettura

Americans are basically terrible at taking time away from work. Whether it's because we just don't have enough paid time off to plan a real vacation or because we think the world will end if we step away from our desks for more than a day, either way

Mega Man

5 min. di lettura

“I am disciplined. I am focused. I am healthy.” Confidently written in a journal entry one Thursday morning last March, these self-affirmations were much-needed pick-me-ups for a then troubled Ben Wintle. And why wouldn’t he need all the positive rei

Literary Hub

14 min. di lettura

A few weeks ago I received an email from an unfamiliar sender. In the subject line was the title of a story I wrote five years ago. Sometimes, when you get published, this happens. Either a reader loves the story, or a reader hates the story, or you’

Womankind

1 min. di lettura

It’s common knowledge that a deeper connection with nature is good for our health. Nature provides, not just in the food we eat but mentally and spiritually. Being ‘connected’ to nature, it seems, makes us happier. In his book The Biophilia Hypothesi

MASK The Magazine

1 min. di lettura

The mind is an amazing thing. We learn more and more about it as time goes by. I can tell you that if I were aware of the things I know today, it would have definitely changed the decisions I’ve made as a parent. As parents, we do what we can do with

The American Poetry Review

2 min. di lettura

If in time the book-boxes in the cellar liftedout of your mind and garnished mine, what I would seemost is the meshing of the universe, not even,as tradition from Sappho to Euclid calls it, lovebut another sprite more broken up as if mathematical—one

Woman's Own

1 min. di lettura

Make time for a heart-to-heart with your partner and you’ll discover something important is on their mind. Enjoy an adventure and don’t dwell on the past. Being enthusiastic about fresh ideas could see you reach new heights. Business plans will expan