The K.I.S.S Approach To Health: 5 Simple Ways To A Healthy You

“Keep it simple, stupid!” lacking political correctness, but wise words nonetheless. There is a problem-solving principle in philosophy called Occam’s Razor: the simplest solution tends to be the right one. When applied to the pursuit of health, much confusion can be avoided. Do you see food as a problem? Does it involve endless strategy, the need for…

ByJames Gleeson03/11/2024

13 Tips To Optimize Your Sleep And Find Peace At Night

Sleep can, for many, be a source of huge stress: you may experience difficulties falling to sleep, or prevented from having a restful night because of undue anxiety ... Here you can find useful tips to help you enjoy a peaceful night and have the benefits from a good night's sleep. Tip 1: Light · Get…

ByJames Gleeson20/09/2024

Health Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

Mind And Exercise And Why We Should Look Back To The Ancient Greeks

We are physical beings, and that physicality should not be seen in dualistic isolation from the self that we think we are: the thinking self. This is an idea that goes all the way back to the Greek philosopher Plato: the mind as ‘the true self’, with flesh consigned to lower status. A learned colleague of…

ByJames Gleeson14/05/2024

Health News

Self-Identity Goal Setting And Cognitive Mirroring

A feeling that "all is as it should be" characterises the feeling of cognitive harmony. That is, a state where our actions and experiences mirror our beliefs and expectations. There is harmony between what we believe about ourselves and our experience. Whether we realise it or not, we all default to acting in harmony with…

ByJames Gleeson18/04/2024

Health

Core Beliefs, Mental Strength, Willpower and Habit Formation

To view mind and body as separate entities is a very old fashioned way to think about health. They are more intimately connected than science ever dared imagine. What you see in the mirror is a reflection of your mental landscape, for better or worse. So, if you’re not happy with your body shape or…

ByJames Gleeson19/02/2024

Health Nutrition

Exclusive Dr Michael Mosley Interview: The Fast 800 And Why It Works

Dr Michael Mosley is best known for his popular BBC documentaries, books and podcasts, where he explored topics such as intermittent fasting, gut health, exercise, sleep and mental wellbeing. He wrote a best-selling book on the topic, The Fast Diet, and later developed other variations, such as the Fast 800 and the Fast 10.…

ByJames Gleeson03/10/2023

Happiness Wellness & Health

In Defence of The Enlightenment

In Defence of The Enlightenment (Covid-19 as a Rorschach Test for Sane and the Credulous) oped by Jaymes Gleeson. The “information age” wasn’t meant to be like this. The internet was supposed to increase society’s knowledge of the world, instead it has virtually destroyed the hitherto sturdy platform of “objective truth”, without which, meaningful, strategic action…

ByJames Gleeson13/09/2021

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

The Link Between Inflammation and Depression

What might a French philosopher living in 17 th century Amsterdam have to do with the stagnation of progress regarding the origin and treatment of depression in the 21st century? And not just any philosopher, but the father of modern Western philosophy, Rene Descartes. In his latest book, Professor Edward Bullmore challenges the…

ByJames Gleeson23/08/2021

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

How Do You Overcome Self-Deception?

By their very nature, habits are actions we do without thinking, so changing them requires serious introspection, then continued consolidatory mindfulness. But once set, good habits are the most powerful ally requiring no willpower at all. The Freudian danger lurks, as it often does, in the unconscious. We have a remarkable capacity to dismantle our…

ByJames Gleeson16/12/2020

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

Professor Bullmore On How Inflammation Causes Depression

In this ground-breaking book, Cambridge University’s Professor Edward Bullmore illuminates a little-known history, identifies where we have gone wrong, and plots the pathway towards a potential new treatment for one of western medicine’s most intractable problems – depression. Indeed, future generations might well look back upon his insights as the catalyst for a paradigm shift in…

ByJames Gleeson25/05/2020