Stress is a part of our everyday lives. When stressed, your body releases adrenaline, a hormone that helps you fight or flee. It raises your heart rate, tightens your muscles, and heightens your alertness. Walking is easily the most underrated tool to help with anxiety. Chronic stress leads to a
Your brain is made up of different working parts. These parts specialise in a tasks required for you to exist. Our area of interest today is the pre frontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex is the command center of your brain. It controls decision-making, focus, emotions, and self-control. If you want
Each day, whether asleep or awake, you are exposed to chemicals. Air, water, clothing, cosmetics. Even your own body produces waste chemicals. So what can you do to protect yourself? Thankfully, your body has a powerful detoxification process that deals with the vast majority of toxic chemicals. To do so,
Thank you! So many of you reached out to enquire after me. Truly appreciate the love and warmth. To continue explaining what I did and why, let us start with a calcium score. Your body contains slightly more than one kilogram of calcium, 99% of which is stored in your
So I developed a slipped disc. This is the story of what happened, what I did, the options I faced and how I intend to heal myself over the next one year. It started one evening. My neck locked. No, it wasn’t something in front that was attractive. My
Your eyes, like the rest of your organs, need blood and oxygen all the time. Even though your eyes are tiny and supplied blood through a single artery, they end up using approximately 1.5 litres of blood every day. Just to be scientifically accurate, your eyes do not “process”
We all carry trauma. Childhood experiences. That time when you found out that you failed at something. Or when you were yelled at by someone. We all also want to heal. We think of healing as a mental exercise. Change your thoughts. Replace the negative. Reframe. But some stories are
We all have goals. Some are ambitious, others are not. But what I am about to tell you is applicable regardless of your ambition. Your brain has a governor or brake. The brake kicks in, depending on who you want to believe, anywhere between 40% to 70% of your goal.
We judge ourselves daily. I am stupid and weak. I am not capable. I can’t do this. You may move on from that momentary judgement. Except you don’t move on. The label sticks. It becomes who you are. Judgment is emotional. It’s reactive. It doesn’t seek
Buried deep inside your brain sits an area known as the insula. The insula scans the internal body. Heart, lungs, gut, skin. It is looking to see how they are doing and whether they need attention. Depending on what it finds, it regulates the organ. The process is autonomous. It
Cartilage is a connective tissue found all over your body. It’s particularly found in your joints. Spine, knee, hips for example. If you are getting older, it is possible that you may have seen wear and tear in your cartilage. It could manifest as pain, difficulty in moving or
So you turned 40. Suddenly, you can see your body slowing down. You don’t have the same energy, the same recovery. You can’t just wake up from a night of drinking and head off to work like nothing happened. Most importantly, you can’t lose weight. So what’