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  • The Benefits of Exercising Outdoors (Green Exercise)

    The Benefits of Exercising Outdoors (Green Exercise)

    Research suggests that exercising outdoors – in nature, has mental health benefits, above and beyond that normally experienced with exercise indoors. A meta analysis, which examined the results of 10 UK studies concluded that exercising in nature had significant long and short term positive effects on both self esteem and mood. very green environment improved…

  • Dunbar’s number

    Some fella called Robin Dunbar; researched the ‘Gore Tex’ model – the model which states that human beings can only hold meaningful relationships with up to 150 people. I’d like to suggest this is taken a step further – we can only have empathy for up to 150 people.  In today’s age, we are bombarded…

  • Phenibut Review

    This is one legal, freely available supplement, that definitely works. It was, apparently, created in Russia to reduce anxiety and increase concentration in astronauts. Whether you are thinking of taking it to enhance cognition and help concentration, or to ‘help with’ anxiety, it definitely works. BUT it build tolerance extremely quickly and should be treated,…

  • Thoughts and Anxiety

    Great video by Noah Elkrief, the man’s a legend: So Noah’s concept is that it is your thoughts that cause your emotions, not your actual situation. For example, work doesn’t cause you stress, your thoughts do. So to explain the video – just in case you don’t have 18 minutes to watch it: He starts…

  • Kava Kava Tea for Anxiety

    As someone who has an interest in herbs, and nutrition in general, and is also one of those left-wing anti pharmaceutical types, I was very interested to read about Kava Kava AKA Piper methysticum. There are shed loads of studies showing that it significantly reduces anxiety; and depression.  Safety concerns appear limited to liver toxicity if…

  • Love your Enemy

    Love your Enemy

    Robbed this concept from my Dalai Lama book… If everyone is constantly nice to you, if your life is comfortable all the time, then you are likely to be a horrible, angry and just a general bellend. Ever noticed how people born with incurable diseases, and disabilities tend to be really positive and all round…

  • How to Stop Worrying

    Some steps that help me: With a ‘change in household makeup’ on the way, I’ve found myself worrying quite a bit about work, so I thought I’d bash this blog post out before going to work… Accept that worrying is useless – focusing on the negative, only makes it more likely to happen.  Accept that…

  • Does Money Make you Happy?

    Nope: Johnny Depp “ Has mentioned his battles with anxiety and depression in the past. ” Winona Ryder “ Winona Ryder, one of the most famous actresses of the 1980s and 90s, says she had panic attacks starting at 12 and ended up in a psychiatric clinic at 19 for treatment of severe depression. ” John Cleese “ Comedic legend…

  • Stress Buster

    Stress Buster

    Took a week off to de-stress before my new job starts. Ted is the best therapy ever invented.