The researchers in neuroscience are making new discoveries every year, and we are gaining more depth of understanding of how the brain works. This month we have three new books exploring different research on the brain with findings that can inspire us to change our mindset and...
If you have already scrolled through any social media platform or read the headlines this morning you will be fully aware today is Blue Monday, allegedly THE most depressing day of the year. It comes on the third Monday of January every year so...
If we have had a poor night’s sleep, we can struggle to concentrate at work, make mistakes, have poorer exam or test results, and our response times can be slower. Insomnia problems are medically proven to have a significant effect on our mental and physical health, and...
Join our October BookFest to gain invaluable conversation skills, discover the five pillars to wake up, and know "It's OK" as over fifty public figures share their experiences on dealing with their mental health. How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide by Peter Boghossian and James...
Every day we seem to have a new political headline around the ominous date of Brexit. The number of Cabinet Ministers and MPs who have resigned, changed party, or their long-held values is mind boggling. But it is also worrying because of the impact on...
Did you pack your Bucket List book for this holiday, or are you planning to finish reading War and Peace or Hard Times in the autumn? You could join the millions of new subscribers who are discovering the joy of the experience of the Long Listen. The benefits of...
In 1943, Abraham Maslow, one of the foremost researchers in psychology, published his paper A Theory of Motivation in which he divided human needs into D (Deficit) Needs and B (Being) Needs. The D Needs are the categories when the need is missing and we require it...
"Life is the sum of all your choices." - Albert Camus When you are on a social media site or app, do you click to the suggested images and accounts to follow? Do you scroll through endless similar images, worded tweets, repeated regrams, retweets, and reblogs and wonder...
The Placebo is a vital part of drug trials, to prove whether the medication is viable and has a measurable effect on patients. If the results are virtually the same, the active drug is not working – the patients are feeling the benefits but they...
“This bad inner Chatter. We all know it has the power to overthrow gut instinct, shout us down when we are faced with fear and talk us out of new adventures – yet few of us have a grip on it.” - Fearne Cotton, Quiet: Silencing the...