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10 Smartest Productivity Software to Improve Your Work Performance

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Senior EditorAlzheimers disease, Amazon, breathing exercises, depression, mediterranean, Mediterranean diet, Neuroscience, olive oil, Smartest Productivity Software, University of Dublin

Forgot a name? Misplaced your keys? Taking longer to find the right words? Don’t panic. There’s plenty you can do to improve your memory. You’re probably expecting us to reveal 7 little known and newly discovered herbs from the forests of the Amazon, the peaks of the Himalayas and the Arctic tundra. No such luck. Despite Americans spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on Ginkgo Biloba, Ashwagandha, Periwinkle, Bacopa, Vitamin B’s, Omega 3’s and memory boosting supplement cocktails, there is very little scientific evidence they actually work. Instead,…

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9 Reasons to Incorporate Yoga Meditation and Mindfulness into Your Life

February 15, 2019February 7, 2023 Senior EditorBCE, India, Joe Dispenza, King, Neuroscience, Psychology Today, spiritual leader and activist, the Scientific American, Thich Nhat Hanh, trained coach

I’m mindful. Mindful in running down my to-do list, my wish list, my dream list, my ‘it seems impossible’ list. Mindful of the demands of life, work, relationships, communication, travel, meetings, traffic, and a constant conversation of positives and negatives having an NPR style narrative in my head. Sure, I’m mindful. I’m a yoga instructor. It comes naturally, right? But the reality is, so much of the “mindfulness” in our mainstream is a cheap imitation of real connection, a desire to fast track our minds to a calm, focused space…

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Sleep Debt | Interesting Thing of the Day

December 17, 2018October 13, 2019 Senior EditorBiology, Branches of biology, Debt, Insomnia, Neuroscience, Sleep, Sleep onset latency

My life is full of contradictions, as is true for many of us. For example, if you asked me what my top five favorite things in life are, sleep would certainly be high on that list. I love to sleep—it’s not merely a necessity, it’s a joy. Circumstances permitting, I’d sleep 12 hours a day if I were physically able to. (And, those 12 hours would probably start at 2 A.M.) But my reality doesn’t currently permit me to indulge my enthusiasm for sleep. Due to work and family obligations,…