Here are five daily habits that you can incorporate into your routine, starting today:
1. Sleep to reduce stress.
Ever wonder what happens to all of the stress we accumulate during the day? That car that almost hit you? Your child screaming at you? Even the unconscious stress of self-judgment? Where does it go?
Your beautiful brain collects it and saves it for when you dream to process away. Let me repeat: When you sleep, you process stress and trauma.
So, one of the simplest and most effective things you can do is to get your full seven to nine hours of shut-eye each and everyday.
2. Rise with the sun. Your brain uses a cluster of nerve cells called thesuprachiasmatic nucleus,located in your hypothalamus to regulate something called “circadian rhythm.” Circadian rhythm is the “master clock” in your brain that syncs all your body’s clocks. Abnormal circadian rhythm is associated with obesity, diabetes, depression, sleep disorders, hormone dysregulation, bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder. In other words, wake up when the sun doesno more sleeping in! If you are a parent, this habit will come naturally as most kids naturally wake with the sun and are happy to be your alarm clock. 3. Take fish oil Fish oil has positive benefits on brain health. you can go for the hard-core fermented codliver stuff. Take it by the spoonful, but you can also get it in capsule form, which has a pleasant lemon after taste. 4. Be mindful and meditate Meditation taps into your subconscious mind (just below consciousness) and has innumerable neurological benefits. Not sure how to be mindful on an everyday basis and want an easy way to meditate? I like Headspace—it’s like a “gym membership” for your mind. With its meditation and mindfulness techniques, you can train your mind for a happier, healthier, more enjoyable life. 5. Make yourself uncomfortable Your brain needs novelty to grow. How do you know when you’re doing something that’s “new enough”? When it feels uncomfortable, awkward,weird, strange or it scares you. By doing things daily that are out of your comfort zone, you allow your brain to develop new branches on its neuron tree (also called dendritic pathways) instead of shriveling up into a sad dried out tree stimp, After all, can you imagine how incredible it would be if we all lived to our potential?
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2. Rise with the sun. Your brain uses a cluster of nerve cells called thesuprachiasmatic nucleus,located in your hypothalamus to regulate something called “circadian rhythm.” Circadian rhythm is the “master clock” in your brain that syncs all your body’s clocks. Abnormal circadian rhythm is associated with obesity, diabetes, depression, sleep disorders, hormone dysregulation, bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder. In other words, wake up when the sun doesno more sleeping in! If you are a parent, this habit will come naturally as most kids naturally wake with the sun and are happy to be your alarm clock. 3. Take fish oil Fish oil has positive benefits on brain health. you can go for the hard-core fermented codliver stuff. Take it by the spoonful, but you can also get it in capsule form, which has a pleasant lemon after taste. 4. Be mindful and meditate Meditation taps into your subconscious mind (just below consciousness) and has innumerable neurological benefits. Not sure how to be mindful on an everyday basis and want an easy way to meditate? I like Headspace—it’s like a “gym membership” for your mind. With its meditation and mindfulness techniques, you can train your mind for a happier, healthier, more enjoyable life. 5. Make yourself uncomfortable Your brain needs novelty to grow. How do you know when you’re doing something that’s “new enough”? When it feels uncomfortable, awkward,weird, strange or it scares you. By doing things daily that are out of your comfort zone, you allow your brain to develop new branches on its neuron tree (also called dendritic pathways) instead of shriveling up into a sad dried out tree stimp, After all, can you imagine how incredible it would be if we all lived to our potential?
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