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Your Body is the Key to Your Psychological Edge
So, why is your body the key to Your Psychological edge? My entire training and career have been focused on Psychology and the mind as the sole territory of psychological resilience. After 35 years of learning and clinical practice, I've come to the conclusion that...
What Came First: The Body or the Mind?
What Came First: The Body or the Mind? We’ve all heard the age-old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? In the world of human experience, there’s an equally fascinating variation: What came first, the body or the mind? Most people assume the mind takes...
Building Resilience For Stress and Performance
What You’ll Learn About Building Resilience This article explores how resilience develops through the relationship between demand, regulation, recovery and adaptation. You’ll learn: Why resilience involves more than mindset or the ability to keep going. How regulation...
Mitochondria and Mental Health: A treatment revolution
The role of Mitochondria in mental health is starting to be understood in new and profound ways that is set to transform the mental health field. Mitochondria are now implicated in most mental health diagnoses and are being understood to be at the heart of how the...
Nervous System Regulation: What It Means and Where to Start
A practical overview of nervous system regulation, common stress-related patterns and how to begin working with them. What is nervous system regulation? Nervous system regulation is the ability to mobilise energy and attention when something demands it, and to settle...
What is the BOLT Score and How to Improve it
Optimise Your Breathing: Why Your BOLT Score Matters and How to Improve It When it comes to improving well-being, focus, and physical performance, the BOLT score (Body Oxygen Level Test) is one of the simplest yet most revealing measures you can track. It offers...
How to do a BOLT Score Test and what it means
The BOLT Score test (Blood Oxygen Level Test) is your key to unlocking valuable insight into your respiratory performance, your tolerance to CO2 as well a helpful indicator of the adaptability of your nervous system. Breathwork is everywhere at the moment and I have...
Why Mitochondria Matter for Stress and Wellbeing
From Psychology to Mitochondria Understanding stress from the inside out Every so often, I read a paper that completely shifts how I think—and I find that incredibly exciting. I love learning new ways to improve wellbeing and performance, especially in a world that’s...
How Does NeurOptimal Work?
How Does NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback Work? (A Friendly Deep Dive) If you’ve read my main page about NeurOptimal and are still thinking, “I don’t quite get it, how exactly does this thing work?” you’re not alone. NeurOptimal is a bit of a paradigm shift, especially if...