Words: Prof Krystine I BATCHO In his song Time Was, counterculture singer Phil Ochs reminisces about a past “when a man could build a home, have a family of his own. The peaceful years would flow; he could watch his children grow. But, it was a long time ago.” To Ochs, simpler times were better: “troubles were

Words: Elizabeth MARSH Technology-related stress, overload and anxiety are common problems in today’s workplace, potentially leading to higher burnout and poorer health. Many of these issues are likely to have increased since remote working became much more widespread following the pandemic. In 2022, along with colleagues at the University of Nottingham, I conducted a review of the academic literature

Words: Nathaniel JOHNSON & Dr Hali KIL You’ve probably seen the word mindfulness everywhere these days, from the news to magazines to social media. Mindfulness is sometimes packaged as a mental health cure-all, and studies do suggest that mindfulness-based therapies support mental health. Your friends, or family, may even have told you that mindfulness has changed their lives. But if you have

Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Hey — you look quite stressed out, don’t you? Take a few minutes off and try to spend some time focusing on your breath. Don’t think of anything else. You will feel better. This yoga type of breathing is to complete relaxation what music is to the mind. Simple premise. The quality

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Our mind is just not limited to subjective and objective feelings. It is also not just the seat of intelligence. It loves amusement as much as rest, juxtaposed by habitual periods of activity. Get the point? People, especially night workers, who deprive themselves of adequate sleep show signs akin to psychosis.

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Decoding our life’s experiences, or perspectives, isn’t a problem so long as we are connecting them to comprehensible paradigms, contexts, or stated connotations that they convey to us. The whole idea, however, gets lost when we twist, or redefine them, while fitting them into totally new perspectives, or hooking them to

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Our success and fulfilment depend upon how we respond to challenges of everyday life. The duo is in no way related, or reliant, on privileges, advantages, or disadvantages, that we are all born with, or are not able to surmount as we’d all want, or wish to. Whatever our station in

Words: Drs Martina RAHE, Fabian WOLFF & Petra JANSEN Mindfulness is the awareness to be non-judgmental in the present moment. The scientific research on the broad term ‘mindfulness’ has increasingly grown in the last two decades. However, in many studies, poor methodology and lack of clarity in the definition of mindfulness has led to an

Words: Victoria MASTERSON Meditation helps me lead, says Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of American software company, Salesforce. Benioff also says learning to meditate more than 30 years ago has helped him “stop the inner critic”. Other business leaders who meditate include founder and CEO of Thrive, and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, television

Words: Fuschia SIROIS Do you tend to see the glass as half-full, rather than half-empty? Are you always looking on the bright side of life? If so, you may be surprised to learn that this tendency could actually be good for your health. A number of studies have shown that optimists enjoy higher levels of well-being, better