Category Archives: the brain

• 

  Handpicked Christmas reads: You Revolution’s self help, mindfulness and business book recommendations

  Posted on December 16, 2019 by Karen in chimp paradox, christmas, coaching, compassionate mind, confidence, confidence building, emotional intelligence, growth mindset, happiness, mindfulness, mindfulness for business, mindfulness in the workplace, neuroscience, the brain, visualisation.
  

  Struggling to come up with Christmas gift ideas? We live at a time when there are more self-help books on the market than any one person could hope to consume in a lifetime. But in today’s world, finding the time to read even one book, let alone a dozen, can still pose quite a challenge. […]

  No Comments.
  Continue Reading...
• 

  Tip One – How to achieve more focus at work – Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness tools for employers and for business

  Posted on May 10, 2019 by Karen in emotional intelligence, focus, happiness, mindfulness, mindfulness for business, mindfulness in the workplace, neuroscience, personal development, positive affirmations, positive thinking, procrastinating, the brain, visualisation, work-related stress.
  

  Digital transformation, globalisation, unprecedented competition, and shifting customer expectations are changing organisations. Employees are the most costly, complex and yet most precious resource of any organisation or business. Often though, they are the least comprehensible. Endemic stress and burnout account for a large proportion of workplace absence and represent a huge loss of national productivity. […]

  No Comments.
  Continue Reading...
• 

  How a pyjama day can help you become more productive, reduce stress and anxiety levels at work and sleep better

  Posted on April 16, 2017 by Karen in automatic negative thoughts, compassionate mind, emotional intelligence, focus, happiness, insomnia, mindfulness, mindfulness for business, mindfulness in the workplace, neuroscience, personal development, positive affirmations, positive thinking, self care, the brain, work-related stress.
  

  In our relentless overloaded world, we often feel depleted and more tired when we get up in the morning than when we go to bed. Our productivity levels and the quality of our work depreciates with speed. The quicker we approach tasks the more likely we are inclined to make errors. When we feel up […]

  No Comments.
  Continue Reading...
• 

  How to overcome panic attacks

  Posted on April 26, 2016 by Karen in automatic negative thoughts, compassionate mind, mindfulness, neuroscience, panic attacks, positive affirmations, the brain.
  

  Do you sometimes feel like you are: losing control? about to faint? having a heart attack? or at it’s worst a sense that you are going to die? The symptoms of a panic attack can be very frightening and distressing. According to the NHS definition: “Symptoms tend to occur suddenly, without warning and often for […]

  No Comments.
  Continue Reading...
• 

  Work-related stress, the brain and neuroscience

  Posted on March 20, 2016 by Karen in mindfulness, neuroscience, positive thinking, the brain, work-related stress.
  

  Does this sound familiar? You’re feeling a bit tense with a tightness in your chest or butterflies in your stomach. You search your mind for the reason why and before you know it has reached a number of conclusions: • an incident at the office a few days ago • a tricky chat with a loved one […]

  No Comments.
  Continue Reading...