Sleep for Peak Mental Performance

Sleep for Peak Mental Performance

Picture this: You put your cellphone on your charger at night. The next morning your alarm goes off, you reach over to grab your phone only to realize that you didn’t plug it in all the way and now your phone is at half a charge. You’ve got a full day of work ahead of you. You’re not sure if … Read More

How Gratitude Can Change Your Brain and Change Your Life

How Gratitude Can Change Your Brain

What do you feel when someone says ‘thank you’ or that they appreciate you? Do you feel warm, happy, or some other positive emotion when someone shows you gratitude for the things that you do? Typically, when people show or tell us how thankful they are for our actions, service, or words, we feel some sort of positive emotion. \ … Read More

Is Your Cellphone Stressing You Out?

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Is Your Cellphone Stressing You Out? Most of us are constantly plugged into one device or another. Checking text messages, emails, and social media; making calendar events and phone calls. All this is having an effect on us— in fact, research shows that an excessive amount of phone use can cause increased stress in children and adults. Did you know … Read More

Elite Versus Ordinary. The Mental Edge Effect

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Have you ever wondered what divides elite athletes or competitors from the ordinary ones? Some of the greatest events in sports have happened when the underdog competitor rises to the top against all odds. Maybe they were ruled out because another athlete had better stats. But they kept trying and their hard work and resiliency paid off in the end. … Read More

One Simple Tip for a Better Night’s Sleep (+Worksheet)

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We’ve all experienced it: you’re lying down to sleep after a hard day of work, but instead of falling into a deep, restful slumber, you end up lying awake for an hour—sometimes even longer. Even if you’re tired, you just might not be able to shut your brain off. You have idea after idea running through your mind. You’re too … Read More