Haters Gonna Hate: How To Kick Tall Poppy Syndrome
Tall Poppy Syndrome is a cultural marker long ingrained in Australian society. We are a good natured bunch, but our tendency is to cut down those whose successes shine brightly.…
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Can Money Buy Happiness? Studies Say Yes.
If you think money can’t buy happiness, you aren’t spending it right. That’s the claim made by Michael Norton, a professor at Harvard and PhD holder in the field of…
How Addictive Is Cheese And Other Food?
A recent study has proven the addictive qualities of many popular foods. Unsurprisingly, highly-processed foods, or foods high in sugar, fat or glycaemic load were found to trigger areas of the brain…
The Paradox Of Vulnerability: How Being Okay With Weakness Makes You Stronger
Here’s a statement you may not expect to read in the Harvard Business Review: “Expressing your vulnerability makes you stronger [1].” It’s wisdom that may have been around for a…
Living Low Chemical – The Household Item Edition
An increasing number of people are looking to decrease the amount of toxins in their immediate environment, and for good reason too – stress can take one of four forms:…
The Process To Peak Performance
Jeff Spencer was not your typical child. Who else would get up at 4:30 in the morning to practice baseball, or spend a childhood dreaming of marching into an Olympic…
The Art Of Reappraisal: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Anger
Anger is a part of life, just like stress, disappointment, failure, and the plethora of positive emotions that exist at the other end of the scale. However, anger is often…
Leptins: How They Could Be Sabotaging Your Weight Loss
The weight loss formula is about as simple as it gets. If we consume more calories than we burn, we gain weight. If we burn more calories than we consume,…
Chronic Stress – The Effects On Your Brain
The hormone that wrecks the most damage on your brain and like a domino effect, on your body, is cortisol. Cortisol is a steroid hormone. It’s made by your two adrenal…
Communication And Context: How They Impact Decision Making
Part 3: Influence literature series As thoroughly evolved humans with fully functioning prefrontal cortexes, we like to think we are in control of our decisions. We like to believe that,…
Combining 2 Passions to Raise Funds
Dr Rob is a guy with a vision to bring together two things he loves – chiropractic and endurance sports – to “show his support for the important work the…
Studies Find Opiods Often Ineffective For Back Pain
Every now and then a study comes along that makes you smile and think “Ah, I knew it!” This one landed quietly in JAMA Internal Medicine while we were all looking the other way. The…
Social Proof: What Is It And How Can I Improve It?
What does a new customer do when there is no standard measurement of quality for the service they are looking into? When there is no 18 carat or 24 carat…
Stress And The Effects On Your Brain
We hear about stress all the time. It seems to be omnipresent in our lives. We regularly hear how it is bad for us, how we need to mitigate stress,…
Boosting The Immune System – The Natural Way
Heading into the thick of winter means one thing for those of us who aren’t fortunate enough to live in the tropics: people have more colds and flues. And, there…
Just Published, Ground-Breaking Results: Chiropractic And Pelvic Floor Control
Story at a glance: Adjusting pregnant women appears to relax the pelvic floor muscles at rest. This may mean that chiropractic care could be of benefit to pregnant women, as…
Neurogenesis – Making New Brain Cells
Mothers of newborns notice how impaired their memory is. Old people report that their co-ordination and spatial awareness isn’t as good as it used to be. And people under high levels of…