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Mental Wellbeing

Mental well-being is all about mind over the body. Although the touted psychic ability of telekinesis (mind over matter) has never been demonstrated, the physical health affects of healthy mind is beyond dispute. For one, the placebo affect is well documented, and shows that the body can react differently entirely based on one’s beliefs. Other studies have found that people with a positive outlook in life have lower blood pressure resulting longer lives and a third less cardiovascular health problems – amazing!

So what you can you do help yourself? Here’s a few things that have been found to increase lifespan and healthspan:

  • have a purpose in life
  • meditate
  • reduce your exposure to stressful situations
  • keep your brain active – this builds up a cognitive reserve in case you suffer from dementia later in life
  • build and maintain social relationships

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Resources

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Five steps to mental wellbeing

Connect. Be active. Keep learning. Give to others. Be mindful

Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better

Amazon

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain written by Wendy Suzuki

The Buddha Pill

Amazon

Psychologists reveal benefits and limitations of yoga and meditation for improving lives, written by Miguel Farias

Dan Tomasulo

Psychologist, Professor, Speaker, Author on Positive Psychology, Academic Director at Teachers College, Columbia University

Learned Hopefulness

Amazon

The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression

Muse 2

Meditation device that provides real-time feedback on your brain activity.

Muse

Device that translates mental activity into the sounds of weather.

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Recent News

Living with a partner could prevent type 2 diabetes, whether they stay happy or not

Independent - 07-Feb-2023

Relationships were inversely related to HbA1c levels regardless of spousal support or strain

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People with vulnerable mental state age faster than smokers

Interesting Engineering - 27-Sep-2022

Psychological component should not be ignored in aging studies as they impact on biological age

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Vitamin B group keeps your brain young and healthy

CNBC - 05-Aug-2022

Consuming vitamin B rich food helps prevent cognitive decline, depression and mental impairment

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High optimism associated with longevity and healthy aging across diverse groups

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - 08-Jun-2022

Positive physiological factor extends life expectancy of women beyond 90

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Epigenetic age varies when people are exposed to significant stress

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 23-May-2022

PhenoAge and GrimAge show epigenetic aging has downstream biological consequences

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