Who am I? Standing in the midst of all…

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

The processing capacity of the conscious mind is around 120 bits per second.

This, is the ability to understand 2 people talking simultaneously.

Yet, the experience of daily life is much more than 2 people talking simultaneously. The feeling of overwhelm is because the information speed coming at you is so much faster than your mind.

Lost, confused, distracted and unfocused.

Gloria Mark, in her book, Attention Span, says that the average time spent on a screen is declining over the years. It was

150 seconds in 2004
75 seconds in 2012
And now is around 45 -50 seconds.

Media multitasking is a myth and is expensive in terms of time and efficiency. The worst effect is the stress that it also causes.

All this time being distracted, the busy restless mind, constantly on screens has the additional cost of a calm, connected, curious and creative mind.

What can you do?

Be conscious of your goals? Why are you on your device. What’s more important today?
Become aware of the habit to check your phone, social media feeds and emails.
Close apps, if not delete them.
Take conscious time away from tech. Give your mind a break while walking, driving, reading etc. Allow your mind to wander. This may be creativity brewing.
Practice 20min of undistracted reading daily.
Practice mindfulness and meditation

Your well-being is determined by what you pay attention to, how focused and intentional you are on your goals, and on resting the mind.

Take the first step. Unplug for a few minutes a day, as a start

Resources
The organized mind – Daniel J Levitin
How to get your brain to focus Chris Bailey https://lnkd.in/e7tTQWB2

attention #wellbeing #mindfulness

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The quiet already within

May 20, 2024May 21, 2024

Busy. Our lives, our minds sometimes even our hearts.

Lost in thought – probably a great summary of the human experience. Constantly time travelling our way through life. Never really present. Either predicting the future or mulling over the past.

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Love is in the air…. (that I breathe)

February 14, 2022

Today is Valentine’s Day. A day to celebrate and honor love. Traditionally we know that love is associated with the heart and while the heart may seem like a symbol of love, research is showing how important the heart is from a biochemical perspective. The heart-brain connection is a two way highway, and it is believed that the heart actually sends more information to the brain, than the other way around. The HeartMath Institute has been researching this for decades looking at how the heart-brain connection influences our perceptions, emotions, intuition and health. What we know is that the biochemistry of the body changes when we are balanced and “coherent”. Coherence creates balance your mind and body so that you can see things more clearly, and not from the space of an emotion-only lens.

It’s a simple technique of breathing that can invite this balance, and consistent practice can rewire our bodies and minds and help rewrite our stories. Spending time in stillness, in a place of pause and reflect, has an impact of releasing us from the conditioned habits of overthinking. Additionally, the breath itself is one way of regulating our overworked nervous systems so that we move from the fright/flight/freeze to one of rest/repair/restore. Not only does this help us get mental and emotional space, but we can also help our bodies to calm down, help our cardiovascular and nervous systems to relax and repair, and over the long term add years to our lives.

So, today, bring love to yourself, by pausing and breathing to balance yourself. Get out of your mind and into your body. Know that you have everything you need right now, to bring calm and joy and an open heart to life, and then give it away from that place of wholeness.