Life is too short not to be happy… but unfortunately anxiety and depression inhibit many to fully enjoy life’s pleasures. Those who experience these neurobiological disturbances are often unable to live to their potential.

Holistic treatment strategies designed to help restore optimal neurobiology can help regain mental and emotional health, ultimately helping to live a happier, healthier life.

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Mind your Mental & Emotional Wellbeing

It’s all too easy to get so caught up in living our fast-paced lives that we forget about having a life.

Between work, family and friends, we tend to give and give of ourselves  leaving very little time to re-charge our own mental and emotional wellbeing – especially now in the Silly Season.

I was interested in research published  in The Geelong Advertiser (Sat 19^th March) which reveals that the food we eat has a direct influence on the way we feel.

I think most of us have already worked out for ourselves that different foods have different effects on the way we think and the way we feel.

But the 15-year research done by Dr Jacka and her team from Deakin University shows a clear link between junk food and anxiety and depression. The study declares that “eating fried foods such as pies, pizzas, hamburgers and chips as well as white bread, processed meats, sugar, flavoured milk and beer caused depression and anxiety”.

At Mammoth Health we’re about more than just addressing illness with supplements and diet. We are also about living our lives to their full potential. We’re about being conscious of what we eat, where it comes from and whether a fair price has been paid to those who produce it for us. And we’re about living a deliberate, full life where what we do makes a difference.

Healthy, vital people are more likely to be happy and when we are happy we have a positive impact on everyone we meet and they in turn leave a positive impact on the people they meet (the ripple effect…). 
Our mantra is “Live Better, Because it’s not a Rehearsal” and I think we have to constantly remind ourselves of this, stop putting things off and start living the life we want.  We keep in mind that we are more than just our physical selves – we are mind, body and soul and together they make up who we are. When our mind, our body and our soul are aligned it empowers us to live optimally; to live fully and to live deliberately and ultimately to Live Better.
 
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To live better we need to continually learn new things; to challenge ourselves, to broaden our parameters and see things for what they are. In this fast changing world we need to develop resilience and change our mindset to focus on the positives that change brings. All too often we can become so ‘bogged down’ in the negatives of change and the unknown that we forget about the adventure of life, the excitement and the satisfaction of stepping outside our boundaries; achieving and becoming better people.

Have you noticed we tend to spend a lot of time focusing on our weaknesses, forever striving to turn a weakness into a strength and often becoming disheartened and exhausted in the meantime.  Research shows that it takes 5000-10,000 hours practice (or 2 hours daily practice for 5-10 years) to create strong neural pathways. And strengths are basically these strong neural pathways in the brain. So there is nothing wrong in learning new things and pushing our boundaries and comfort zone – in fact it is a good thing.

But rather than spending the majority of our lives just focusing and trying to improve on our weakness - what if we focused on our strengths?

I was fortunate enough to attend a seminar yesterday on Positive Psychology given by Michelle McQuaid. Michelle is on the board of the Reach Foundation (and so worked with Jim Stynes for the past ten years)and she also trained under Martin Seligman who has recently published his latest research on Positive Psychology in his book titled “Flourish”.