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3 Signs You Are a Perfectionist

3 Signs You Are a Perfectionist

Do you consider yourself a perfectionist? How would you even know if you are one? It’s easy to spot in others. But usually we have difficulty observing it in ourselves.   The signs you are a perfectionist Let’s have a look at the mind of a perfectionist. You are a perfectionist if:   1. you think in… Continue Reading

How to Overcome Perfectionism

How to Overcome Perfectionism

A perfectionist lives with an endless list of internal rules. This is his/her way to have a feeling of control over life. But underneath that lies the mother of all negative emotions: fear. Perfectionists fear that whatever they do is not good enough, they fear making mistakes. In short they fear that they ARE not good enough. Perfectionists feel like chronic failures and… Continue Reading

Is Perfectionism Good or Bad?

Is Perfectionism Good or Bad?

Being a perfectionist looks good to the outside world: people have the impression that you’re working really hard and they think highly of you because it seems you want to deliver quality. As Celestine Chua says on her blog PersonalExcellence.co: “On the surface, being a perfectionist appears to be aspirational. Many renowned and accomplished sports athletes, celebrities, singers and… Continue Reading

Turmeric (and curcumin) to prevent and treat cancer?

Turmeric (and curcumin) to prevent and treat cancer?

Curcumin, the main component found in turmeric, has anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anticancer properties. And curcumin has probably the most evidence-based literature supporting its use against cancer among all nutrients. Best of all, curcumin appears to be safe in the treatment of all cancers. Curcumin: inhibits the propagation of tumor cells decreases inflammation inhibits the transformation of… Continue Reading

Do Isochronic Tones Work?

Do Isochronic Tones Work?

Do isochronic tones work at all? Many results and benefits are being claimed from using isochronic tones (and brainwave entrainment in general). From stress reduction, relaxation, deeper meditation, over increased memory, better concentration and more creativity, to altered states of consciousness (including lucid dreaming). Many people however find it hard to believe that these results are possible. Is… Continue Reading

Isochronic Tones

Isochronic Tones

It’s night. A fire is blazing and flickering. There is chanting and drumming… Imagine a traditional tribe engaged in a ritual. People are entering into a trance state because of the repetitive rhythmic patterns. Various tribes all over the planet have, or have had, similar ceremonies, enabling people to reach such states. Isochronic tones are… Continue Reading

Photonic Beats that can influence heart & brain?

Photonic Beats that can influence heart & brain?

Light patterns generated by a computer were able to control the speed of the cardiac waves, their direction as well as the orientation of these spirals – in real time – and that is something that never been shown for waves in a living system before.This does involve some genetic manipulation – about which I am… Continue Reading

Getting older doesn’t mean you have to deteriorate

Getting older doesn’t mean you actually have to suffer from all kinds of age related problems like: Declining health Not feeling attractive anymore Losing your mental capabilities Feeling isolated and lonely   But that’s what people believe You too? Do you think getting older is synonymous with: the beginning of cancer, the start of alzheimer‘s and dementia,… Continue Reading

50 Secrets of the Worlds Longest Living People

Today’s book of the day 50 Secrets of the World’s Longest Living People by Sally Beare examines the lifestyles of 5 traditional people groups who are famous for their long healthy lives (many of them are still working, exercising, and actively participating in life well past age 100). Being a nutritionist, she studied people from Okinawa, Japan;… Continue Reading

Research reveals we could be living to 150

The world’s leading expert on aging has explained why we could be living to 150 and very soon. “I wouldn’t be surprised if people ended up living to be a thousand” – Dr. Bill Andrews.   Those are bold words But apparently, it’s all based on Nobelprize winning research. He’s discovered a chemical which basically stops our… Continue Reading

Does creativity fade with old age?

Are we doomed to lose our creativity while we get older? Some people say we do. They declare that it’s a matter of “using it while you have it”. A few examples are the writers Philip Roth and Doris Lessing, who felt that an end has come to their energy and creativity at a certain stage in… Continue Reading

The test that predicts how well a child will be able to read

The test that predicts how well a child will be able to read

Sounds like science fiction, but in reality it does come really close to a crystal  ball: Neurobiologist Nina Kraus believes she and her team at Northwestern University have found a way — a half-hour test — to predict kids’ literacy skill long before they’re old enough to begin reading. When I first read the study… Continue Reading

Yerba Mate Tea: Can it Help You Lose Weight?

Yerba Mate Tea: Can it Help You Lose Weight?

A lot of herbal teas are said to contain properties that help induce weight loss. Yerba Mate (also called ‘mate’) is one of them. But how effective is mate really?   Yerba Mate and weight loss research I came accross an article that shows the results of 3 weight loss studies that researched the weight loss properties of… Continue Reading

How to Prevent Macular Degeneration?

How to Prevent Macular Degeneration?

Macular degeneration is a condition of the eyes, in which people experience loss of vision in the center of the visual field. It is usually age-related: the older you get, the more risk you run on getting it. It is a major cause of blindness and visual impairment in older adults (+50 years). These pictures… Continue Reading

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) works sometimes

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) works sometimes

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is quite the trend these days. That’s because it appears relatively safe as well as being cheap. You could even build a DIY device at your home if you wanted to tune up your neurons to get smarter on command. Or do you? A new study from the The Journal of Neuroscience… Continue Reading

How do Binaural Beats work? (The actual power behind Binaural Beats)

How do Binaural Beats work? (The actual power behind Binaural Beats)

How efficient are binaural beats really? It is uncertain that a lot of “entrainment” in the brain is being produced when you listen to binaural beats. The scientific research shows little evidence. Some studies find effects, other do not. And even if there is a actual physical effect on the brain, it’ll probably be small. Dave Siever… Continue Reading

Electrical Brain Stimulation Beats Caffeine

Electrical Brain Stimulation Beats Caffeine

Military analysts spend hours poring over images to identify enemy targets. Their task isn’t suited to automation, so that’s why it’s really important to find out if there are ways to help them focus for a longer period of time. Research is esssential Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Carlisle, Ohio, U.S., have conducted… Continue Reading

The Wim Hof Method in Detail (& its Benefits to you)

The Wim Hof Method in Detail (& its Benefits to you)

How the Wim Hof Method was born…     Wim Hof’s pain (and becoming world famous) It was a beautiful winter morning Wim was strolling through the local park, when he noticed there was a thin, bright sliver of ice on top of the pond. It sparkled in the morning sun. And to him, it… Continue Reading