Click here to receive insights in our weekly newsletter. Mental health has been the number one concern for people in our community over the past couple of years. With constantly changing lock downs and uncertainty, the pandemic has led to increased stress, anxiety, and feelings of overwhelm at levels that…

Click here to receive insights in our weekly newsletter. Physical activity is incredibly important for health and performance. Exercise improves cardiovascular fitness, strengthens muscles and bones, and boosts energy. Physical activity also decreases the risk of numerous diseases including cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. You also…

Isolation and the lack of social connection over the past couple of years has had a huge toll on everyone’s mental health. It’s not a new discovery that humans are social creatures, however the pandemic has really highlighted how important being connected to one another is for our wellbeing. In…

In recent years, technology has advanced to the point where we can measure stress on the spot using a wearable device, such as the Apple watch, or through an app that uses the phone camera. …

This series was intended to give you practical ideas and tips to incorporate into your days to make your life better. Some suggestions might resonate with you more than others, and that’s okay. …

As we wrap up Gamma brainwave states, I’d like us to consider something that is often overlooked when we think about peak experiences: music. If you think about how music affects us — from pumping us up, to filling us with pleasure, to bringing tears to our eyes — it’s…

Over the past few months, we’ve discussed various brainwaves and their associated performance states. By manipulating our body, mind, and environment, we can learn to enter into these performance states when the time comes. We’ve learned that while there are times to focus and execute (beta brainwaves), taking time to…

Click here to receive insights in our weekly newsletter. Over the past couple of months we’ve discussed strategies to enter into beta brainwaves (focused execution), alpha brainwaves (metacognition and strategic thinking), and theta brainwaves (creativity). This week we’re going to discuss the slowest of the brainwave states: delta. Delta brainwaves…

As discussed last week, Theta brainwaves come about during moments of creativity. During this state, several regions of the brain activate at the same time, connecting to each other. This allows us to problem solve, discover links we didn’t see before, and gain insight. Like Beta and Alpha brainwave states…