Vanessa Bennett5 December 2019LinkedIn Biohacking – it’s a thing – here’s our take on the situation…I was recently on a flight and watched a documentary on biohacking and smart drugs. Long story short it followed the journey of a keynote speaker who was a futurist. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett14 November 2019LinkedIn Want to spend less time on email? Try some of these tips…Whenever we are coaching people we hear this issue time and time again. “Emails are so time consuming”. And quite frankly, we couldn’t agree more. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett24 October 2019LinkedIn How I’m fitting in an extra 20+ hours a week for my MastersAt NEP we come across many people who are choosing or required to do more study. And let’s face it – these days continuous learning is one of the pillars of success. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett3 October 2019LinkedIn Why do we overvalue people who undervalue sleep?On my staycation over Christmas and New Year this year I read “Why we sleep” by Matthew Walker. What a fantastic book. A delicious compilation of neuroscientific studies showing why it’s so important that we get our required sleep. I really cannot recommend this book highly enough. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett19 September 2019LinkedIn Tips to practice mindfulness – from my dogSo I may have an entire module on the neuroscience of mindfulness as part of my Masters in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health, but the interesting thing is that I’ve learned so many tips from my dog. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett5 September 2019LinkedIn Why am I so tired? The 8th most googled health question of 2018“Why am I so tired?” was the 8th most googled health question of 2018. Part of me was blown away when I saw that and then once I thought about it, actually it made perfect sense, especially given the line of work we are in at Next Evolution Performance. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett21 August 2019LinkedIn Are you training your brain for failure without even knowing it?Fundamentally our brains are wired for survival rather than high performance. So we always joke in a kind of serious way, that high performance isn’t that hard given the benchmark is actually kind of low. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett7 August 2019LinkedIn Is FOPO holding you back?We may be cutting edge on performance mastery tools, but I certainly wouldn’t say I’m cutting edge on the latest acronyms, or so many other things for that matter. I only learned a few months ago that FOPO stands for Fear of Other People’s Opinions. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett11 July 2019LinkedIn Some scary mental health statistics for parents and teachers (and anyone, really)For those of you who don’t know, I’m well into my Masters in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health. I’m studying at King’s College London (by distance) as they have onsite research at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN). Yes, it’s every bit as hectic as it sounds but I’m really, really loving it. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett4 July 2019LinkedIn Is the adult energy crisis impacting children?So I just finished a session with my amazing personal trainer Iker. Many people say it feels like their trainer is like a trainer and therapist in one. In our case he is the trainer and I play the role of therapist! Read full article
