What are you paying attention to?

I love that new car smell. We all do, right? It’s quite distinctive. Clean, a little sweet and yet undeniably industrial. You wouldn’t wear it as cologne, but it’s part of the pleasure of buying a new car, probably because of its associations with the pleasure and excitement of a major new purchase.

We all know that training our bodies physically helps us to avoid physical illness. Well thanks to the intersection between psychology and neuroscience we now also know that we can train our brains mentally to avoid mental illness and be totally awesome in the process.

Beliefs, the wiring in our brain that guides us to act and behave in response to what’s going on around us, can often stop us from moving forward and achieving goals.

One of the most common complaints I hear in my clinic is people saying they have low energy or fluctuating energy levels.

Well that was a first…! I was recently doing a keynote speaking session when mid-session we were evacuated due to smoke billowing out of the light fixtures and air conditioning vents. This is not something I am used to happening, to say the least!

So 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.

In my reading recently I came across this statement and, unfortunately, I can’t remember where I read it or who made the comment (so I credit you, whoever you are!). You may have heard a version of it before, but this version really resonated with me.

If you’ve ever spoken to any of us here at NEP, you’ll know how much emphasis we put on mindset and positivity. We use a lot of positive psychology principles and have seen some phenomenal results from our clients when they truly embrace these concepts. But what is a positive mindset? What does it mean […]

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.

Visioning work is something we do all the time. We do it when we imagine ourselves in the next job, or with our next partner, or perhaps in a new country. We even do it when we think about what our next day might look like. With clients, we often start with the question “What do you want to be different next year?”