The MindFields College Blog

The new ‘term’ at MindFields College is beginning soon (see our new prospectus) and the summer is coming to an end. There’s always lots in the media about mental health so here’s some of it:
- Five ways to get to sleep - I’m aware that it’s all very well to say getting right amount of […]

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 We have said time and time again how important getting enough sleep is, but sometimes it seems like there are simply not enough hours in the day to get the sleep you need to function well at work.
However, Rich from the Spine Health blog brings us this fantastic guide to power napping at work and […]

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A study on sleep shows that rats who have less sleep have a higher level of stress hormone corticosterone, and produces less braincells in the region of the hippocampus. Another indication of the importance of getting the right amount of sleep - well in rats at least.

We constantly inform people about the importance of sleep […]

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DJemaa el Fna and the Koutoubia Minaret at night

Fruit stalls against the medina walls

Me looking out from the balcony

I have returned from Marrakesh (which is an incredible city), to this article from the Western Mail posted on our HG forum about teenagers and sleep:
“Timetabling academic subjects such as English and maths for the start […]

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Our College Principal, Ivan Tyrrell, explains why depressed people wake up still feeling exhausted and tired and discusses the link between depression and dreaming.
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Posted by: Eleanor

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Here is some background from our Human Givens Institute website on the origins of the human givens approach. I thought it would be interesting reading for people new to the concept who might be visiting this blog:
It is now commonly realised that there is a core set of principles for stabilising the human mind, creating […]

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Anyone who worries unconstructively is in danger of clinical depression. Depression is not selective - to take recent examples from the media: the famous, single mothers, politicians, men, women are all susceptible to depression.
When you worry incessantly about something which can’t be immediately solved or is circular, you generate unresolved emotional arousal. Once an […]

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