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How to strengthen your willpower
How to overcome temptation and distractions
The role of motivation in willpower
Myths To Clear
Epinephrine or Adrenaline aren't responsible for increasing your focus but to provide energy and maintaining alertness.
Dopamine doesn't provide us with happiness, it is the master regulator for focus and attention seeking.
It is Oxytocin which is the joy giving hormone.
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Meditation
Meditating can change the structure and function of the brain through relaxation, which can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Increase focus and learning concentration. Improve memory and attention span.
Disconnects us with the world and blazes out our focus for the given task. Us...
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Caffeine
Caffeine is a stimulant, which means it increases activity in your brain and nervous system. It also increases the circulation of chemicals such as cortisol and adrenaline in the body. In small doses, caffeine can make you feel refreshed and focused.
Keeps you awake making some sleep de...
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Power Of Sound
Binaural Beats : Voicing a sound in one ear and a different in the other. These beats carry a intuitive wave which increases process healing, creativity and relaxation.
Key ...
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Fasting Your Belly
Glucose Intake Levels and Neural Activity are directly linked.
The body kicks into ketosis during intermittent fasting—wherein it switches from using calories and carbohydrates as an energy source to burning fat—may also play a roll in helping the brain perform at optimal levels, his resea...
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Mind nudge
Your ability to pay attention is not about putting all your energy into the task - it's about allowing the brain to wander occasionally and gently refocussing.
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The benefits of crying
From a psychotherapy point of view, releasing of emotions is a very good thing, especially when we have allowed emotions to build up inside for too long.
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