Mind-Set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect
Written by Sue Mort
10, June, 2025
A Harvard University study testing if exercise improved health because of how we think about it found that in 4 weeks participants who were told their work as hotel room attendants was "good exercise" and matched "recommendations for an active lifestyle" had a DECREASE IN WEIGHT, BLOOD PRESSURE, BODY FAT, WAIST-TO-HIP RATIO, and BODY MASS INDEX.
Honour Your Story
Written by Sue Mort
31, March, 2025
Have you ever really honoured your story – it's ups and downs, joys and hurts or even traumas, and successes versus what you may even be calling failures, mistakes or regrets?
Wellbeing and Secular Buddhism
Written by Sue Mort
06, January, 2025
A major factor in my wellbeing has been to embrace the concepts and practices of mindfulness along with learning about the origins of these, that is the Dharma or the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama aka the Buddha.