Eating Disorders are persistent conditions that disturb the behaviour of eating leading to the impairment of physical and mental health. Most Eating Disorders have a combination of both neurological and cognitive drivers that lead to the disturbed eating pattern, and both of these need to be addressed for a person’s eating to return to healthy. … Read more

There are only so many things that we can do each day. We have to make a decision about what we are going to do now, what we will put off until later, and what we need to remove from our to do list. To evaluate which is which, we have a number of measurement … Read more

Netflix’s “Hack Your Health, the secrets of your gut” is a docu/info/tainment that explores how your gut biome and digestive system will affect your weight, body health and propensity to various diseases. This is bringing to the attention of the mainstream public some of the discoveries about gut health that has been discovered over the … Read more

“Brain Energy” is a book by Christopher M. Palmer, MD., 2022 [LINK], a psychiatrist and researcher from Harvard, USA. In Brain Energy, Palmer discusses some problems that he perceives in how psychiatry has evolved and the major shortfall in therapeutic care that results from this. Palmer conjectures that all mental disorders are metabolic disorders of … Read more

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it”. This is from a book about the Wisdom of the Jewish Sages. It is an interpretation of part of … Read more

Pre-Sleep Anxiety is the weird brain state that we can get in to specifically when we are trying to go to sleep, negating the sleep we are desperate for. There is a neurological neurochemical reason for why this happens, and there are some things you can do about it. Pre-Sleep Anxiety Looks Like Pre-Sleep Anxiety … Read more

Consent is very important. “No” is a complete sentence. “No” is personal. “No” is the assumed answer until a clear and willing “yes” is given. If you aren’t sure what the signal is, assume “no”, clarify if that was the correct interpretation. While you may politely enquire why “no”, you can’t push. Pushing to a … Read more

Monday Open Mic – ask a Question Question : What’s your personal belief that species and mental disorders are linked??? Eg Neanderthal, Denisovan etc. Answer: TL:DR We know some DNA is a direct marker, while other DNA is just a warning/ caution. There is some good correlative evidence that having certain DNA segments increases the … Read more

Warning: Contain discussion in and around suicide and self harm. TL, DR: * My condolences for Michelle * The West Australian really F’d up the title * Autism is a neurological difference, not a disability * These differences can be directly disabling, or society led disabling. * The risk fo suicide in Autistic people is … Read more

Serenity – not just a Firefly spin off; it is the state of being calm, peaceful and untroubled. The Serenity Mantra is a variant of the Srenity Prayer, but rather than asking for another entity to help you to navigate this, it brings the power of wisdom to yourself. Here we break down why this … Read more