We spend so much time basing our ourselves on our past. We bring past emotions into the present and our minds and bodies react as if it's happening right now. So, why not reverse it? In this episode, Coach Carly and I chat about the physiological changes that can happen if we emotionally connect with our ideal future self with a couple of tools at the end you can try for yourself!
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Mojo Mondays: Mind Tools #1 - Imagining Your Future Self

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The new science of awe is showing that finding moments of awe everyday can help us manage stress and our overall mental wellbeing. In this episode, Coach Carly talks about her own experience of finding awe in her life, how we can tap into it everyday and what the science of awe is telling us. 
The book mentioned at the end is by Dacher Keltner, Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it can Transform Your Life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mojo Monday: How Awe Can Unlock Everyday Wonders

In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr Gupta gives me a breakdown of Ayurvedic Medicine and the amazing 5,000 year-old insights that are now being shown to be true by modern studies. We then go into the anti-inflammatory properties of tumeric and the active compound curcumin, as well as other herbs, spices and very cool adaptogens. 
You can find more about Dr Gupta and her guides, podcast and range of natural products on her website.
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Dr Gupta has done a PhD on the benefits of tumeric and is dedicated to sharing the healing properties of Ayurveda and bridging the gap between our hectic modern lives and applications of conscious living. As a renowned Ayuvedic leader, her speaking topics range from organic pregnancy to the influence of Ayurveda on western medicine. Her previous speaking engagements include over 50 physician conferences, educational events and women’s symposiums across the U.S.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Dive Into Ayurvedic Medicine And The Amazing Power Of Tumeric And Other Herbs, Spices and Adaptogens, With Dr Shivani Gupta

Want to improve your cognitive function? In this episode, I talk about a research paper looking at a particular herbal extract to measure the effects on memory, cognition skills, anxiety and stress as well as BDNF and cortisol. The results are pretty impressive!
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Wisdom Wednesdays: How To Easily Reduce Cortisol and Improve Cognitive Function

Perspective taking may well be a key to enriching our lives, deepening our relationships and avoiding conflict. Coach Carly steps in to host this Mojo Monday episode solo, giving insights and practical ways we can use perspective taking to become better humans to others and the world around us.
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Mojo Mondays: Mindset Tool #4 Beyond the Lens - The Power of Perspective Taking

If you want to get unstuck from your own narrative of a situation, then practising reappraisal is an evidence-based mind tool to draw upon. Carly and I discuss a couple of different ways of reappraising past Trauma's (with a capital T) or challenges you endured that still affect you today. 
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Mojo Mondays: Mind Tools #1 - Imagining Your Future Self

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