After the recent traumatic events in Newtown, Connecticut it would be easy to lose hope under the weight of media coverage.
It probably won’t come as much of a surprise to you that being in an Intensive Care Unit can be a traumatic experience, but an article from the BBC, Intensive care ‘has lasting impact on mental health’, reports on research about just how negative an experience it can be.
We all have lots of things to do, so many demands on our time and resources.
You know the stress response don’t you? Someone says something, does something or even just looks at you in a particular way and your anxiety level shoots up.
I am amazed how many people think it is more important to know about the problem rather than do something about it.
Update Shortly after posting this, Steve Wells and Helen Walker (bless their hearts) emailed to let me know I had got it wrong (as usual by not reading the small print).
In this talk Rick Hanson, neuroscientist and author of The Buddha’s Brain, talks about neuroplasticity - what it is and how to get the best out of it.
We are brilliant learners. If we are lucky we can grow up to become physicists, philosophers, saints or sages.