• 🌟[TT] Balance Your BRA(i)NS® 🧠

    During a recent podcast interview, I was asked about my BRA(i)NS® Method – a comprehensive approach to support optimal brain health. The interviewer was interested in my concepts of balancing the Autonomic Nervous System. Drawing from my background in clinical neurology, mindfulness, yoga, and hypnotherapy, I shared how these different approaches create a powerful synergy…


  • [TT] what’s your default? 🧠

    I was recently reflecting on the experience of participants in my mindfulness research study,  which leads me to this week’s topic: your default mode network! The default mode network is your brain network that switches on when you’re not focusing on a particular task – kind of like your brain’s screensaver. What’s your default?   Have…


  • [TT] Energy 🧠 Boosts! 🚀

    In clinic recently, a patient shared their struggles with constant tiredness. When we started talking about physical activity, they immediately thought of gym workouts and lengthy exercise routines. But what if I told you that even 3 minutes of movement could give your brain an energy boost? How Movement Gives Your Brain Energy When you…


  • [TT] Thursday Thanks ♥️

    Gratitude comes to mind as I write this week’s Thursday Tips [TT] newsletter. I am writing this whilst on the train to Liverpool, where I spent 5 years of my Neurology registrar (residency) training. I’m excited to return today to give an invited talk on eye movements. I feel forever grateful for the nurture and…


  • [TT] Music 3 Ways 🎶🧠

    Have you ever noticed how a simple melody can transport you back in time? Just the other day, I heard “The Eye of the Tiger’” which brought me back to the moment that song came on the radio, at the start of an epic road trip whilst I was working as a Neurology registrar in…


  • [TT] 3+2 Mindful Brain Boost

    Do you have a regular mindfulness practice? Are you curious about this? Here’s a 3+2 mindful list that may interest you today. 3 Brain Health Benefits with Mindfulness: [1] Protect your cognitive function Mindfulness practices can enhance the functions of your brain. Studies have shown that a regular mindfulness can improve concentration, attention, and increase…


  • [TT] 3 ways to protect your best asset

    What is your best asset? Your Brain! 🙂 Perhaps I’m biassed – I am a neurologist of course, and love all things brain-related 🙂 Most of you would probably agree that your brain gives you your personality and intelligence. Let’s do something today to give our brains some love and care! Today I share three…


  • 3 Brain Benefits of a Morning Movement Practice

    What do you do in the first hour of your morning? Perhaps it’s sorting out the kids, getting lunch boxes ready, and rushing out of the door. Perhaps it’s a snooze of the alarm clock for another 30 minutes in bed. Perhaps a Morning Movement Practice? I do love a mindful morning movement practice. I…


  • 3 Steps to Reset

    Do you have days when you feel like hitting the “reset” button? It’s the first few days back after the Easter break, with school restarting in the UK. Perhaps you have been away or have been working extra hard whilst others have been away. Perhaps you’ve just had a stressful encounter, conversation, or email. 3-steps…


  • How To Build Your Information Superhighway

    What information superhighway? Your Gut-Brain information superhighway. More appropriately called your Gut-Brain Axis. I changed it slightly for a more catchy email subject 🙂 How does your gut influence your brain health? In a previous edition of the [TT] newsletter, I shared that your gut has 100 million nerve cells and its own neural network, which is why…