Are you feeling overwhelmed? Is your office a war-zone?

by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jan 8, 2019 | Biopsychosocial Health, Habit Change, Questioning Mind

Tea and biscuits were definitely one of my key ways of dealing with pressure at work. Actually, brownies, date squares and peanut butter cookies made a regular appearance too! There are better ways though. I wish I had some of the tools I have now back then. Melissa...

Can you Doodle your way out of grief?

by Sarah Jane Vickery | Nov 13, 2018 | Biopsychosocial Health, Questioning Mind

This is a great article my friend Adrian found about the surprising benefits of doodling from BBC News Katie Wright: How do you cope with the unexpected death of your partner of 19 years? That was the question facing Gary Andrews, 57, when his 41-year-old wife Joy...

I need a new perspective. Can a physical change give me a mental change?

by Sarah Jane Vickery | Nov 8, 2018 | Biopsychosocial Health, Health Find, Questioning Mind

I actually do this. I know it seems weird but doing a handstand does really change my perspective. Maybe it’s because I’m changing my energy mode or maybe it’s all that blood rushing to my head, I have not idea, but it works. My friend Michelle who is an occupational...

Here are some surprising benefits of journaling

by Sarah Jane Vickery | Oct 2, 2018 | Biopsychosocial Health, Habit Change, Questioning Mind

I’ve been journaling regularly now for over a decade. It started out as notes I’d make of little inspiring quotes. Then I added lessons I wanted to remember, observations I’d made, silly doodles and so on. Intuitively I’ve always known that writing a journal is a big...

The Enlightened Nuclear family vacation

by Sarah Jane Vickery | Aug 29, 2018 | Biopsychosocial Health, Questioning Mind

“If you think you are enlightened, go spend a week with your family”, is a quote from Ram Dass that I heard Tim Ferriss say on his podcast with Jack Kornfield. Jack, whom he is interviewing, says that maybe that is how they came up with the term nuclear family....

How More Rest makes you More Productive

by Sarah Jane Vickery | Aug 21, 2018 | Biopsychosocial Health, Engineering Life, Health Find

I read a great article recently by @Chriskresser about the benefits of rest for productivity. It has only been recently in human evolution that we equate being busy with being productive. Whenever I catch myself answering the question of “how was your...