Hacking your brain for mental health

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© 2024 Zoryna O’Donnell

This article was first published by The Maverick Paradox Magazine on 12/11/2024

Since 1992, we celebrate World Mental Health Day on 10 October to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilise efforts in support of mental health. This is a sign of an ongoing global shift from stigma and discrimination to better understanding of mental health and acceptance and support for those who need it due to mental illness. After all, any of us can find ourselves, at any point of the mental health continuum (a range of states, with mental health and mental illness at the two extreme ends), during our lifetime.

Every year, we see a wave of publications and discussions about various aspects of mental health culminating on 10 October and then, gradually, decreasing until it disappears almost completely from our “radars”.

By now, we know not only about key facts on this important topic, but also about many useful tips and strategies to help our mental health and overall wellbeing. Sometimes, we may even revisit this information when we are making our New Year’s resolutions. But knowing what to do is not the same as doing what you know, and our good intentions rarely, if ever, become sustainable habits. The action paradox, or disconnect between knowledge and action, is at play here. This article contains some useful tips for dealing with the action paradox to help you integrate the following brain hacks for better mental health into your everyday life.

In many of my previous articles published by The Maverick Paradox Magazine, I mentioned the benefits of evidence-based practices such as mindfulness, gratitude, journalling, reframes and other brain hacks and healthy lifestyle strategies.

Let’s explore a few of the less-known brain hacks for better mental health which are grounded in sound academic research. …

Please read the entire article here. [ https://themaverickparadox.com/hacking-your-brain-for-mental-health/  ]

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