The Dark and Lonely World of Depression
by Relmi Damiano on 14 May 2020
The roots of depression can take hold before a person even realises there is a problem. Some have described depression as a warm, fuzzy blanket laying over your body. At first, this warmth and comfort are welcome. But, before long, a person can feel smothered and trapped by the same b …
Using Neurofeedback Devices to Retrain Your Brain
by Relmi Damiano on 23 April 2020
Neurofeedback is basically a branch off of the broader term “biofeedback”. Biofeedback allows people to gain more control over bodily functions that are normally involuntary, and biofeedback can treat conditions such as incontinence, high blood pressure and migraines. By promoting rel …
Mental Health Treatment Options Using Brain Imaging
by Relmi Damiano on 9 April 2020
The childhood game, “pin the tail on the donkey” can resemble how doctors treat brain disorders as they try to determine the best diagnosis for a patient. Medical treatment often seems to involve some amount of guesswork. However, some clinicians have options to peer more deeply at a …
The Funding Crisis of Mental Health
by Relmi Damiano on 19 March 2020
The history of brain disorders stretches back thousands of years. People have attempted to diagnose and treat mental conditions in various manners many times in written records of the past. Unfortunately, many of these treatments, at best, did next to nothing, and at worst, resulting …
Is It Mental Health Or Brain Health We Should Be Talking About?
by Relmi Damiano on 12 March 2020
The state of mental health, and how we treat it, is alarming in much of the world. Stress, genetics, environment--all of these factors can affect mental health. However, the term “mental health” is in itself somewhat vague. Instead, we should talk about brain health & how having a …
The Science of Why You Should Get Off The Couch And Dance
by Relmi Damiano on 5 March 2020
A lot of us live sedentary lives, too connected to technology and obsessed with long working hours. We collect so much stress and unhealthy tension in our bodies and minds. When we are done with work for the day, many of us sit again in front of the TV, our phones and laptops watching …
Want To Learn To Deal With Complexity? Practise Krav Maga
by Relmi Damiano on 20 February 2020
I was recently invited to participate in a Krav Maga session by expert Saar Markovitch at his gym X Fighting in Bondi. Krav Maga originated in the Israeli Defense Force, and it is a hybrid martial art building on simple movements and techniques. This style has proven itself to be extr …
How Dancing Changed My Mental And Physical Health
by Relmi Damiano on 6 February 2020
Humans have engaged in dance for thousands of years across the entire world to tell stories, show their cultural heritage or religious beliefs and explore emotions. There is no doubt that dance helps us express creative expression and an entire range of feelings from sadness and grief …
Taking A Re-charge Weekend is Good For You: 7 Ideas to Explore
by Relmi Damiano on 23 January 2017
If you use Facebook or even browse the Internet regularly, you've probably seen the meme showing a cabin in the woods.
Emotions & Negotiation
by Relmi Damiano on 6 November 2011
Over recent years, academic research has reconsidered the way we think and value emotions.“I think therefore I am”, a statement proposed by French philosopher Rene Descartes, places in people’s minds the idea that thinking and intellect was all that mattered, and that emotions were to …