self care

Study: Higher mental wellbeing (in 2016) seen to lower healthcare costs (in 2017)

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There are many rea­sons why men­tal well­be­ing is impor­tant. Not only is it pro­tec­tive against phys­i­cal ill­ness­es and linked to greater pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, but the men­tal well­be­ing of a pop­u­la­tion is essen­tial for a country’s sus­tain­abil­i­ty, long-term growth and development.

But despite the clear ben­e­fits, gov­ern­ments tend to focus pub­lic spend­ing on treat­ing and pre­vent­ing dis­ease, and pro­vid­ing care for those who are ill. While this is impor­tant and should con­tin­ue to be pri­ori­tised, such strate­gies alone won’t increase lev­els of men­tal well­be­ing overall.

Not only would enhanc­ing men­tal well­be­ing across all seg­ments of the pop­u­la­tion lead to bet­ter health on aver­age, it would also be ben­e­fi­cial from an eco­nom­ic per­spec­tive. [Read more…] about Study: High­er men­tal well­be­ing (in 2016) seen to low­er health­care costs (in 2017)

Mental fitness self-care named app trend of 2018

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This was the hottest app trend of the year (Mar­ket Watch):

“Apps were all about inner peace in 2018.

Apple named “self-care” its app trend of the year with its Best of 2018 list released ear­li­er this week, which high­light­ed what apps, games, movies and music were on everyone’s list — and fin­ger­tips — over the past year. “We became mind­ful of some amaz­ing well­ness apps,” the report not­ed, list­ing med­i­ta­tion apps such as 10% Hap­pi­er, Calm and Shine, as well as the Fab­u­lous – Moti­vate Me life coach and habit track­er [Read more…] about Men­tal fit­ness self-care named app trend of 2018

The future of per­sonal brain health

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You can now enjoy the slide deck from this ses­sion, which took place at the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Sep­tem­ber 19–20th). [Read more…] about The future of per­sonal brain health