Your mental performance does not depend on the number of neurons but is generated by the connection between them - the synapses. Did you know that each neuron can make ten to twenty thousand connections to other neurons?

All you need for these short brain workouts is yourself and a few minutes of your time. With little effort, a significant effect!

When you dream of getting your abs toned, you don't necessarily have to rush to the gym ― it's easy to do at home, too. Abdominal muscle training without equipment ― that's how it works.

Strong abdominal muscles have a lot of advantages besides their visual effect: they stabilize and relieve your spine, prevent back pain and protect your internal organs. Overall, a trained core together with a strong back provides more balance and stability, from which you benefit in all sports.

Sugar cravings are common. These may be side effects of certain foods in your diet or a bad habit that has reprogrammed your brain. But some sugar cravings may be the result of an underlying nutritional deficiency.

Consider these tips to reduce sugar cravings in the long term.

Essential peppermint oil has been known as a remedy for centuries. The natural effect of the plant is able to relieve tension headaches and other afflictions.

See how to use essential peppermint oil for various health issues.

The optimal experience, or flow activity, allows you to be motivated and feel satisfaction. For a positive experience, you need a clear goal, immediate feedback, and capabilities relevant to what you are being led to do.

The more focused you are on what you are doing, the better the experience, but if you are not focused, you miss out on life.

No doubt that life is definitely busy. Especially since last year, we are more connected online to speak to our family and friends, work and social life than ever. At the swipe of a thumb, you can reveal the secrets of the ages, or look at a picture of your best friend’s wedding dress, but is that really being social?

While it’s clear that technology has made it possible for us to view all kind of information, we don’t interact directly as much as before.

There is a direct connection between sleep and weight and stress and weight. Knowing how these connections affect you can make you break out of a vicious circle and regain more energy, be more relaxed and shed this unwanted weight.

When you understand the impact of sleep on your weight, you might reconsider your sleep habits and enjoy your bedtime.

Who doesn't know the satisfying feeling after a thorough spring cleaning? Everything shines, smells good and feels so clean.

Why make your own cleaning products? You may be asking yourself why you should make your own cleaning products? Making your own cleaning products has a few big advantages. Here’s how you can make two simple cleaning products yourself.

Just look at Mother Nature and imitate her to have more balance and vitality.

Far too many of us create stress, self-criticism and self-sabotage due to weight gain during the winter, which creates shame, guilt and inner pressure. Even if you follow a diet or make changes, your action comes from a place that doesn't love itself, these changes don't last, and you create more stress, not less. Don't fall into one of these self-sabotaging traps and take care of yourself with the following tips.

Breathe.

Breathing can transform your life.

If you feel stressed out and overwhelmed, breathe. It will calm you and release the tensions.

You are extraordinary. Expressing your "self" is your birthright. You have been trained all your life to adapt to what society wants you to be. If you are like all other living women, you have nevertheless achieved all the wonderful things you have in life.

And now, give yourself permission to be even more than you dared before. No one else can offer the world what you can.

Did you know that 1 out of 3 adults are sleep deprived? This means that they sleep less than 7 hours per night, which is the minimum recommended.

Some people might actually need more than 7 hours of sleep. But if you sleep enough and feel tired during the day or wake up multiple times during the night, chances are your sleep quality is bad.

I hate hearing about diets. If you personally have been on a few throughout your life, you know what I mean.

The idea that you limit the kind of food you eat, starve yourself and have a bad time, just to see a number on a scale seems ridiculous to me. Not to mention that they are not usually useful, since they are very difficult to carry and as soon as you stop them you regain the weight you had lost or more.

What if this year you just focus on being happy, balanced and fueling your body with whole delicious food that makes you feel awesome?

Not just for the month of January, but for the entire year, and rest of your life. No diets. Nothing fancy. Just real food.

Eating well doesn't need to be difficult or complex. In fact, it can be downright simple and fun.

Habits, whether good or bad, dictate how we live each day and how we behave at times. Unfortunately changing habits, especially bad ones, is quite a difficult task. 

There are habits that we have ingrained in our lives for a long time. They are automatic, you don't even think about having to do certain things, they come to you by nature.

Most people say that mental health is important to them. But only two-thirds of them are committed to make changes to improve their own mental health. For a positive mental health, you need to take positive actions.

Here are 11 tips to get you started:

In these peculiar times of Covid-19 and lockdown, many people have had no choice but to work from home.

If this is the case for you, perhaps at first you thought it would actually be great to work from home.

But sooner or later you will have realized that it's actually hard.

Most of my clients have similar struggles. Be it losing weight or slowing down after stressful days, it all comes down to some very basic things you can put in place to overcome your struggles.

Try one of those 9 tips to help you overcome physical and mental health struggles, or all of them. You’ll see that it will have a big impact on your wellbeing and life!