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Living A High-Intensity Lifestyle

To get ahead in life it’s going to take a huge amount of effort each day. Taking time to recharge the brain will be on the bottom of your to-do list. If you’re an employee on the fast track your employer will demand every ounce of time and energy from you. If you’re a parent your child will be doing the exact same thing.

Having a purpose in life is meaningful. It can offer so much in the long term whether that’s satisfaction, financial benefits or a legacy to leave behind.

But none of this is worth it if your performance drops, you become mentally drained or you start to hate the thing you once loved.

When the mind is fatigued what you are trying to achieve will be hard. You will start wanting to sleep in, you will be annoyed all the time and your creativity will feel like there’s is a blockage.

The reason for this is a lack of mental rest.

The main causes are

lack of sleep
12 plus hour days
no hobbies
no holidays
lack of familiy time
Finanial pressure
too many repsonsiblities

What Happens When You Don’t Recharge The Brain

Decline In Health

When the brain does not get the rest it needs. The negative effects are off the charts. Health starts to decline and the brain will actually start to wither away with memory and knowledge storage being affected.

You could look at the brain as a plant. Without living in the right condition it will eventually start to die quickly. This is the same for anyone who wants to live a life with a lack of sleep and a lack of prolonged downtime. They will be haunted by it as they grow old.

Poor Wellbeing

What’s also affected is the well-being of the individual. No one wants to work work work. There comes a point where you want to enjoy your life and working non stop all year round isn’t going to help your wellbeing.

Gary Vee for example work non stop but takes 100 days off a year to spend with his family and to recharge his mind.

A Drop In Performance & Productivity

Lastly, you will be affected by your performance and productivity. Have you ever tried to perform when your mind is tired? It’s really difficult to give your best. That’s from a mindset point of view but if you are an athlete you have the problem of ending your body to be in perfect condition. Without rest, you will cause injuries that will affect participation.

So health, wellbeing, productivity and performance are just 4 major factors of the brain that is not rested.

The evidence is clear and having a clear strategy of how to recharge the brain is crucial for all the factors we discussed that would be affected if you don’t rest.

Follow below the 5 ways to recharge the brain.

5 Ways to Recharge The Brain

The Importance Of Brain Recharge When You're A High-Intensity Person

The solution to fatigue is rest. This is what everyone should pride themselves on. The is a stigma that rest is for the weak or rest is for the lazy. This is scientifically far from the truth. There is a huge difference between someone choosing to be lazy and unproductive compared to someone recharging their mind to go again. When it comes to physical rest it’s deemed a good thing especially when it comes to athletes.

Choosing to rest by getting enough sleep, having alone time or having a family holiday. Is all part of your self-care plan, building mindset strength and being a better parent, employee or employer.

Below are the best 5 practices that I have incorporated into my own life that helps me recharge my brain.

Getting all my thoughts on paper then meditating in the now
Make sleep a prioerty
Have designated alone time
Make time to discover and travel
Learn a new skill or take up a hobby

How To Make It Part Of Your Daily Schedule

To make recharging your brain part of your daily schedule you’re going to have to make it a habit.

Setting out a daily checklist that you can tick off throughout the day is a sure-fire way to make the habit stick. With a focus on resting and the reward of achieving it gives you that boost to do it. Also setting alarms of when to prepare for bed or reviewing your day. Marking in your calendar when you can have time alone, family holidays or adventures in nature will help to plan for your recharge days and weeks.

The main thing you should do is make it a priority in your life. When it means something to you. You can easily plan for it and create a schedule and systems that allow you to recharge your mind. Plus it’s fun and you are in charge of what resting means to you.

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Has this helped you today? How are you going to take the rest you derseve?

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Back in 2015. In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. The study clearly shows the connectivity between the brain and the immune system. Overall the study shows how we treat our brain has an impact on our immune system and the immune system has an effect on the brain.

A clear example is from the food we eat. Inflammatory diet patterns that are high in sugar, refined carbs, unhealthy fats and processed foods can contribute to impaired memory and learning, as well as increasing your risk of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.

From the information, we know now looking after the brain and immune system together is crucial to both functioning healthily. Not only from the food we eat but also from the thoughts and feelings we have as these play a major role.

The Power Of The Mind And The Role It Has On Your Health

Have you ever in your life had a moment where you feel run down in the mind, feel negative etc. Which is followed by an illness? I have to experienced this.

Studies have shown negative attitudes and feelings of helplessness and hopelessness can create chronic stress, which upsets the body’s hormone balance, depletes the brain chemicals required for happiness, and damages the immune system. Chronic stress can actually decrease our lifespan.

The connection our brain has over our body is real. You could even imagine that our brain is who we really are and everything else is just the vessel, the transportation that allows us to live and breathe on Earth. On a side note did you know that our eyes are just our brain trying to see? This blew my mind!

To be able to get the best out of the brain. Treating the mind like a muscle that needs the right exercise, mineral intake etc. Will have a dramatic upturn in the health of the mind and immune system. Psychologists have even found a correlation with simply being positive can kill cancer cells.

The brain is powerful and we are still just scratching the surface of what we know. But without doubt, looking after your immune system aids the brain and when looking after the brain everything from focus, happiness, productivity and overall health increases.

This is why we should practice and create mindset habits that get the best out of our brains.

How The Brain Affects Your Immune System And Overall Health

Top 4 Mind Hacks To Improve Your Immune System And Overall Health

1. Spread Love

When you are kind to someone how does it make you feel? For me, it feels great and that’s because of the positive energy your giving out is creating a healthy mind. When you receive it back it doubles the feeling but if we have no intention of receiving it back it sets us up for a great mindset habit that we can perform every day. It could be letting another driver out to go in front of you or letting someone you care about, know that you love them.

Spreading love does not cost a thing but it repays you tenfold in life. What you give out is what you receive back and living a life of spreading kindness and love will help your mind and body live a healthy life.

2. Feel Gratitude

Studies have shown that gratitude changes the thoughts and feelings of individuals rapidly. If you’re feeling sad or negative. Just practising gratitude can alleviate your pain if only slightly. If made into a daily habit then wondrous things will happen in the mind that benefits your mental and physical health.

As you know you can’t be happy and sad at the same time. So gratitude is your magic trick that keeps the mind on the right track.

3. Chase Discomfort

Living comfortably is a privilege but also harmful if it’s the main state of mind you live day in day out. When your biceps aren’t used they become weak, when your hamstrings aren’t stretched they become stiff.

So when your mind is not uncomfortable it will not learn or grow. It will wither away.

Studies have shown that when people retire the chances of them dying within the first two years goes up dramatically. Studies have also shown that doing a job where you don’t have to think much leads to a high chance of mental disease as you age.

There is definitely a correlation between keeping your mind active with challenges and discomfort that the brain stays healthy. This is why you should make it a habit to chase discomfort in your life whether that be learning new languages, learning a new skill, travelling the world or just taking risks in your life. This will lead to a fulfilled life, a life you can be happy with in the end days and this will keep your brain and furthermore your immune system healthy.

When the mind is engaged the body follows but when the mind is going through the motions the body will wither away at an alarming rate. So make it a habit to create more discomfort in life daily, weekly, monthly.

4. Forgive

Learning to forgive is something that’s become a mindset practice only recently in my life but the results are exponential. When the mind holds onto negative memories that keep getting recycled around the brain. It causes only pain. It’s an anchor permanently docked in your mind but when you lift the anchor up and forgive yourself and others. Your mind will be able to sail away free to carry on its journey. Forgiveness will change your life and your overall happiness.

There’s Still Time To Act

By powering the mind not only helps the way you feel but within your body, a recovery process is in place and a signal to turn on healthy antibodies that help reduce inflammation, suppresses tumours, mobilizes enzymes and so on. So if your 30 onwards there is still time to act.

Change your eating habits to healthier choices, spread love instead of hate, forgive instead of holding on to a grudge that helps no one, learn a new skill you’ve always wanted to learn and be thankful for the life you have and all the good that’s in it.

Subtle changes in your life can make massive differences in your mental and physical health. Treating the mind as the most important part of your life will help you become happier, purposeful, create stronger relationships and provide mental strength amongst many other positive aspects. But don’t you ever think it’s too late or it’s for someone else. This life can be for you right now if you decide to make the changes today.

The Result Will Be

When you do make changes to prioritise your mental health you will experience increased healing, creativity, wholeness and syntropy. I too have made these changes and I’m still working on them today. It’s life-changing for sure and should be taught in all education settings for children to build these foundations into adulthood.

As the world is taking mental health more seriously day by day. Hopefully one day we will see people talking and practising mental health habits to strengthen the mind and the immune system as a normal thing that everyone practices.

Until that day comes you personally have to build your mental strength and pass it on to your children and anyone who wants to listen.

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A Final Word From The Future Mindset

I hope you enjoyed today’s article How The Brain Affects Your Immune System And Overall Health. I hope the article has helped in some way. If you need extra help or any questions answered. Don’t hesitate to contact me at adam@thefuturemindset.com

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