9 Chemicals Affecting Brain Development In Children

June 30, 2018 John Crispin

Over the years, the list of harmful chemicals that can negatively affect the brain development in children has significantly grown. According to a study from The Lancet Neurology, there are new chemicals emerging that may be contributing to what researchers call the “global, silent pandemic of neurodevelopmental toxicity”. Back...

5 Strategies To Beat Anxiety

April 1, 2018 John Crispin

Anxiety can be defined as apprehension over an upcoming event. We mull over the future with terrifying forecasts that are not necessarily based in sound logic or valid evidence. In day to day life, anxiety’s emotional and physical symptoms can manifest as having poor concentration at work or school,...

6 Brain Foods That Help You Concentrate

April 1, 2018 John Crispin

You may not be aware of this, but did you know that how your brain functions has a lot to do with what you eat? While it’s been generally known that what we eat affects us physically, new scientific research suggests that what we put in our mouths actually...

4 Things That Kill Concentration

April 1, 2018 John Crispin

We’ve all been guilty of finding ourselves unable to concentrate on our tasks at hand and feeling incapable of staying focused at work. Especially nowadays, when there seems to be all kinds of distraction at every turn. You know how it goes – you receive a text, so you...

6 Ways To Manage Your Impulses

April 1, 2018 John Crispin

Impulse control is a learned behavior that we develop as we grow. The ability to resist instant gratification even if the consequences are negative can take years to develop. Although it is very easy to say that impulse control is a good thing that is crucial in achieving one’s...

4 Reasons Why Music Can Help You Concentrate

September 23, 2017 John Crispin

For some people, studying for a test or doing their homework in complete silence is just plain odd and weird. These type of people need something that fills the silence, a little noise in the background that helps them stay focused and keep their minds from wandering off. The...

5 Most Popular Alien Sightings

September 9, 2017 John Crispin

UFOs are not something new to us. For millennia, ancient civilizations like Egypt, Greece, Rome and Sumeria have been depicting disk-like objects and unusual flying objects in their respective art and literature. In the middle of the 2oth century, right around the “race to space era”, during which newly...

4 Most Mysterious Places On Earth

September 9, 2017 John Crispin

Although people would like to think that everything around us can be explained or analyzed, there are still mysterious places here in our world that seem to defy logic and science. Although some scientists have managed to come up with theories as to what is going on, one cannot...

9 Reasons To Manage Stress

September 9, 2017 John Crispin

Managing stress in our everyday lives is crucial in preserving our overall health. Aside from being a mood lifter, reduced stress can also boost our immune system as well as help us live a longer life. If you let stress take control of you, you are putting yourself at...

9 Simple Steps You Can Do To Reduce Stress

July 15, 2017 John Crispin

Stress happens when you perceive that you’re unable to cope with the demands (like work, school or relationships) that life has placed upon you. Although some stress can be helpful sometimes – especially if it gives people that boost to get through tough situations – too much stress can...

7 Ways To Shake Up a Boring Commute

May 26, 2017 Lee Terocola

As travel technology continues to advance, people are able to live farther and farther away from where they work. This is great if you like being as far away from your place of work as possible on your time off, but not so great when it comes to that...

9 Cleaning Secrets Hotels Don’t Want You To Know

January 8, 2017 Lee Terocola

Staying in a hotel, even a fairly cheap one, can make you feel like royalty – mostly because you don’t have to clean anything. A good hotel room is so clean it feels brand new for every guest. That’s because hotel cleaning staff really know their stuff. But that...