The Modern Health Crisis - Suicide
By Relmi Damiano on 21 May 2020
It seems almost everyone knows someone who has committed suicide. Even if the act seemingly came from nowhere, or as a spur of the moment decision, many people who commit suicide are affected by brain health disorders. Their often silent pleas for help may have gone unnoticed in healt …
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 …
Education To "Deworm" From Dignity, Freedom And Happiness
By Juan Carlos Cubeiro on 30 April 2020
I recently attended the presentation of Dr Kai-Fu Lee's new book, ‘The Superpowers of the Artificial Intelligence’ at the Palace of the Marquis of Salamanca (BBVA Foundation). Presented by Roger Domingo, our editor and good friend, a debate on AI took place between Kai-Fu Lee and Carl …
The ROI of Brain-Friendly CEOs
By Juan Carlos Cubeiro on 30 April 2020
On the World Economic Forum website just over six months ago, executive coach Paolo Gallo and consultant Vlatka Hlupic referred to the leadership we need in the Globalisation 4.0 era. They also provided the fact that in the United States, CEOs earn on average 321 times what their work …
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 …
Learning How to Lead Ourselves in a Pandemic
By Silvia Damiano on 31 March 2020
As I receive all kinds of newsletters with webinar offers and strategies of how to remain calm and work remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic (thanks to everyone who is helping with their knowledge), I thought it would be a good idea to contribute by making our 2018 award-winning docu …
Respect Is A Cornerstone Of Leadership
By Silvia Damiano on 26 March 2020
When you think of the word ‘respect’, what pops into your mind first? Do you think of being a child again, and showing respect to your elders? Or being kind and inviting someone to share their troubles? Or perhaps letting someone walk through a door you have opened? Respect may mean s …
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 …
The Virus That Has Reset Capitalism
By Juan Carlos Cubeiro on 17 March 2020
Let's do a science fiction exercise. Imagine that we are at the 51st World Economic Forum in Davos, from Tuesday to Friday of the third week of January 2021. The previous year, January 21-24, 2020, the topic was Stakeholders Capitalism. It was about moving from maximizing shareholder …
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 …