by TAadministrator | Sep 1, 2020 | Brain, Habits, Mindset, Vision
Have you ever felt a pull to do something? Go into a room, say yes to an invitation, call a friend, flip on the radio? And then when you follow that impulse, that intuitive, energetic pull, something good, useful or important happens? In yoga there is a word for...
by TAadministrator | Aug 25, 2020 | Ayurveda, Brain, Habits, Stress
Did you know that you have 39 trillion microbes on your body, and that 38 trillion of them are in your gut? These microbes contribute to digestion, produce vitamins and most importantly – build your immune system. The rise of auto-immune diseases during the last...
by TAadministrator | Aug 18, 2020 | Habits, Mindset, Stress, Vision
Our brains are amazing. However, they evolved to track what’s not working so we can keep ourselves safe by focusing on what we are doing wrong, what we are not getting right, where we have missed the mark. This evolutionary mechanism is fantastic when you are scanning...
by TAadministrator | Aug 5, 2020 | Ayurveda, Brain, Habits, Mindset, Vision
It’s August. Which means we have a little less than 5 months left of this year. Have you been successful this year? There are, I believe, a few key features of the super successful. And when I say super successful, I mean people who are happy in love, have great...
by TAadministrator | Jul 28, 2020 | Mindfulness, Mindset, Stress
Hey hey hey. How are you doing? I mean, really, not the standard “how are you? – “I’m fine” response. I mean REALLY? Things are pretty unstable right now, which creates massive nervous system deregulation and can lead to numbing behaviors, zoned out behaviors,...
by TAadministrator | Jul 21, 2020 | Brain, Habits, Mindfulness, Mindset, Stress, Vision
Uncertainty is massively de-stabilizing to the nervous system. Us humans like predictability – which is why we like to categorize people, by their job, marital status, ethnicity, city of birth, political party affiliation, gender etc. The last few months have...
by TAadministrator | Jul 14, 2020 | Habits, Mindset, Stress
How are you? How is your summer coming along? I am on my first vacation since New Years – which is incredibly unusual for me – I tend to be on a plane once a month or so, either for work or fun. Traveling simultaneously soothes and stimulates me: the...
by TAadministrator | Jul 8, 2020 | Brain, Habits, Stress
I love words, and there’s a name for that – a logophile. I am also a lover of books – a bibliophile. As a little girl one of my favorite things to do was to read the dictionary. Yes, I was that kid. It was partly a fascination with etymology, and partly...
by TAadministrator | Jul 1, 2020 | Mindset, Vision
Six years ago today, my ex-husband walked out for the fourth and what I determined would be the final time. It was shocking, traumatic and deeply upsetting – we had 3 kids, during our 16 years together and had weathered childhood cancer in one of our children...
by TAadministrator | Jun 24, 2020 | Brain, Habits, Vision
Let me introduce myself, in case you’re new to my list, or you’ve forgotten who I am and why I do this work. I am Tamsin Astor and I call myself the Chief Habit Scientist. I am so glad you are here. Let me share with you what I value and believe, so that you can...
