Love this article from the NY Times. Had to share for your enjoyment, even though it’s not about the business-issue-solving walks that I offer in Walks With Bliss. The beauty of a ‘walk and talk’ By Jancee Dunn [excerpted to remove non relevant items/ads] Hello, … READ FULL POST
Category Archives: Brain Research on Walking
My experience taking CEO’S and business leaders on guided consulting walks is that recommendations on how to acheive results happens more quickly than in an office. It’s not just endorphins or being in nature- or the same advise I offer from my years of experience, … READ FULL POST
Thanks to long time friend and colleague, Barrie Marchant for sharing this beautiful article by Sibbie O’Sullivan from the Washington Post about “walking, as so many people have discovered during the coronavirus pandemic, is freedom. Three new books remind us that it’s also so much more.” … READ FULL POST
best article yet on walking. Published on 9/3/14 in the New Yorker: Why Walking Helps Us Think looks at the many sides of how walking influences our lives – from memory to strokes of insight to psychological studies, it covers the gamut.
READ FULL POSTimproving work for those with ADD or ADHD. Challenges and answers in our therapeutic Walks With Bliss for physical and mental health. Learn about our scientific study on ADHD and walking.
READ FULL POSTWhat do Aristotle, Nietzsche, Rimbaud, Kant, Rousseau, and Thoreau have in common? Yep – stimuli from walking! A recent study from Stanford University revealed that walking boosted creative inspiration by 60%. The act of walking itself, and not the environment, was the main factor. Anecdotally, our … READ FULL POST
Walking Just Makes You Smarter.It’s Proven Science. The LA Times reports on a study measuring how walking increases your cognitive ability, helps your brain ward off dementia, and supports your think through on executive control tasks — things like planning, scheduling, dealing with ambiguity, working memory and multitasking.
READ FULL POSTStudy by National Institutes of Health showing how movement positively affects brain activity.
READ FULL POSTOne of my favorite books on brain research is about neuroplasticity called; “The Brain That Changes Itself” by Norman Doidge. Many professionals in business are alluding to the value of neuroscience in helping leaders function at their highest level. This is the science behind that tip … READ FULL POST