Mandy is a Life Coach and an Applied Neuroscientist. She works with people in areas of personal and professional development, combining her education in neuroscience and psychology with her training in yoga to teach people to understand how their own mind and brain work so that they can reduce stress and find happiness and life satisfaction.
A Science Perspective
By Dr. Amanda Wintink, PhD, RYT
Exercising for Brain Health!
In the last issue of Optimyz, I talked about the runner’s high and made reference to neurogenesis after exercising and promised I would post my very first science column article for Optimyz where I discuss neurogenesis and wellness. This article was before Optimyz expanded across Canada so many of our readers would not have seen [...]
Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an evidence-based therapy based on mindfulness meditation, and based on years of work by Jon Kabat-Zinn. In the book, Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness, Kabat-Zinn and co-authors J. Mark G Williams, John D. Teasdale, and Zindel V. Segal, eloquently describe the theory and practice of mindfulness-based [...]
More Food for Thought…
Can Drinking Coffee and Tea Prevent Cancer? Indeed! Drinking more than 100 mL of coffee and tea per day can reduce risk for glioma, which was particularly true for men. Coffee and tea consumption also slows the growth of glioblatomas. However, when tested on brain cancer, coffee and tea consumption did neither to prevent or [...]
Who knew there were so many forms of yoga?
The number of health benefits attributed to yoga are vast. So vast that I can barely keep up with the scientific claims that are emerging! Since I submitted the yoga article to Optimyz less than 2 months ago for publication, there have already been more studies published, which isn’t that surprising considering it is a [...]
