Stimulate Your Brain
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Our Employee Wellness Program recently launched an employee wellness challenge called “Renew.” While the registration has closed, you can still benefit from these wellness micro-learnings and activities. The activities help you create calm, boost happiness, sharpen focus and increase energy.
Today’s lesson is on stimulating your brain.
Give your thinker something new to chew on.
Changing routines and rituals stimulates new neural connections. It also helps us stay interested and engaged in life while enhancing the health of our gray matter.
Our brains quickly respond to different information by forging paths and links; this process — called plasticity— is how we learn, adapt, and grow at any age. We can mold our brains in positive ways, changing structure as well as function with the right stimulation. Activities as simple as eating unfamiliar foods or having a conversation with someone new create novel pathways; so do more complex experiences like learning a hobby or taking a trip to an unknown destination. Anything unexpected triggers neurological rewiring, and that’s a good thing.
Cash in on unique ways to keep your brain guessing and adapting; more fun and intrigue are part of the payoff. Examples:
Socialize/meet new people
Learn a skill/hobby or teach someone else
Explore a different neighborhood or town
Expand your vocabulary
Practice a new language
Take a different route to work
Eat with your non-dominant hand
Listen to an unfamiliar style of music
Switch the order of your daily routine.
Stepping out of your comfort zone can be exciting; it’s one of the most important things to do for brain health, energy, and enjoyment.
For more information on Employee Wellness offerings, visit this InSite page.
Read more lessons from Renew.