S1 Episode #8 đź’› Keep Calm...Check Your Sources, says meditation guide and mental health expert Niraj Shah [15-min listen]
“There’s a clear correlation between the amount of news someone is consuming and their levels of anxiety.” - Niraj Shah
Today's guest is Niraj Shah, meditation guide, mental wellbeing speaker, entrepreneur, co-founder of Mind: Unlocked and European co-chair of silicon valley non-profit Transformative Technology.
Niraj is passionate about delivering tools and resources to improve mental wellbeing, and during the pandemic has been curating and sharing free, fact-checked and practical mental well-being resources to help us manage our changed lifestyles during the coronavirus.
Topics covered include mental health, working from home, digital balance, meditation, staying active and good news.
And in today’s conversation Niraj recommends:
Limiting news consumption to limit Corona overwhelm
Being discerning about where we’re getting our information from (sorry, guys, there aren’t actually dolphins in Venice - yet!) - try WHO, Public Health England, and the Prime Minister’s updates (watching yourself rather than reading reports about them)
Setting boundaries in our digital social lives as we would in real life
Reading fiction and watching Star Trek as a way to switch off from the deluge of news and information
Remembering that fitness - and movement - is inextricably linked to our mental health
Using this opportunity to workout digitally with world-class teachers from around the world
Not taking any meetings before lunchtime and giving yourself permission to sleep as much as your body needs, and enjoy waking naturally
Pic credit: @yogaandphoto // http://yogaandphoto.com/
ABOUT THE KEEP CALM SERIES - March/April 2020
The Keep Calm, Stay Well series is a collection of bite-sized podcasts from Shelf Help featuring our favourite authors and experts sharing their wellbeing strategies, and designed to help us all find some calm amongst the Coronoavirus chaos.
We want Shelf Help to be a resource to help you guys stay calm, positive and present in these challenging times and so are asking the experts how they are staying well mentally, physically and spiritually.
We’re turning around these interviews pretty quickly from our lo-fi barn in Norfolk BUT these conversations are pure HIGH vibes and packed with useful and inspiring information (and the tech is improving daily so we really appreciate your patience so far).
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