FREEDOM FROM THE MIND
Mental Biochemical Balance
Mental health was declared a crisis in 2019 as one in five Australians were diagnosed with mental illness, of which depression, anxiety and substance-use disorders were the most prevalent.
Fast forward to the multiple unexpected events of 2020, where the impact of natural disasters and COVID-19 have led to increased risks of mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Mental health is deeply encoded within the brains neural circuitry, embedded throughout the amygdala, hippocampus (HPC) and prefrontal cortex (PFC), which determines each individual’s emotional, cognitive and stress reactivity.
These brain regions are heavily programmed by genetics and environment throughout early development and continue to evolve via neuroplasticity, which as we know, is negatively affected by chronic stress and inflammation.
Do you know what shapes the structural and functional architecture of your brain? Do things like proinflammatory cytokines affect our mood, behaviour and cognition by reducing things such as dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin levels in our body?
Relieving Cravings
Understand how to create balance and what is driving cravings, and distress in your body.
Indigenous Medicines
Understand how traditional healers' approach the physiological consequences of stress and inflammation and how this can affect your mood.
Energy Support
Support healthy energy balance and fuel your body with functional nutrition and exercise.
Sleep Restoration
Have you experienced true wraparound strategies to address your mood and mind balance? Our team love to address all areas of our biochemistry and one focus includes sleep hygiene practices that usefully address the many environmental factors that can wreak havoc on sleep, such as correcting light exposure and adjusting sleep behaviours by limiting screen time before bed.
We also have practitioners that deliver behavioural therapy, that also helps to rewrite negativity and anxiety around sleep and insomnia.
Our team truly embrace care that offers evidence-based strategies to restore the stress response system with prescription treatments, and restorative sleep. Furthermore, an important aspect of patient treatments is to rebuild the often-failing foundations of nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness and social support for lasting health and wellbeing of mind and body.
Other specific considerations for managing insomnia or poor sleep and the resulting impacts on our biochemistry, addictions and mood disorders are detailed throughout our virtual ecosystem platform and education series, including helping you to understand the treatment protocols and options available.
Brain Training
Understanding and being able to know where to go to provide "physical exercise for your brain" which enhances cognitive flexibility and stability of control is important. Enhancing awareness of internal states by allowing the brain to witness its own activity, from moment to moment. This promotes self-regulation which supports better function. Learn more today.
