Did you realise you had two brains? The enteric nervous system, which has control over the gut, is awash with neurotransmitters and surprisingly independent from the central nervous system. It is only recently that the importance of this 'second brain' has been acknowledged and its complexities have begun to be uncovered.
This article from the International Herald Tribune explains some recent findings including the theory that stressful experiences early in life may cause irritable bowel syndrome.
International Herald Tribune
The science of creativity
As Pablo Picasso once pointed out, all children are creative; the challenge is to remain creative into adulthood.
Unfortunately public education systems around the world seem designed to crush creativity in favour of rote learning and test passing. As the years pass a fear of being wrong takes over from our natural creative tendencies.
Unlike mathematics, languages or the humanities, we are rarely taught about creativity, despite its importance to our lives. Yet the information is out there, waiting to be used.
If you would like to be more creative at work and at home—and that has to be most of us—the insights in this ebook will be useful.
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