Brain Under Strain
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Get started now: the scale exercise
How is the balance of your brain? Imagine your brain is a scale, with on the left the things that put strain on your brain: social media, work meetings, negative thoughts, performance pressure, sugar, social obligations, and alcohol, for instance. On the right you have the things that help your brain unwind and relax: meditation, walks in nature, good nutrients, sleep, your passions, feeling grateful, physical affection, exercise.
Visualize your scale
To create insight to the state of your scale, you can make a list of things you would place on the left side (things that cost energy) and things on the right side (things that give energy). Which side dominates your days? Make a drawing of how your scale looks.
Does it tip more to the left? More to the right? Or is it perfectly balanced? If it tips towards the left, your brain is under strain and gives more energy than it gets. In this scenario, you are at risk of developing burn-out, depression or other health issues. If the scale tips more towards the right, you might feel unfulfilled, bored, or purposeless. In the ideal world, all our scales would be perfectly balanced.
Balance your scale
Visualizing your energy-takes and -givers this way helps you realize what causes the imbalance in your life. The heavier the weight on the left side of scale, the more attention you need to pay to your internal processes on the right side. We often do the opposite: when we are tired, frustrated, or anxious, we pile even more on top of the left side of the scale. We eat unhealthy food, scroll through social media, feel envious of others, watch TV for hours and sleep less. By becoming conscious of this process, it gets easier to do the things on the right side of the scale. Things that consist of restoring the connection with your inner self and the here and now, which will bring quiet and tranquility. And with that, balance of your scale.
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The Brain Balance Lodge
Our environment plays an important part in our ability to create that balance. If you want to start restoring a feeling of peace and tranquility, it helps to be in a place that facilitates that feeling. That’s why Charlotte Labee created the Brain Balance Lodge, a peaceful wooden home in the woods that helps you empty your thoughts and disconnect from the daily demands of the world around you. A place where you can experience the wonder of pure relaxation and quiet.
The Lodge stands on a serene and breathtaking location in the Netherlands and includes everything you might need to reconnect with yourself and start your Brain Balance journey. Enjoy the stocked bookshelf full of inspiring books, the relaxing sauna, the supplements of Charlotte Labee Supplements, the free natural hair- and skincare, the yoga mats and meditation pillows, and of course, the calming surroundings. For everyone who:
