I’ve always admired unshakeability - the knack of being able to stay composed and centred in the face of life’s challenges. As with physical fitness, this takes more than just having a strong constitution. We need flexibility to adapt to change, and agility to manoeuvre through it. Much of our reaction to our environment and circumstance is involuntary. Our autonomic nervous system is continually shifting between two alternately dominant modes. The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) speeds our...

Visual messaging is powerful. It’s the quickest way to get a reaction. Pictures might seize our attention, but what can words conjure...

On Christmas Eve, a marketing email headed “Go Ahead, Skip the Gym” hit my inbox. A fitness brand that I’d bought equipment from during...