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How to Overcome Procrastination: What Your Brain Really Needs

Gehirn-Illustration zum Thema Prokrastination überwinden mit präfrontalem Cortex und Amygdala

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Brain Training & Cognition

About 20% of all adults procrastinate chronically. It isn't laziness, and it isn't a lack of discipline. Their brain runs on a pattern that makes putting things off the default response. This article shows you what happens neurologically, why the usual tips so often fall flat, and how you can overcome procrastination by tackling it where the problem starts: in your nervous system. You're... weiterlesen »

Brain Fog Test: Do I Have Brain Fog? Find Out in 3 Minutes

Brain Fog Test: Frau am Schreibtisch mit mentalem Nebel im Kopf

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Brain Training & Cognition

You read a paragraph, get to the bottom and realize that not a single word has stuck. You scroll back up and read it again. Same result. Your head feels like someone stuffed it with cotton wool. Welcome to the brain fog test, which shows you in just a few minutes whether your brain really is in a fog, and what you can do about it. Here's the thing that surprised me during my research: most people... weiterlesen »

Fall Asleep in 2 Minutes? What the Military Method Can Really Do (and What It Can't)

Schnell einschlafen in 2 Minuten mit der Militär-Methode

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Sleep & Stress Relief

Fall asleep in just 2 minutes. That sounds like an ad for sleeping pills, but it's supposedly a technique used by the US military. TikTok, Instagram and even serious media outlets celebrate the military method as the ultimate sleep hack. It allegedly has a whopping 96 percent success rate and apparently works even for fighter pilots under fire. Hang on a second... If it were that simple, why do... weiterlesen »

Counting Sheep Doesn't Work (But These 3 Things Do)

Schäfchen zählen funktioniert nicht

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Sleep & Stress Relief

You're lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, and you just can't fall asleep. So you try the oldest sleep trick in the world: counting sheep. One, two, three... at thirty-five you notice you're still wide awake. At seventy you wonder whether you lost count a while ago. And at one hundred and three you suddenly find yourself thinking about your "beloved" mother-in-law's upcoming... weiterlesen »

Are Triggers Ruining Your Life? Your 21-Day Plan Against Emotional Outbursts

Emotionale Trigger zerstören dein Leben? Dein 21-Tage-Plan gegen emotionale Ausbrüche.

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Mental Strength & Mindset

Emotional triggers are sneaky and mean. And yet most of us probably suffer from them at some point in our lives. Usually you can feel it before it starts. Your pulse rises, your hands get clammy, something inside you tightens. A sentence, a look, a gesture, and suddenly you're no longer yourself. Anger floods in like a tidal wave, and the words shoot out before your mind even has a chance to step in.... weiterlesen »

Shadow Work: C.G. Jung Called for It and 95% Still Ignore It Today

Shadow Work: C.G. Jung Called for It and 95% Still Ignore It Today

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Expanding Consciousness

Your partner knows something about you that you don't know yourself. So do your coworkers. And your friends definitely do. They see how you react when you're stressed. They know the look on your face right before you explode. They know exactly which topics are better left alone. You yourself usually have no idea. Shadow work is the process of uncovering exactly this blind spot. C.G. Jung, one... weiterlesen »

These 5 Things Destroy Your Deep Sleep, According to Sleep Research

These 5 Things Destroy Your Deep Sleep, According to Sleep Research

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Sleep & Stress Relief

You slept eight hours last night. And yet in the morning you feel like you got hit by a truck? Welcome to the club of the chronically sleep-deprived, also known as "I-slept-but-didn't-really-sleep" syndrome. And you did everything that's supposed to promote deep sleep and recovery: early to bed, no caffeine after 2 p.m., phone in airplane mode, eight hours of sleep. In theory,... weiterlesen »

33+ Situations When You Need the Emotional SOS-Reset

33+ Situations When You Need the Emotional SOS-Reset

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Mental Strength & Mindset

Emotional triggers are lurking everywhere. Sometimes all it takes is one sentence, one look, one message, and your nervous system explodes. Here are the 30+ most common situations that knock people emotionally off track, and how to bring yourself back in 10 minutes. You're talking about something trivial: who takes out the trash, which movie to watch. Suddenly your partner says that one sentence, and... weiterlesen »

The Secrets of Neuro-Suggestions: How to Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind

The Secrets of Neuro-Suggestions: How to Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application | Science & Research | Mental Strength & Mindset

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to change their lives effortlessly while others cling to the same patterns for years? The answer lies hidden deep in the architecture of our brain... Even as a child, I was fascinated by human language. I realized early on that a crying baby is basically doing nothing other than making a powerful suggestion: it communicates a need, and the mother responds.... weiterlesen »

The Ultimate Brainwave Guide: How to Get the Most Out of Our Frequencies

The Ultimate Brainwave Guide: How to Get the Most Out of Our Frequencies

Marko C. Lorenz Marko C. Lorenz Practice & Application

Or: Why frequencies haven't worked for you so far (and how to change that right now!) Let me guess: you tried frequencies and... nothing. Or even worse: headaches, restlessness, the feeling that you wasted your time. "This frequency stuff doesn't work anyway!" you might be thinking. The truth is, for 95% of people who say frequencies "don't work," it's not the... weiterlesen »