Your Low-Stress Guide to Leveling-Up Your Bedtime Routine

Are You Burnt Out or Depressed?

Its the concept behind the5-step Neurocycle, a method created by cognitive neuroscientistCaroline Leaf, PhD.

So how does this actually work?

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Its a system that is creating mind-brain-body [connection] that turns things into habits, says Dr. Read on for how to actually use Dr. Leafs five-step Neurocycle to manage chaotic thoughts.

Calm and ready yourself before the Neurocycle

Because the five-step Neurocycle involves what Dr.

Leaf calls deep work, its important to be in the right frame of mind before you kick off.

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neuroscientist, mental health expert, and host ofCleaning Up The Mental Mess

To get there, she advises doing a stress-reducing activity, like aquick meditationorcalming breathwork exercises.

This could even be as simple asvisualizing happy or pleasant thoughts.

Any method ofregulating your nervous systemwill do, she says.

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Youre doing the same thing here to get yourself in the right space for introspection.

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