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Dave Gallagher
Aug 2, 20226 min read
Looking after your self: Part Two - reconnecting heart-mind-body
The connection between heart and mind, whilst cliched, is rooted in fundamental brain-body mechanisms that contribute to sense of self. ...
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Dave Gallagher
Aug 2, 20225 min read
Looking after your self: Part One - rewriting your autobiography
Stress and trauma are inevitably encountered at some point in life. How we process stressful events, at the time and when later...
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Dave Gallagher
Jul 15, 20225 min read
Freefalling out of the stress zone: Part two - in control of the ups and downs
In Part One, we saw how extreme sports performers inject some cool-headedness into their stress response to exhibit good judgement under...
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Dave Gallagher
Jul 14, 20225 min read
Freefalling out of the stress zone: Part one - excite, delight, thrive
One way to change your relationship with stress is to go and confront it head on, straight into the slipstream! Taking on an adventure...
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Dave Gallagher
May 23, 20225 min read
Extreme teams: crewing the enterprise
Teamwork makes the dreamwork, as they say. We can only go so far alone. In testing environments, as with life, we draw strength by...
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Dave Gallagher
May 3, 20226 min read
Learning to fly - steering towards goals
Taking first steps into the realm of flight is a daunting experience. But as with aspiring to achieve dreams in life, you have to start...
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Dave Gallagher
Mar 28, 20225 min read
Challenge mindset - Part two: Be (para)sympathetic to stress
Approaching a stressful situation as a challenge rather responding to it as a threat can energise us and facilitate a positive experience....
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Dave Gallagher
Mar 28, 20225 min read
Challenge mindset - Part one: Tip-toeing through the Andes
Adopting a challenge-based mindset would appear to be key in building resilience to adversity and optimising behaviours under stress. At...
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Dave Gallagher
Mar 2, 20228 min read
Breaking the ice: laughter and awareness of others beyond linguistic borders
The world watches anxiously as Putin re-evokes the spirit of Dictatorship, leaving Russian and Ukrainian citizens alike to bear the...
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Dave Gallagher
Feb 23, 20228 min read
Dealing with the aftermath: innoculating against the Pandemic
Stormproofing, as previously elaborated upon, can help us withstand adversity generally in life. How does this relate more specifically...
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Dave Gallagher
Feb 18, 20227 min read
Stormproof - weathering adversity
Exposure to the elements can provided us with a sense of how capable we are, our limitations, but also our strengths. It's too easy to...
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Dave Gallagher
Feb 11, 20225 min read
The aging gorilla in the room: Exploring the limits of our perception
As we get older we tend to lose a capacity for exploration of the world. We seek less novelty, and rely on what we already know and have...
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Dave Gallagher
Feb 4, 20228 min read
Don't panic! Managing stress when out of air...
A worse case scenario can scarcely be imagined than being deep underwater and finding your air supply compromised. We can experience...
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Dave Gallagher
Jan 3, 20228 min read
Cold sweat - Tibetan yoga, Wim Hof and wild swimming
Jumping into a freezing lake (in winter or summer it doesn't make much difference if you live in the UK!) can be counterintuitively...
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Dave Gallagher
Dec 31, 20217 min read
Extraordinary Resolve
We can get stuck in the rut of living ordinary lives, envying those who seem to exist on a higher plane (known as 'instagram'): heroic...
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Dave Gallagher
Dec 9, 20217 min read
(Don't) Stress!!
Life is stressful. We get it. But 'stress' comes as a negatively loaded term, and this is a reinforcing concept that plays on a...
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Dave Gallagher
Nov 21, 20216 min read
Transformative adventures: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Adventure awaits us all. But beware! it's not all fun and games, though you will prosper for engaging in its challenge, its discomforts,...
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Dave Gallagher
Sep 5, 20216 min read
Mexican Monkey Business
When you find yourself in a maelstrom of chaos and uncertainty, it's sometimes an opportunity to step up, embrace the experience and...
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Dave Gallagher
Aug 23, 20214 min read
Inspire Yourself
When in a motivational slump we often look outside of ourselves for inspiration, putting our 'heroes' up on pedestals and dreaming about...
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Dave Gallagher
Jul 29, 20215 min read
The Adventurous Brain
Modern life, whilst sometimes appearing to confer comfort, routine, safety, in fact can give rise to unfulfilment, a sense of malaise and...
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Blogs focus on ways to develop Mental Fitness by building an Adventure Mindset. Using examples from wild adventures experienced and practises from Adventure Psychology to stimulate thinking, and entertain!
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