The Mental Health of Golfers – Dr Izzy Justice #257

<p class="MsoNormal">The silent epidemic why we should be concerned</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Today on the Brain Booster we welcome back my good friend Dr Izzy Justice to discuss golf and mental health.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You wouldn’t ordinarily connect the two subjects together but as we discuss in today’s show there is currently an epidemic of mental health issues especially amongst young players.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So many people have a brain that is totally overstimulated.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The baseline EEG is way too high.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then we come to try to play a game like golf where we are REQUIRED to have low brain wave frequency in order to perform.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We are consuming so much information and stumuli as a result of the amount of time we spend on our devices.</p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal">Social media is saturating our brain with mostly useless stimuli</li> <li class="MsoNormal">What can we do about this problem?</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Is there a way out of the woods to better mental health and also better golf?</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Izzy has some wonderful suggestions:</li> <li class="MsoNormal">What does a GOOD day look like for our brain?</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The importance of a NEURO DIET</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Doing more things that help quieten your brain</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Simple DAILY strategies to help you reduce all of the NOISE</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Doing more of what you LIKE and less of what you don’t</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The importance of SLEEP</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The chronic problem of sleep deprivation</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Why our current baseline is contributing to sleep issues</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Why sleep gadgets can only do so much</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The GREAT SLEEP hack the FOUR, ONE, ONE</li> <li class="MsoNormal">How to get closure on the day</li> <li class="MsoNormal">This is a nugget of GOLD</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The key message of the podcast is to get your