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IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL FITNESS

‘SCIENCE HAS PROVEN THAT AS HUMANS WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS CAPACITY TO CONSTANTLY REWIRE OUR BRAINS THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES’

CONSIDER two people standing at the base of a mountain. Both have the same goal – to get to the top. One is physically fit and the other hasn’t exercised in years. For the fit person, the journey will probably be fairly easy, while the unfit person will struggle.

It’s the same with mental fitness, say experts. “Physical fitness means being able to tolerate the muscle strain and cardio requirements of exercise,” explains Lauren Moss, a counselling psychologist from Sandton. “In the same way, mental fitness is the ability

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