MIND OVER MATTER
DAYS certainly are dark right now – and we aren’t just talking about load-shedding. The price of petrol, the cost of living, the mind-numbing cold, lingering echoes of the pandemic . . . It’s enough to make you pull the duvet over your head. But that’s not feasible – we need to find a way to cope in an uncertain world if we want to live a happy and productive life.
And we can do it, says UK neuroscientist Elaine Fox, author of Switchcraft: Harnessing the Power of Mental Agility to Transform Your Life.
“Agility is built into our DNA and supports our resilience,” she says. “Nature has provided us with all the tools
