Australia’s leading wellbeing expert and consultant at EQ Consulting, Chelsea Pottenger has today announced research findings that show a staggering 90% of Australians check their phone as soon as they wake up in the morning.
This damaging trend is kicking minds into a wave of high stress from the moment they wake up, causing feelings of paranoia, worry, fear, anger and irritability – all of which are connected to a weakened immune system.
Pottenger, an ambassador for R U OK? and a world expert in delivering cognitive tools to recharge the human brain in the corporate world, began to notice the problematic pattern in those she was training. This then became a survey of over 95,000 participants over a three year period.
A similar study at Nottingham Trent University, found that the average amount of time people aged 18-33 check their phone is an astounding 85 times per day.
Pottenger is currently completing a PhD Program in clinical psychology and neuroscience and understands the importance of the brain’s malleability in the morning, she commented on the findings to date as well as those in the UK: “When we first wake up, we transition from a delta brainwave of sleep into a theta brain wave – where the brain is more flexible and malleable. The theta brainwave is vital to becoming more emotionally intelligent individuals, creative and adept at problem-solving. But by waking up and scrolling through emails, checking Instagram and the news, Australians are skipping this important theta brain wave and heading straight into a beta brainwave of high stress which is having a significant impact on the physical structure of the brain, their ability to perform and their health and wellbeing.”
As a result, Pottenger is urging Australians to start taking better control of their life, health, money, relationships and purpose and by owning the first eight minutes each morning. The new EQ Minds Vision Board Program, motivates and empowers people to become the master of their own success and combats the increasing rates of anxiety and depression, which have shown a direct correlation with social media usage. The online seven-day program curated by Pottenger herself, features a series of mindfulness and meditation podcasts, how-to-videos and a selection of downloadable guides to help people make positive changes to their daily life that will benefit them now and in the future.
Pottenger comments: “It’s scientifically proven that a positive mindset can bring you success and improve many aspects of your life. January is the perfect time to enrol in the Vision Board Program, as you will be refreshed after Christmas and ready to define your goals for the year ahead, then we can help you achieve them.”
For more information, please visit: eqminds.com
