We all have times in our lives when we struggle with an overactive mind - it won’t shut off at night, it’s stuck on an old memory or trying (over and over) to figure out a solution to a problem that may not be able to be solved. Sometimes it’s just re-hashing a hurtful or painful event over and over for no apparent good reason.

Sometimes our problem solving mind just needs to stop ‘trying to work it out’ so we can get some peace and quiet, get off to sleep, focus on what we need to do in the here and now or simply to allow some calm to help reduce an anxious state.

Below is a super simple and super effective way to interrupt negative repetitive thoughts and reduce ruminative thinking - those times when a thought continues to go around and around in your mind.

The nightmare of insomnia. Most of us have been there at some stage in our life.

The amount of sleep that an individual needs varies, and often changes with age, but research suggests that sleeping too little (less than five – six hours) or too much (more than 8-10 hours)  is hazardous to your health and increases your chances of stroke and developing metabolic syndrome among other things.