The brain is your hardware, and the memories, thoughts, habits and behaviours within it are the software. The software is your mental health and personality, and the hardware is your brain health. Both need to be working optimally to support each other.

‘Our life experience will equal what we have paid attention to, whether by choice or by default’ – William James

There’s a statement I often hear: I am wired this way. Scrap that, because by virtue of how the neurons in our brains associate with one another, we can shape our thoughts, habits and behaviours to rewire the subconsciously programmed beliefs we hold about ourselves. The story we tell ourselves about ourselves underpins how we perceive ourselves.