BroScience Ep 8: Power of the mind

<p>How important is the mind? Are we able to improve our health by taking a placebo? Ash King, provisional psychologist and PHD candidate, with special interests in the impact of social media on mental health and wellness, joins Travis and Craig in the latest episode of BroScience as they talk about anxiety, depression, creativity, perfectionism, self-care and goal-setting &amp; motivation.<br/><br/>Follow and ask questions to @the.sportingdoctor on insta or #thesportingdoctor in the Fitness Education Online Community Group. <br/><br/><br/>Follow Ash King here:<br/><a href='https://www.instagram.com/ashking/'>https://www.instagram.com/ashking/</a> </p><p><a href='https://ashking.com.au/'>https://ashking.com.au/</a></p><p>Help Ash with her PHD Study on Social Media and Mental Health</p><p><a href='https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=NHDY9EDJHXMFYHYN'>https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=NHDY9EDJHXMFYHYN</a></p><p><br/>References</p><p><a href='https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/is_the_placebo_effect_more_powerful_than_we_think'>https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/is_the_placebo_effect_more_powerful_than_we_think</a></p><p><a href='https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect'>https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect</a></p><p><a href='https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-placebo-effect-amazing-and-real-201511028544'>https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-placebo-effect-amazing-and-real-201511028544</a></p><p><a href='https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2558438/The-remarkable-power-PLACEBO-effect-Patients-FAKE-surgery-broken-recovered-just-documentary-reveals.html'>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2558438/The-remarkable-power-PLACEBO-effect-Patients-FAKE-surgery-broken-recovered-just-documentary-reveals.html</a></p><p><a href='https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2015/12000/Increasing_placebo_responses_over_time_in_U_S_.27.aspx'>https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2015/12000/Increasing_placebo_r