Can you remember the last time you did something out of the ordinary? Maybe it was trying a different cuisine, exploring an unfamiliar area or even reading a book you usually wouldn’t.
While most of us don’t do it often, getting out of our comfort zones has several proven benefits. Learning a new language, musical instrument or skill, for example, can create new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones, essentially rewiring the brain. Although, as humans, we’re creatures of habit, preferring to choose the familiar option.
Psychologist Dr Marny Lishman, the author of Crisis to Contentment, explains, “The behaviours we do, day in and day out, become strong neural connections in our brain, so trying new things can feel strange because those neural connections are often not there yet, hence…
