Annette Kamau

About Annette Kamau

Annette has been a training specialist at Learning Solutions since 2007. As an instructor (with a funny accent) for SAP Finance courses and Accounting Comes Alive, she gets the opportunity to interact with employees across the university on a regular basis. She claims to truly enjoy the diverse characters she gets to engage with. As a mother of an 11 year old boy, Annette doesn’t get to enjoy many of her own interests and vows to get back to enjoying her life more once she kicks him off to college. Her interests include hiking, reading, exercising and hugging all types of trees.

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Did You Know That Exercise Improves Mental Health?

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Running Brain

Not only does exercise make you look younger by improving your physical appearance, it also improves your mental dexterity and well-being.

When I’m stressed about something, I find that if I hit the gym or take a run, I am able to think more clearly. This helps me to see the issue from different perspectives and come up with different ways to solve an issue that in the beginning may have seemed hopeless. This is because exercise increases concentration of norepinephrine (also known as noradrenaline), a chemical that can moderate the brain’s response to stress.

Exercise also releases endorphins into the body. These “feel good” hormones are great for alleviating stress and boosting your overall mood.

There’s more… our brain’s cognitive decline begins at age 45, but exercise can prevent this degeneration by increasing production of cells in the hippocampus, an important part of the brain for memory and learning. And the sooner you start exercising, the better!

Check out these articles for more info:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/mental-health-benefits-exercise_n_2956099.html

http://www.livestrong.com/article/400102-how-to-naturally-increase-your-norepinephrine-and-serotonin/

 

The Phenomenal Dr. Maya Angelou

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Dr. Maya Aneglou

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Dr. Maya Angelou

Wednesday May 28th, 2014 — I will forget what I did, I have already forgotten what I said, but I will never forget how I felt. On this day, not just America, but the world lost a beautiful, eloquent, and graceful soul. Not only was she an inspiration to many, but also to me personally. I loved her fierce grace, her divine inner beauty, and her words of wisdom that energized every cell in my being.

I remember watching Oprah’s life class recently and listening to this amazing woman speak about life and how to live gracefully. On that day too, I’ve forgotten what I did, I’ve forgotten what I said, but I’ll never forget how she made me feel as her words energized me. The one thing that stood out prominently in that interview was the best advice she had given to her son. This lesson was not only for me but what I needed to pass on to my son. The advice was to guard that sacred, divine space within you fiercely — a place that must be kept clean and pristine and that nobody can touch.

A legendary poet, author, director, actress, civil right activist, and phenomenal woman, she touched so many lives with her grace and beauty. Words elude me as I stand in awe in the shadow of her divine beauty. I can only recite her beautiful quote above and live by her amazing example of a “Phenomenal Woman.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeFfhH83_RE&feature=share

http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/The-Best-Advice-Maya-Angelou-Has-Ever-Given-and-Received-Video_1

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