Wellness Calendar: Wednesday 1 October

Olduvai chopping tool
From a chipped stone discovered in a gorge in Tanzania, we know that around two million years ago early humankind had found a way of not only stripping meat from a carcass, but of breaking the bone to access the marrow. These additional nutrients were enough for us to expand the capacity and functionality of our brain and become the incredibly resourceful and complex species we are today.
Yet how did we learn to create the tool in the first place? Might it be that our brains are specifically designed for learning? That we like nothing better than to absorb information and pass it around different parts of the brain, developing new associations, linking it to existing information and updating our memories, and so on and so on?
If we are constantly learning, whether we like it or not, might there be a way of taking ownership of this constant process? Might there be a way of understanding more about the different ways we can learn and the different subjects we can understand that can help to improve our well-being? Might there be a way to use this amazing brain of ours to live our everyday life, while at the same time learn to heal, learn to adapt, learn to overcome hurdles and learn to identify our needs and then meet them?