PHOTOGRAPH: GETTY IMAGES. *MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; **UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
1 LIVING WITH HALF A MIND
Are you only trusting half your mind? The ‘hidden’ unconscious mind exists to help us, as John Bargh explains in his book Before You Know It (William Heinemann, £20). But what truly is ‘us’? Our deep-rooted unconscious? Or the mindful intentions of the conscious mind? Bargh believes that choosing one makes us ‘blind to half the mind’. ‘We can’t know our true selves without understanding the unconscious part and how it shapes our feelings, beliefs, decisions and actions,’ he says. If you’re a logical thinker, begin to build trust with your unconscious mind by taking time to check in with your intuition, devoid of other stimuli