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This is an excerpt from module 1 of our Well-being programme. The clip describes how the Circadian Rhythm, our 24 hour body clock, governs the physiological processes that support our health and ability to function well.

The video goes on to share six practical steps that will help you to regulate your own cycle. It closes with suggestions on how leaders might want to use this material to support the well-being of team members who may be struggling.

The unseen link between well-being and performance

Our ability to perform is in part dependent on how well we feel. And yet, our state of well-being and health is governed by an inner ‘clock’ that follows the Circadian Rhythm, a 24 hour cycle based on the rise and fall of the sun. All living things are affected by this cycle - plants, bacteria, viruses, animals and our own biological processes. It determines when we wake, sleep and drives the biological processes that keep us alive and vital.

So how can we optimise our performance when the very biological processes that drive us, seem to be beyond our control?

This article explains how to regulate cortisol secretion, a key element of the Circadian cycle and what you can do to enhance your performance by regulating your body clock.

We feel happier when our life style is in synch with this natural rhythm, however, most of us have live styles that force us to live out of synch with it. Ultimately, this interferes with the...