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"Alice in Lightingland" Presented by Magali Méndez, Ana Zúñiga, and Grisell Herrera F. | Lighting for Health and Wellbeing

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Let's Dive into Lighting Magic and Wellness Inspired by Alice in Wonderland!

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Today, we're in for a treat as we explore the area of 'Lighting for Health and Wellbeing' through the lens of three incredible thought leaders: Magali Méndez, Ana Zúñiga, and Grisell Herrera F.

Let's Meet Our Storytellers:
Magali Méndez: A Co-Founder of Light in Me, spreading light and wellbeing vibes in Mexico City.

Ana Zúñiga: The General Manager at BE GROUP Agency, diving into the depths of communication and marketing, also hailing from Mexico City.

Grisell Herrera F.: A Co-Founder of Light in Me, radiating wellness all the way from sunny Barcelona, Spain.

Episode Sneak Peek:
In this episode, we're taking an enchanting journey inspired by "Alice in Wonderland" to uncover the magical connections between this beloved tale and the impactful role of lighting in our daily lives. Our delightful panel will illuminate parallels between Alice's adventures and real-life scenarios, shining a light on how lighting influences our wellbeing every day.

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00:00:00:05 - 00:00:29:20
Unknown
I'm sure you're wondering why Allison lied in London. And, you know, the answer is simple. After a never ending study carried out from the comfort of our own couch, we arrived at the conclusion that Alice in Wonderland has more to do with the real life that we can imagine. I am Garcelle, I am Magali and I are manner and we are fascinated by everything related to this story and that's why we want to share it with you today.

00:00:30:03 - 00:00:57:00
Unknown
Imagine a fantastic journey through life with Alice, where everyday struggles meet the magical world of light. Yeah. Please let us start with one of my favorites from the author. That is, there is 364 days where you might get on birthday present and only one for birth of Britain, you know? Love it. I think life should be in that way.

00:00:57:00 - 00:01:22:04
Unknown
We should celebrate 364 days instead of only one. That should be a celebration every day. Don't you think that we spend five days during the week just yearning for the weekend? Probably we should work less and live more. What do you think, Anna? Have you seen lately? This video on social media is related to the subject we are talking about.

00:01:22:20 - 00:01:50:04
Unknown
Let's take a look. We noticed your productivity level is down by 30% over the last two months. We just wanted to check in, see how everything's going. Everything good at home? Well, it's good. Oh, everything's fine. I'm just not working as hard. That's okay. Why is that? Well, I don't feel like it. You don't want to give it your all?

00:01:50:12 - 00:02:16:25
Unknown
No, I'm good. Can I ask why? I work too hard and I want to live more. Right. Look. To be honest, this might affect your next promotion cycle. Yeah, it's fine. You don't want to get promoted? No, I'm happy where I'm at. I don't want to alarm you here. But from a careers perspective, you're missing out on potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in the future.

00:02:18:08 - 00:02:34:09
Unknown
I'm at a comfortable place in life by every standard in the world, except for when I look at people with more money than me. Where does this infinite growth go? What am I going to look around and see that I'm not really suffering? Except for when I think about what I'm missing out on. But I don't. It doesn't.

00:02:35:00 - 00:03:05:19
Unknown
With all due respect, we do expect 100% out of our employees. Well, sir, with due respect, literally nothing in nature operates at 100%, 100% of the time. Why should I expect myself to give any training? You know he's right. Nothing in nature's work. 100%. 100% of the time. But, you know, I feel more comfortable going to do a mix between working at home and working at the office.

00:03:06:03 - 00:03:27:00
Unknown
I don't know. Always. For me, the best thing is I'm not the one hung along these. I mean, the only ones with things like that are you are not the only one. I know that. Yeah. And well, now I really prefer to be at home rather to be in the, in an office and actually I work from home all the time.

00:03:27:15 - 00:03:58:27
Unknown
And since we lucked that, I would show you something. According to Microsoft, 70% of their employees say that companies stations are not good enough reason to go back into their. The data shows that people come in for each other to recapture what they have been missing, the social connection or being with other people as so if I'm getting it right, designers has to have this in mind, right so they can build modern office.

00:03:58:27 - 00:04:29:00
Unknown
That should be hub kick starts of creativity and inspiration. So this should be from the moment you step in right? It absolutely. And actually there is a new concept called Destination Office where employee wellbeing takes the center on the stage. And guess what? Of course, Lighting is a superstar player on this game because lighting is a superstar player in everything.

00:04:29:20 - 00:04:58:02
Unknown
So imagine a place where people journey to be a dynamic and inspiration, inspiring work, great workspace where you screen it, it screens flexibility tailored to each employees. Unique needs is not a place where you have to go, but a place where you want to go. According to a large study from HP reveals 8080 4% of the people will go back into the workplace.

00:04:58:02 - 00:05:28:03
Unknown
If the workplace feels like home, as it smells like Mom and June, it looks like home. So they could be more productive. Here are some tips for lighting plays an important role in the Destination Office. First concentration. If you bring daylight to the space, or at least bright cool light, we reduce sleepiness, improve cognitive functions and decision making by up to 42%.

00:05:28:20 - 00:06:02:19
Unknown
Then call light, makes people feel depressed. So we have been where light everywhere at home with our husbands, with our partners, with friends. The warm light there list. If you want to have a good rest, then you need to control the shift of natural light that will help to prepare the body with the right reduction of melatonin. That means good rest and asleep during the night for reception.

00:06:02:19 - 00:06:28:06
Unknown
If you feel that the lighting is pleasant, then you will feel that your colleagues are nice and fifth productivity. If you want employees to be productive, give them a nice workplace. There is a psychological influence on productivity and the perception of the space. Go please for these people by going on to use another app to turn on and turn off the light.

00:06:28:16 - 00:07:00:08
Unknown
Yeah, to tell you the truth, I have visited many offices related with this and believe it or not, they are far away from being destination offices. They look like craziness offices and I think we are all going there someday. Yes. Like like I can imagine like another reality. Right. And like, the society caps it. I'm not crazy. We're my reality is just different from yours.

00:07:00:19 - 00:07:31:07
Unknown
Exactly. And different from everybody else. I think you take it out. We react to a light and a single din with a name. That sounds to me as that we don't style. I dare to say it at first, at the first attempt. This one is a 14 EP. These I do this if you're going to have your full energy during the morning, during the midday or during the night.

00:07:31:07 - 00:07:54:28
Unknown
So that's why there's people that wake up really in the morning and they have a lot of energy or there is people that they just have all the energy during the night. Okay, now I understand many things. Morally, this little discovery would unravel why even a tiny glow can keep night owls wide open. Another, it is somehow related to insomnia or mental illness, right?

00:07:55:05 - 00:08:37:08
Unknown
Yes, it is. And let me tell you, how do you know what R.E.M. means? Hmm. But use clinically. R.E.M. sleep is an essential part of your brain function. Okay, so recent findings in Insomnia suggests that sufficient asleep, especially rapid movement of sleep, facilitates the brain processing of emotional information during sleep. The brain works to evaluate and remember when memories and it appears that a lack of sleep especially harmful on the consolidation of positive emotional content.

00:08:37:23 - 00:09:03:07
Unknown
And this could be at risk for insomnia and mental ill. Well, sounds broken grating, but no worries, my friends. According to recent studies, brain attacks can be malleable. Yes, they can be my level. And that's really good. And we will show you afterwards how you can change them. But let's not only blame this don't originate from mentally any illness, okay?

00:09:03:16 - 00:09:32:09
Unknown
The majority of walls we also have those. So getting that, yes, that means that we have more than that where our difference between the bedtime and wake up times between working days and rest day. So to put it simple, since we go to bed early on the weekdays and we go to the bed later on during the weekends, that's why we drag ourselves to the office every Monday.

00:09:32:09 - 00:10:05:15
Unknown
Yes. If you are sensitive to light, you could hold the key to hacking your jeans and getting the rest you need in bright sunshine. That's good. So let me show you how we can change these chronic first. Let's go even light to a minimum. And we have heard that a lot, but we never do it. Okay. Especially with cool light lights, since we should not use cool light light sources during the night.

00:10:06:08 - 00:10:31:06
Unknown
Just with these you can increase the duration of orient, sleep and UV light. Pollution is an issue and I think in Mexico City at least, light pollution is a need is a really issue. We just need to stop blackout curtains or blind and let's about to get in caffeine in the afternoon. Drinking water earlier in the day could reduce the need to get up the night, too.

00:10:31:06 - 00:10:58:12
Unknown
And then you have a good hour in then let's go. Get up. Light is likely to be hundreds of times brighter. Would never wake up and go out right so let's do it. Yeah. Or maybe just open your curtains and let the sunlight think. Yeah. Right. So in conclusion, we are not all that, we just have different growth lights and some of us are having social impact.

00:10:59:06 - 00:11:33:16
Unknown
And that brings to the table on another Alice phrase, which is I can't go back yesterday because I was a different person then, but in this case we was talking about a women and specifically women, sorry, lighting and menopause. Great topic. Actually, last October was World Minerals Day and don't find it strange that we talk about this topic because in the end, as a topic for everyone, and especially in our case, it's for all right.

00:11:33:16 - 00:12:04:26
Unknown
And also like affect these period in women that also affect men and kids and everywhere and everyone is of course in let's face it, masturbation and perimenopause are totally natural processes that are almost half of the population experience. But instead of being us coming out of the sunrise, this cycle has unfortunately been the target of taboo misconceptions. It is time to open our eyes and see that this issue upset us all, including men.

00:12:05:14 - 00:12:39:11
Unknown
Exactly. Totally agree. Yeah. Yeah, my friend. Yeah, yeah. Look, getting into the light. Check this out. Researchers at the University of California put together several studies and came to the conclusion that participants would significantly improve in just two weeks with non-pharmacological and hormonal options that can help them sleep and improve their mood. And this magic is called red light therapy.

00:12:40:18 - 00:13:08:28
Unknown
The device used for these therapy have different frequencies of light from red to near-infrared light that penetrate the body at different depths. Wow, this is interesting. Could you go? Yeah, yeah, sure. Look, it's quite complex, huh? But here's the deal. It work its magic on cells and mitochondria, making you feel like a superhero because it increase overall energy levels.

00:13:09:10 - 00:13:32:04
Unknown
And plus, the green sprinkle colored in a meaningless esteem on your skin, like a fairy dust, you know, and magically also release better. And there are things hormones that are pain relieving and mood boosting. Look, this is just a few of the benefits of all of this. I think I want to sleep under a red light. Yeah, right.

00:13:33:03 - 00:13:53:28
Unknown
So many scientific words. My God. Yeah. I don't know how I remember all of them, but. Yeah, it's the first. I know it's over. An effective form of treatment for multiple menopause symptoms. It helps with symptoms related to skin health, love, pleasure and regulation and hair growth. Well, yeah, yeah. Look, can I buy some red lights right now?

00:13:54:01 - 00:14:21:17
Unknown
Yeah, the one one we open to our mind. We all open our mind and see the importance of this vital subject for the society and mostly how they're ruled that light. We blaze on it. We can realize how we could take another step forward to a more just society. Yeah, sometime. Well, talking about menopause, maybe none of us are there yet.

00:14:22:02 - 00:14:44:12
Unknown
Maybe we are. Maybe we don't. I don't know. But I have a belief that it is like having these permanent PMS, right? So and in those moments you only want things that make you feel better and make you happy. So I don't know about you, but my body only asks for, like, yummy things. Like chocolate, you know? Yeah.

00:14:44:20 - 00:15:12:22
Unknown
Sometimes we think, like, chocolate is bad for us. Like we said, denies it and that's bring it into the table. The next phrase sometimes I believe as many as six impossible things before races. Mm hmm. I believe it's the fault of industrialization when you think of chocolate. Chocolate full of fat and sugars and whatever. Well, that's almost not chocolate anymore.

00:15:13:00 - 00:15:37:29
Unknown
But you wouldn't talk about real chocolate. The real cocoa one. Not only does it make it, it doesn't make you gain weight or make make better things to your health. But also, it has a lot of benefits in moderation. Obviously, you know that it helps us generate endorphins. Eating chocolate generates endorphins and make us feel good. So it's a that's a great deal.

00:15:38:16 - 00:16:11:05
Unknown
It reduces also the risk of diabetes and heart problems. It's very interesting. I never thought of that. Let's do that because it's full of benefits and it's it. Right. And I thought that chocolate couldn't get any more perfect. You know. But by the way, in speaking about chocolate, I just came across with a to a super rundown article about how much light and chocolate reflects according to its chemical composition.

00:16:12:03 - 00:16:52:06
Unknown
I think I got the results, Sarah. I realized in the article I've read said that if you can change this light. Yeah thank you on in the article I've read that said that Swiss recession liner linearly polarized lighting on two different types of chocolate is white milk dark and also cocoa butter from the change in polarization of the reflected light delap they obtained the refractive index of that kind of chocolate.

00:16:52:19 - 00:17:26:16
Unknown
Well, they're sweet, right? So chocolate is their thing, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. If you change, there's light. We can see that they actually prepare. These are slight where they show a model of light interaction with chocolate. You're refracted in the index that the crystal is stuck and the crystal structure and they arrive to the conclusion that light traveled faster in dark chocolate, that white chocolate.

00:17:26:16 - 00:18:08:14
Unknown
That's why I like that. Yes, I actually don't like that. That's why I remember. Yeah. And that's not all. That's not all. Thanks to these longer, they also arrived to another conclusion that the coloration of the chocolate could be adjusted on demand by changing the size of the cocoa particles. And they also they develop this image. If you can change the this light at which is this result of the structure of the chocolate based on the cocoa butter and sugar story by X-ray diffraction.

00:18:10:03 - 00:18:42:14
Unknown
Yeah, this is too much for me. And I start feeling hungry again. We get one these another. We're done with this. And by hey another thing that also makes you feel really good. We when we are in bad mood and we are a little low, these are our bets, right? And that's bring the next phrase. I didn't know Chesire cats were always smiling.

00:18:42:21 - 00:19:02:20
Unknown
In fact, I didn't even know cats could smile. Yes, this is a great topic. I have an 11 year old dog and he's my he's my companion. You know, he I'm sure he's mine. Definitely. He's my I have pictures of them of him smiling. I have very deep conversations with him. And he also give me advice. I swear.

00:19:02:20 - 00:19:26:05
Unknown
I swear you understand me perfectly and well. I am a proud mom. What can I say? This is just this is my baby. So very proud. And he's very handsome. Oh, he's cute. My liking. Great, mom. So. Well, I'm sure that many of you know that pets well, animals in general, like creatures of light and shadow, just like us.

00:19:26:13 - 00:19:59:20
Unknown
And also light impact in their sleep, in their eating habits, and even in their behavior. When our routines change, our pets routines changing as well. Yeah, it's curious how how the time change affect our pets, particularly dogs that are ready to leave their natural biological process, which can explain why they seem lazy during winter time and more energetic during summertime is because exposure to the to the ambiance and to them to the natural light.

00:19:59:25 - 00:20:35:02
Unknown
Right? Totally. For example, Jack, my dog does the same routine practically every day. He gets up at night on that on I swear on that and start staring at me with this phrase like, what are you waiting for? Why am I not eating already? So wake up. So you might imagine how changes in lighting affect him and you know on the dogs get sunlight but I mean raw sunlight that means direct light into their skin, not to any glass or window.

00:20:35:02 - 00:21:00:17
Unknown
That's why you need to go out in the morning with the dog every day. Yeah, well, human, gloomy daylight savings can amplify your changers, your change, your chances. I'm sorry for a car accident. Imagine that you can also suffer from a heart disease and depression to just because the influence of light they light specially. And if you're someone who loves to stay up late, watch out early.

00:21:00:17 - 00:21:23:12
Unknown
Birds can adapt to the new schedule within a few days, but night owls can take up to a week to bounce back. So. Yeah, but that is normal. It's because we are. Yeah, this is normal because we are all mammals, including dogs. We are all we are all many. We have a bulls light living outside exposed to the sun all day.

00:21:23:12 - 00:21:47:12
Unknown
Not only do we all need sunlight, but we all need exposure to the change in nature of role light throughout the whole day to be healthy. Well, maybe I don't know what to say to your red loving friends say have here is some tips. So the first one is make sure your dog has good exposure to sunlight. That's my only thing.

00:21:48:08 - 00:22:12:02
Unknown
I'd suggest up to 30 to 60, 60 minutes in the morning and late afternoon and evening, three times a day and maybe 15 to 30 minutes in the middle of the day. You have to calibrate these to your environment, of course, but don't overdo it. Also take care of your dogs. Also, the second tip is avoid any use of screens and devices around dogs.

00:22:12:05 - 00:22:40:22
Unknown
Yes, around these devices also affect them. Yes, definitely. So 2 hours before bedtime, you should not expose pets to these lights. And so the number three tip is red light has the least damaging impact on melatonin, but outdoor lighting, two incandescent bulbs with a yellow, orange or red filter for nighttime lighting. This isn't the ideal option, but is the second bit.

00:22:40:22 - 00:23:17:21
Unknown
So it will work. Well, the same things. Just like girls. Yes, just like cats. I need for this inspirational moment. Well, it's time to leave and let's conclude. Let's have a conclusion. So first, the influence of light in human and animal life is undeniable from regulating our circadian rhythms to its impact on our mood and overall well-being, light plays a fundamental role for mental, physical, emotional and psychological.

00:23:18:29 - 00:23:55:17
Unknown
Yeah. I'm sorry. Yeah. We thought about the things that they did. Are all these ideas in lighting and work? We have explored how natural and artificial light can affect our bicycle, emotional and mental health, our productivity and our overall quality of life for us and our pets and all animals around us. Okay. And essential to understand how we can harness this knowledge to optimize our environment and improve our relationship with light for the sake of holistic well-being.

00:23:56:09 - 00:24:21:18
Unknown
Yes. And number three, wellness is not not just about being free from illness, but about living a full, healthy life in body and mind. And is what light is the secret ingredient in the magical recipe? Yeah, well, we hope this presentation leave you feeling and lighting and inspired. And we will love to be there with you to check hands at least.

00:24:21:18 - 00:24:35:15
Unknown
But we conclude with a phrase from Lewis Carroll. I would love to give you everything I said so far. Thank you. And see you next time. Bye. Enjoyed by my.