Wellbeing
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John O’ Sullivan | November 18, 2015Changing the Game in Youth Sports
Published on Jun 20, 2014 O’Sullivan remembers when youth sports was about children competing with other children instead...
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Sarah Nanclares | November 6, 2015If It Kills Me
Are you as in control as you think you are? Sarah Nanclares encourages us to take a step...
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Penny Tompkins and James Lawley | November 4, 2015Applying Cross-Domain Thinking
We are interested in modelling: – the phenomena in general – how individuals do them – and how...
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Daniel Levitin | November 4, 2015How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed
You’re not at your best when you’re stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release...
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Michael Grose | October 19, 2015Manage Like a Cat, Nurture Like a Dog
I just spoke to 300 parents about raising teenagers and I made the planned observation that they should...
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Maria Popova | August 19, 2015The Art of Self Renewal
“The self-renewing man … looks forward to an endless and unpredictable dialogue between his potentialities and the claims...
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Martin Boroson | August 18, 2015No Time To Meditate? Learn How To Effectively Meditate In Just One Moment
The world may not be fully embracing the whole “conscious/spiritual movement” quite yet, but if there are two...
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Maria Popova | August 12, 2015The Art of Stillness
“Going nowhere … isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then...
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Salvatore Iaconesi | August 6, 2015What Happened when I Open-Sourced my Brain Cancer
When artist Salvatore Iaconesi was diagnosed with brain cancer, he refused to be a passive patient — which,...
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Jeff Brown | July 16, 2015The shame-athon Must End!
Lately, I have been having conversations with people who have read Soulshaping. The theme that emerges most often...
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Kelly McGonigal | June 17, 2015What do you believe about Stress?
If you had to sum up how you feel about stress, which statement would be more accurate? Stress...
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Carolyn Gregoire | May 21, 2015The Science of Kindness
Seeing someone perform an act of kindness can warm your heart. That feeling has a name — it’s...
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David Sze | May 21, 2015The Limits of Introspection
On our journey towards self-knowledge, our first impulse is often to turn inward, introspect and self-reflect. We give...
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Health Perch | May 18, 2015Your Body on Meditation
Meditation is more than just sitting lotus style and working on your ohm for hours on end. Setting...
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Kaia Roman | April 15, 20157 Fun Ways To Teach Your Kids Mindfulness
I taught a mindfulness class at my daughters’ elementary school this week. Unsurprisingly, the kids taught me way...
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Veronica Lim | April 1, 2015Chances Are You’re Sitting Too Much And Why You Should Care
If you’re reading this, it’s more than likely that you sit too much – in the car, at...
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Sarah Nanclares | March 26, 2015Trust is Like Opium
Health Coaching is about collaborating with clients to overcome chronic illness, stress-related illness and autoimmune disease.Health Coaching is...
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Marina Passalaris | March 17, 2015Supporting a Daughter that is Self-harming
Self-harming is when people cause themselves physical pain in the hope that it will alter their mood state....
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Rachel Grant | March 10, 2015It’s Nothing But a Neuron!
Have you ever walked by a pie shop and, upon smelling a fresh backed pumpkin pie, been transported...
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Michael Angier | December 18, 2014Time to Reflect
In order to embrace the new, we must release the old. A trapeze artist cannot swing from one...
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Rachael Oakes-Ash | December 8, 2014Grief at Christmas
We already know that Christmas can suck like a Dyson if you don’t have the family portrait peddled...
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Emily Balcetis | December 1, 2014Why some find it hard to exercise
Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows...
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Bruce Grierson | November 14, 2014Is Age Just a Mindset?
One day in the fall of 1981, eight men in their 70s stepped out of a van in...
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Meaghan Ramsey | October 6, 2014Self Esteem Project
About 10,000 people a month Google the phrase, “Am I ugly?” Meaghan Ramsey of the Dove Self-Esteem Project...
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Emily Tamkin | August 18, 2014What to do after coffee
You’re almost done drinking that cup of coffee. Now what? Kevin Roose at Medium follows his cup of...
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Talithia Williams | August 10, 2014Your Body Data
The new breed of high-tech self-monitors (measuring heartrate, sleep, steps per day) might seem targeted at competitive athletes....
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Black Dog Insititute | August 4, 2014Everyday Mindfulness
“If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your...
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Penny Tompkins and James Lawley | July 29, 2014The Metaphor of Health
This article explains why metaphor is a natural way to describe illness and health, the importance of recognising...
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Michelle Somerday | April 1, 2014Neuroscience of Mindfulness
The positive effects of mindfulness, such as improved mental and physical well-being, have been documented in research-based studies...
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Siddharthan Chandran | March 10, 2014Can the Brain Repair Itself?
After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells...
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Sarah Nanclares | February 20, 2014Brain Fit
5 Secret weapons for getting your child brain fit this year. 1. Protein is brain food Even though...
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Travis Bradberry | February 5, 2014Successfully Calm
The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance....
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Cayte Bosler | January 8, 2014Make Time for Awe
Jason Silva is a self-described epiphany junkie. He recently enthused to me about how some movies, for example,...
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Suzana Herculano-Houzel | December 31, 2013Is the Human Brain Special?
The human brain is puzzling — it is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a...
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David Steindl-Rast | December 17, 2013Ted talk – Want to be happy?
The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says...
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Gary Drevitch | November 15, 2013Grain Brain
It’s tempting to call David Perlmutter’s dietary advice radical. The neurologist and president of the Perlmutter Health Center...
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Amanda L Chan | November 1, 2013Getting Mindful About Mindfulness
Oh mindfulness meditation, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways. Even though the academic research...



