All posts tagged "psychology"
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Be Like Water: The Philosophy and Origin of Bruce Lee’s Famous Metaphor for Resilience
“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”...
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If 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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Applying Cross-Domain Thinking
We are interested in modelling: – the phenomena in general – how individuals do them – and how...
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The Danger of Silence
“We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to...
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Deatheningly Silent
As grief emerges from within and how I learned to be present to it’s unfolding. In February 2014...
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Grief 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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Why 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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Entrepreneurial Grit
Certain words invoke powerful images in the mind—and “grit” is one of those words. When we associate grit...
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Is 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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How to Pay Attention
It just may be the crime of the century. Our minds, thoughts and chief productivity tool–attention–are being stolen...
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Problem Solving Strategies
We’re used to living in an either-or world—but when it comes to yes-or-no dilemmas, says Martha Beck, the...
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Mindful Parenting
Mindfulness is the capacity to be fully present with one’s actual, moment-to-moment experience as it is arising, with...
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HeForShe
UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson, delivers her moving remarks during the HeForShe Special Event at United...
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Animal Madness
Behind those funny animal videos, sometimes, are oddly human-like problems. Laurel Braitman studies non-human animals who exhibit signs...
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Setting Sexual Goals
This is an opportunity for you to take time to evaluate where you are sexually and to decide...
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The 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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Resilience for Life
Resilience, as you probably know, is the ability to ‘bounce back’, to recover from difficulties. Resilience is something...
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Why We Coach
Here is an excerpt from my book, The Seeker’s Guide, about the first time I met Dr. Maya...
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Parenting Goals
The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming—it’s “a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic,” as writer...
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Mothers Without Children
Many mothers do not have children to show they are mothers. Many more wish to be mothers but...
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Embracing the Near Win
At her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about an artist she was studying:...
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The Rise and Fall of Ken Wilber
Ken Wilber is the smartest man you’ve never heard of. He’s a philosopher and mystic whose work attempts...
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Neuroscience 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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A Modellers Perspective
One vital aspect of modelling rarely made explicit is the perspective adopted by the modeller when modelling an...
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Parenting for the Future
Best Parenting Ideas for 2014 Everyone wants to be the best parent they can be, and a new...
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Does Money Make You Mean?
It’s amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist...
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Successfully Calm
The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance....
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Sex and Public Dialogue
“If you really want to know a people, start by looking inside their bedrooms,” says Shereen El Feki,...
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Beyond Leaning In
Sheryl Sandberg admits she was terrified to step onto the TED stage in 2010 — because she was...
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Make 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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Gorilla Reunion
This heart-tugging video captured the extraordinary reunion of two old friends: a man and the gorilla he raised...
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Grain 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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Contagious Disease of Violence
Physician Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When he returned to...
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Getting Mindful About Mindfulness
Oh mindfulness meditation, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways. Even though the academic research...
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Kinds of Happiness
Human bodies recognize at the molecular level that not all happiness is created equal, responding in ways that...
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Powerful Trait
Recently I conversed with a friend who runs a large company. He was struggling with communications challenges typical...
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Biology of Love
Nearly 60 years ago, a decade before the counterculture erupted throughout the United States and beyond, Aldous Huxley...
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10 Facts of Happiness…
Happiness is so interesting, because we all have different ideas about what it is and how to get...
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Focus and Flow
Daydreaming might make you really unhappy. The ability to focus not only helps you get more done, it...
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30 Is Not The New 20, Why?
30 Is Not The New 20, Why? Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twenty somethings:...
