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See on Scoop.it – Mind, Body & Soul Coffee drinkers who worry about the jolt of java it takes to get them going in the morning might just as well relax and pour another cup. See on vitals.msnbc.msn.com Related Reading: What You Need To Know About: Oral CancerThis booklet is for people who have been [...]
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See on Scoop.it – Yoga for Men The way you start each day is incredibly important. Whether you’re a mom, a coach, a writer, a… See on www.mindbodygreen.com Related Reading: Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 is the new sequel to Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, the #1 fitness game on Kinect. Exercise your [...]
Curated By Pat Novak
You don’t have to be a football star or a gold-medal gymnast. You just have to get your heart rate up for half an hour most days. If you think muscles are just for meatheads or gym rats think again! Did you know that just 30 minutes of exercise a day can make you [...]
Curated By Pat Novak
We exist in a conflicted state where intellectually we understand that everything changes, and all things good or bad pass away, but emotionally we hold onto the things we like and push away the things we do not like. Change upsets us on a number of levels, one of which is the Buddha’s profound [...]
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Ever wonder the kinds of effects stress can have on the body and your everyday life? Stress is recognized as the #1 proxy killer disease today. The American Medical Association has noted that stress is the basic cause of more than 60% of all human illness and disease. This Infographic by HeartMath - http://bit.ly/KB2aQw - shows some insightful [...]
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See on Scoop.it – internetbillboards When your head hits the pillow, for many it’s lights out for the conscious part of you. But the cells firing in your brain are very much awake, sparking enough energy to produce the sometimes vivid and sometimes downright haunted dreams that take place during the rapid-eye-movement stage of your [...]
Curated By Pat Novak
“WE live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.” We use technology to keep one another at distances we can control: not too close, not too far, just right: the Goldilocks effect. We are tempted to think that our little “sips” [...]
Curated By Pat Novak
Infinite variations of feeling hurt by something that someone else says or does, missing a loved one, communicating in friendships and relationships – are situations that we start to learn to navigate as children. During the more intense moments in life, remember to channel your inner third grader. Cry. Ask for support. Breathe. [...]
Curated By Pat Novak
There’s a difference between feeling good and changing your life. Feeling accepted and validated by your therapist doesn’t push you to reach your goals. To the contrary, it might even encourage you to stay mired in dysfunction. Therapy sessions can work like spa appointments: they can be relaxing but don’t necessarily help solve [...]
Curated By Pat Novak
It’s important to remember that nature has the power to heal — as long as we give it a chance — so get out there! This modern hermetically sealed lifestyle is turning many into indoor zombies—with dulled senses, suppressed immune systems, depressed spirits, and sharply increased risk for illness and disease. One can [...]
Curated By Pat Novak
Although meditation was devised thousands of years ago for spiritual reasons, today we can employ the tool of mindfulness meditation for its psychological benefits. Because by learning to impartially observe our thoughts, mindfulness meditation allows us to gain brief respites from the soundtracks in our heads. When we are able to dis-identify with our [...]
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See on Scoop.it – internetbillboards Guest post by {grow} community member Kaity Nakagoshi For most people, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are harmless platforms that allow for social interaction and personal expression. For others, social media has become more than an entertaining form of engagement; it has become an increasing compulsion. The question [...]
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How much control do you have over your emotions? Our emotions aren’t just things that happen inside us which bubble up from the deep over which we have little or no control. Like conscious thoughts their effect on our behaviour depends on how we interpret them. Read more: http://www.spring.org.uk/2012/04/what-the-love-bridge-tells-us-about-how-thoughts-and-emotions-interact.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+PsychologyBlog+(PsyBlog) Via www.spring.org.uk Related Reading: [...]
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Here’s the good news: Heart disease and its consequences are largely preventable. The bad news is that nearly one million Americans will suffer a heart attack this year. There is a lot a person can do to help prevent a heart attack. One international study found that about 90% of the risk associated with [...]
Curated By Pat Novak
I like to think that this old saying is true for some things in life: a broken heart, an economic crisis or running a marathon. If you manage to survive and once the pain is gone, you will feel better and stronger than before. But this is not true for bees and pesticides. Some common [...]
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