When I met Mark, the man who is now my second husband, I was optimistic. He met my propensity for anxiety with a proclivity for deep calm. He told me that he wanted to dedicate the second half of his life to romance. I was sold. Even better, no one was a bigger champion of me (or my work) than him. In that first year together, he gushed over me in a way that only my grandmother had done before....
Freddie’s uncle was the internationally renowned psychiatrist, Viktor Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning and founder of Logotherapy, heralded as “The Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy” after Freud and Adler. Logos is a Greek word which denotes meaning. Viktor Frankl believed that man’s search for meaning is the primary motivation in life. A survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, Frankl’s horrific experiences taught him that people can survive any hardship if they are able to make a positive meaning out of it....
I decided to take a look at the research on loving-kindness so I could answer that question for myself. One study I found, published online by Psychological Science,shows that training adults in a loving-kindness-style “compassion meditation” actually makes them significantly more altruistic toward others. The study suggests not only that it’s possible to increase compassion and altruism in the world, but that we can do so even through relatively brief training in compassion practice....
How to Train Your Hair In order to train your hair to stay fresh, you’ll want to start out with strands that are actually clean. Start using a clarifying shampoo on a weekly basis to get rid of any product buildup and to start off with a truly clean slate. We suggest Dove Purify & Strengthen Shampoo and Conditioner for a real cleansing wash and care routine. After shampooing and conditioning your hair with this duo you’ll reset your hair back to square one and be prepped for a break from washing your hair....
How to Wear Platinum Blonde Hair for Maximum Levels of Chic 1. Sleek Bob & Bangs Bobs and bangs are always a yes in our books. We’re particularly fond of wearing this classic hairstyle with a sleek finish. And, did you know, it’s totally possible to do with a round brush on this short hair? Yep! You just need to keep the size of the round brush in proportion, so seek out a one inch to an inch and a half size....
How to Wear Individual Braids 1. Wrapped Bun Gather all of your braids into a ponytail, and then coil them into an oversized wrap bun for a bold, elegant look you’ll go back to again and again. 2. Wear a Head Scarf Wear your favorite scarf wrapped around your head and let your braids peek out underneath. This is one of our top go-to hairstyles for individual braids, as the intricate scarf draws even more attention to your gorgeous strands....
Sound impossible to do any of those things in the midst of your chaotic life? Too expensive? Too tough to schedule? Take heart. There are plenty of other, perhaps more practical ways to pursue and attain a mind-body connection: a place of physical and mental peace that allows you to focus, relax and return to life re-energized. In this article, busy mothers and professionals alike share what works for them and what very well could work for you....
“My books are meant to be a tool,” he says. “[They are] aimed at training the reader into an experience of themselves, so that mindfulness becomes just as commonsensical as breakfast.” “It’s not one size fits all. The curriculum is life itself.”
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“Though you can use a lot of words to describe compassion, by putting it into art, art adds value to words and art goes deeper than words,” says James Heiks, the district’s fine arts coordinator. Since the fall, 10,436 students from Appleton, Wisconsin, taking part in The Appleton Compassion Project have met to discuss what compassion is and what it means to them. “It really causes students to dig deep and discover for the first time how compassion is a part of their lives,” says Heiks....
Dr. Robert A. Burton, author of the forthcoming book Pathological Altruism, says selflessness gone awry may play a role in a broad variety of disorders, including anorexia and animal hoarding, women who put up with abusive partners and men who abide alcoholic ones. He also cites examples of physicians whose desire to heal patients can border on fanaticism, which can “perversely end up hurting them.” Though these are extreme examples, the article does go on to say that people must generally be aware of the energy they spend on others and know their limitations....
~ Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson How to Surprise YOUR Spouse with that expensive (much needed) gift! Cut back on some of your Luxuries for a few months like eating out, body care product, extra treats, drive less and use that gas money. Make an special effort to put spare dollars and change in a jar (aka… piggy bank!...
Two studies from a few years back looked at what happens in people’s brains as they make mistakes. One used college students performing a computer task; the other used doctors making decisions about which medications to prescribe. In both studies, participants received immediate feedback about whether they had made the right decision, and they were given opportunities to try again, using what they had learned. It turns out that there are two typical brain responses to mistakes....
Many of us have heard bits of the extraordinary story behind singer/songwriter Jewel, who came to national attention in 1995 with the multiplatinum album Pieces of You: She was raised on an Alaskan homestead, and spent her childhood singing in bars with the family band before she left home at 15. When she was discovered in a San Diego coffeehouse four years later, she was living out of her car....
Researchers recruited three groups of 12-15 human resource managers for the study. One group received eight weeks of mindfulness-based meditation training; another received eight weeks of body relaxation training. Members of the control group received no training at first, then after eight weeks were given the same training as the first group. Before and after each eight-week period, the participants were given a stress test of their multitasking abilities. Researchers measured the participants’ speed, accuracy and the extent to which they switched tasks....
If practising mindfulness can help people—and it appears to—then all this evidence can only be a good thing. Whereas for years meditation’s public image was stuck in the 1960s, tainted with hippie self-indulgence or new-age flakiness, now it’s being taken seriously by everyone from top academics to US congressman and government departments. But while it’s the gold standard for evidence in our culture, can scientific data tell the whole story?...
There’s a course for that. Designing Calm is a graduate course at Stanford’s Institute of Design that aims to allieviate some of the stresses of contemporary life by introducing mindfulness practices into our technological devices. For instance, one Ph.D student created a sensory belt that detects the heart rate. If the heart rate changes due to, say, email overload, a breathing exercise is promptly sent to the user’s iPhone to restore optimal breathing....
UK ministers are considering introducing mindfulness lessons in state primary and secondary schools. At a commons education select committee this week, Liberal Democrat Mr. Laws was asked whether the Department for Education planned to promote mindfulness courses to boost children’s well-being. His reply (from Daily Mail online): “We are very interested in promoting this and we certainly think that it’s an area that merits consideration based on the evidence we’ve seen to date […]Mindfulness or meditation has been shown to be an invaluable tool to help bolster young people’s resilience to psychological stress....
