Michie, a meditation coach and best-selling author of The Dalai Lama's Cat, Buddhism for Busy People and most recently, Why Mindfulness is better than chocolate, begins by inviting the ...
Date Posted: August 22, 2015
Categories: Mindfulness
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A psychologist based in Italy says he has found a simple way to induce in healthy people an altered state of consciousness – simply get two individuals to look into each other's eyes for 10 minutes while they are sitting in a dimly lit room. Read ...
Aug 21
Categories: Other
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Finding yourself unable to make your female partner happy? Then you question yourself whether whether it's because you have done something wrong. Or was it because something happened at work. Or was she just having a bad day. Or maybe she's just ...
Aug 21
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Neuroscientists are learning to predict emotions with increasing accuracy. Brain scans can read human emotions with 90% accuracy, a new study finds. Researchers have been able to predict the intensity of negative emotions to evocative images. They ...
Aug 20
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What if, I wonder, playfulness were in fact a survival skill, one more basic to the endurance of the species than even sharper eyes or teeth or claws, stronger muscles, or larger brains? It seems to me that of all the habits of mind and heart that ...
Aug 20
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Psychologists have been fascinicated with the infamous Ted Bundy and how chameleonic he is. This gave rise to what they call a Bundy effect- “Sometimes I come away from an interview with Ted thinking I’ve got great stuff. But then the more you ...
Aug 19
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Would you like to remove unwanted thoughts or some memory of shame or regret that just irritates you like a parasite? Maybe you just want to take your mind off something and it just seems to come back in the most unexpected moments. There is a ...
Aug 19
Categories: Hypnosis
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Have you been manipulated, lied to, controlled by a toxic person? The person may be a psychopath (antisocial), a narcissist or a borderline. They've betrayed, exploited and misled you. They've seduced you with their charm and beguiled you with ...
Aug 19
Categories: Other
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Would it surprise you to hear that the majority of actors are introverts? One would assume that someone who enjoys being in the spotlight would have to be an extrovert, but that’s not the way it is! The performances that constitute our impressions ...
Aug 18
Categories: Other
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As the years gone by, governments have come together to campaign for smoking cessation, making their detrimental effects known nation wide. There were campaigns, fines, and alternatives which smokers could turn to. But recently, a study shown that ...
Aug 18
Categories: Smoking Cessation
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This therapeutic technique, called 'Socratic questioning' can really help depressed people, research finds. Socratic questioning is used by many therapists to help patients explore new perspectives on themselves and the world. Read on to find out ...
Aug 17
Categories: Depression, Mental Health Professions
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Given the power of modern medicine, why have brain diseases increased by four times? Rates of brain diseases are increasing at almost epidemic rates, especially in the US, a new study reports. Read on to find out why.
Aug 17
Categories: Other
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What makes babies laugh? It sounds like one of the most fun questions a researcher could investigate, but there’s a serious scientific reason behind it. Despite the scientific potential, baby laughter is, as a research topic, “strangely ...
Aug 17
Categories: Child Development
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Mr John F. Nash Jr, an American mathematician who won the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics, was killed on May 23, along with his wife, in a car crash in New Jersey. He was the subject of a book and a film, both titled A Beautiful Mind. For the greater ...
Aug 15
Categories: Schizophrenia
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Have that friend who is always being sarcastic and it gets annoying? Or have you ever been in that position where people ask terrible questions you snap back with a tinge of sarcasm? Well sarcasm doesn't always have to be a bad thing. Read on to ...
Aug 14
Categories: Other
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Always wanted to go on a diet but doubt its benefits? Always heard how certain actions/foods/habits will improve your memory? You are going to hear both in one now - a diet that may help you shed some belly fat, slow aging, and also help your memory ...
Aug 14
Categories: Other
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