The Sublime Benefits of Unimpaired Oxygenation

August 10, 2010
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More wisdom from Mark Brady, PhD, one of my favorite neuro-bloggers. My advice to just about everyone I meet: Don’t forget to breathe! What if it turned out that most of the world’s problems could be traced to one simple, easily correctable deficit: impaired oxygenation. That much of the greed, wars, violence, health and financial [...]

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All You Need Is Love (and Compassion)

August 10, 2010
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By Daniel Tomasulo, Ph.D. When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. — African Proverb Although I am in the business of hope through understanding, hot meteors of negativity break through the atmosphere of my serenity and occasionally derail me. I am jealous, angry or judgmental, or sometimes indifferent or overwhelmed. [...]

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Four Myths About Mindfulness Meditation

August 10, 2010
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This is written by Ron Alexander – adapted from his newest book, Wise Mind, Open Mind: Finding Purpose and Meaning in Times of Crisis, Loss, and Change (New Harbinger Publications, 2009). The majority of my clients resist mindfulness meditation at first, although the time commitment is small and the payoff is enormous. One insisted that [...]

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Study Results: Meditation Acutely Improves Psychomotor Vigilance, And May Decrease Sleep Need

August 10, 2010
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Another brain/behavior study showing the benefits of meditation… Abstract Background A number of benefits from meditation have been claimed by those who practice various traditions, but few have been well tested in scientifically controlled studies. Among these claims are improved performance and decreased sleep need. Therefore, in these studies we assess whether meditation leads to [...]

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Four Ways to Respond During An Argument

August 10, 2010
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How to give your brain a fighting chance in an argument. From your nervous system’s point of view, there are a fairly limited number of ways to respond to an argument. You can find yourself in one of the knee-jerk reactions such as fight, flight, or freeze. You can roar and bite, you can run [...]

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Creativity, the Brain – and a Book Deal!

August 4, 2010
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“The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public”… …or until you sit down to write a book. Yeah. So the idea of writing a book – the written equivalent of speaking in public – is a challenge [...]

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