Happiness demands that we confront negative feelings head-on, without letting them overwhelm. Real life is full of disappointments, loss and inconveniences. To live a rich and meaningful life, we must allow ourselves a full range of emotions. Otherwise life is just a struggle against reality. Negative states are as important as positive, they help cue us into what [Read More...]
posted on 10-24-11 at 7:11 am in Happiness 101
Time skews our perceptions of happiness. Take the the way parents look back warmly on their children’s preschool years as an example. A Princeton study found that childcare ranked very low on the list of what makes people happy, below napping and watching TV. And, yet, if you were to step back and evaluate a decade of your [Read More...]
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posted on 08-29-11 at 10:00 am in Mindfulness
The body is a great intelligence that has a story to tell. In listening to it, we gain a wise consul to guide us on our healing journey. Mindfulness helps us slow down to hear what the body has to say. In mindfulness-based therapy, there is an inward focus to notice what is happening. This is listening to the body. Sounds [Read More...]
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posted on 07-30-11 at 12:04 pm in Inspirational
Human, divine, human, divine. Why do we conceive there is a difference? – Jai Uttal
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posted on 10-26-10 at 7:00 am in Wellness 101
“In my years in medicine, I’ve seen a lot of people who are ill and unhappy because they don’t know who they are, what they want or where they’re going,” says Tierona Low Dog, M.D., director of the Fellowship at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. With so much of our attention focused externally, we [Read More...]
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posted on 03-23-10 at 7:39 am in Wellness 101
“Our bodies are talking to us all the time, but unless we make an effort to listen we don’t hear them until they scream,” says Tracey Goudet, M.D., executive director of Duke Integrative Medicine and author of Consciously Female.Committing to a daily listening practice, ideally in the morning, can transform your health and might catch [Read More...]
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