Happiness 101
Americans tend to grab at superficial quick fixes to subdue any negative feelings that overcome us. Ironically, they leave us poorer.
Strength, Grace & Mobility
Brain Science
“Brain Science” is my umbrella term for interpersonal neurobiology and how neuroplasticity works in therapy. When people learn new coping skills, they are literally building the neural connections that promote resilience. As habits build, so do neural pathways. These new inroads replace the old routes that lead to unhealthy behaviors and cognitive distortions.
Listening Within
Through the day, we regularly pass from personality to personality. We can go from Caretaker to Judge to Striver in a flash. Because of the speed and fluidity of this process, we don’t usually attend to the ways in which this inner community conducts its business.
Meditate For An Open Heart
Meditation might be your prescription for a happier mind and kinder heart, a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study shows. Scientists worked with 16 Tibetan monks and 16 meditation novices, giving the beginners lessons on compassion meditation two weeks prior to a series of brain scan experiments.
Our Many Selves
It is the nature of the human mind to be subdivided into parts. We all have them. Parts exist from birth, either in potential or in actuality.
Beat the Winter Blues
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects more than 10 million Americans. But you don’t have to be diagnosed with seasonal depression to feel moody in the wintertime. A subclinical version brings subtler symptoms such as a desire to sleep in, a craving for carbs, and a lack of “umph.