Below is everything (newest at top) with "life OR health OR mental" in its title or subcategories. For a strict listing (matching all categories and subcats), click hereYOUR INTELLECT AND THOUGHTS ORIGINATE IN YOUR HEART, NOT YOUR BRAINfrom 2024 in ( life / health / mental )
Interesting. Those of us who have been educated in Western Culture today have been taught to believe that the center of a persons consciousness and thoughts is our brain. Like a computer that contains a microprocessor that allows the computer to accomplish all of its various tasks, the idea that a human being also work... read more
HARNESS ADVERSITY FOR GROWTHfrom 2024 in ( life / health / mental / advice )
Image via pexels.com/photo/positive-black-man-listening-to-music-with-wireless-earphones-and-taking-notes-in-diary-on-street-4559959/Pexels Transforming Challenges Into Strengths Adversity, often perceived as a hindrance, can unexpectedly be a powerful catalyst for personal growth. ... read more
LEFT-WING AUTHORITARIANISM LINKED TO NARCISSISM AND PSYCHOPATHYfrom 2023 in ( life / health / mental )
Duh, no surprise. Liberal mental illness.If you've watched Twitter videos from the Libs of TikTok account or watched as activists burned down cities in the name of justice and equity, you've probably concluded there's something wrong with the liberal Left.... read more
BEST MEDICINE FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY? KINDNESSfrom 2023 in ( life / health / mental )
Acts of kindness are an excellent method to strengthen sentiments of social connectedness. Now, according to a study, the best medicine for curing depression and anxiety might just be kindness. greatgameindia.com/kindness-cures-depression/Read, lis... read more
YALE'S MASSIVELY POPULAR HAPPINESS COURSEfrom 2020 in ( life / health / mental )
In just the past month, more than 600,000 people in an increasingly housebound world have signed up for Yale's The Science of Well Being, a course originally taught on campus by psychology professor Laurie Santos.: ... read more
DUMBING YOURSELF DOWNfrom 2017 in ( life / health / mental / advice )
Be careful when dumbing yourself down. Before you know it, you will succeed. #dumbingusdown... read more
SIX EXERCISES FOR HAPPINESSfrom 2015 in ( life / health / mental )
These six daily happiness exercises are proven to make anyone, from a 4-year old to an 84-year old, happy, or simply happier. Achor says in just 21 days, the exercises can transform a pessimist into an optimist. Gratitude Exercises. Write down three things you're grateful for that occurred over the last 24 hours. The... read more
DON'T CALM DOWNfrom 2014 in ( life / health / mental / advice )
Go ahead and let yourself get excited. It's OK! You might even enjoy yourself. They say ...getting excited helps with performance anxiety. titleget excited, it's okay hrefactivistpost.com/2013/12/dont-keep-calm.html#moreat activistpost.com or style hrefh... read more
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO HAPPINESSfrom 2013 in ( life / health / mental )
What a great experiment ... and website! upworthy.com/scientists-discover-one-of-the-greatest-contributing-factors-to-happiness-youll-thank-me?creccon1Scientists Discover One Of The Greatest Contributing Factors To Happiness -- You'll Thank Me Later . See also /pages/six-exercises-for-... read more
WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BRAIN WHEN YOU GET MAD, AND HOW TO CONTROL ITfrom 2013 in ( life / health / mental )
I love this! Especially after my /pages/angry-peoplelast post. By using one of his strategies, 'projecting peace,' you can 'activate a different set of mirror neurons and begin to defuse the other's anger.' You can get them to mirror your calm instead of you mirroring their anger... read more
ANGRY PEOPLEfrom 2013 in ( life / health / mental )
Funny how the day after commenting on Facebook (see below) about driving past a local rich neighborhood, this morning in that same neighborhood I ticked off the driver behind me by having the gall to use a turn lane properly. You do realize you're not supposed to use that center two-way turn lane for more than 50 feet, right? I learned that ... read more
NOT PULLED OVERfrom 2013 in ( life / health / mental / dreams )
Had a very brief, mundane, realistic dream the night before last in which I was pulled over by a traffic cop. I didn't think much about it until the next morning when I was going down Antioch Pike to a client's office. That particular stretch (as you pass the sports fields) is infamous as a speed trap. The speed limit is 35, but there... read more
THOUGHT FOR THE DAYfrom 2009 in ( life / health / mental )
I was noticing how I'm not as good of a speller as I used be, or at least not as quick. Old age, I figured. Brain deteriorating. Oh well. Then I decided it's not necessarily that big a deal when certain brain synapses or pathways/habits die or just get worn out. It just forces me to use other mental processes, other brain routes, send... read more