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How to know what to do with your life.
May 15, 2014 Comments Off on How to know what to do with your life.
Read moreThe idea behind all of this is that you can’t know what you’re going to do with your life right now, because you don’t know who you’re going to be, what you’ll be able to do, what you’ll be passionate about, who you’ll meet, what opportunities will come up, or what the world will be like. But you do know this: if you are prepared, you can do anything you want.
Prepare yourself by learning about your mind, becoming trustworthy, building things, overcoming procrastination, getting good at discomfort and uncertainty.
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Papering over the cracks of a fractured society.
April 15, 2014 Comments Off on Papering over the cracks of a fractured society.
Read moreSince the recession began, Mind has reported a dramatic rise in the number of people calling its phone line. “There are clear links between unemployment and depression,” says Sophie Corlett, Mind’s director of external relations. “After six months, one in seven unemployed men will develop mental health problems. People are falling into debt and there’s a reciprocal relationship between debt and mental health.”
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Still thinking positive?
February 21, 2014 Comments Off on Still thinking positive?
Read moreMoreover, as the journalist Oliver Burkeman noted in “The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking,” “Ceaseless optimism about the future only makes for a greater shock when things go wrong; by fighting to maintain only positive beliefs about the future, the positive thinker ends up being less prepared, and more acutely distressed when things eventually happen that he can’t persuade himself to believe are good.”
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How to rewire your brain for happiness.
February 3, 2014 Comments Off on How to rewire your brain for happiness.CTV –
Read moreA few thousand years ago, the human brain developed its tendency to wander — constantly checking for external threats to safety while rummaging around inside the head, looking for unresolved drama. These days there is just too much going on.
“An average person has 150 undone tasks at any time,” says Sood.
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So, what if Avatar wasn’t science fiction?
January 20, 2014 Comments Off on So, what if Avatar wasn’t science fiction?
Read moreOrch OR was harshly criticized from its inception, as the brain was considered too “warm, wet, and noisy” for seemingly delicate quantum processes. However, evidence has now shown warm quantum coherence in plant photosynthesis, bird brain navigation, our sense of smell, and brain microtubules.
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Maybe the primary issue with poverty is simple lack of money?
January 8, 2014 Comments Off on Maybe the primary issue with poverty is simple lack of money?
Read moreIn May 2009, a small experiment involving 13 homeless men took off in London. Some of them had slept in the cold for more than 40 years. The presence of these street veterans was far from cheap. Police, legal services, health care: Each cost taxpayers thousands of pounds every year.
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A loss of the ability to address hardships?
December 3, 2013 Comments Off on A loss of the ability to address hardships?
Read moreI suggested finding a job after graduation, even if it’s only temporary. She cried harder at this idea. “So, becoming an adult is just really scary for you??? I asked. “Yes,? she sniffled. Amy is 30 years old.
Her case is becoming the norm for twenty- to thirtysomethings I see in my office as a psychotherapist.
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Losing my [economic] religion?
November 27, 2013 Comments Off on Losing my [economic] religion?
Read moreThe Pope Just Published One Of The Most Powerful Critiques Of Modern Capitalism That You Will Ever Read.
…here a few lines that really stand out.
On the importance of remembering those who are less fortunate: “We can only praise the steps being taken to improve people’s welfare in areas such as health care, education and communications. At the same time, we have to remember that the majority of our contemporaries are barely living from day to day, with dire consequences.”
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