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RAINing Mindfulness
Read more: RAINing MindfulnessThe Irish Times Tara Brach spells out RAIN (the mindfulness acronym): R is for Recognise. Just recognise that you have the emotion, that you’re very anxious for instance. A is for Allow. Allow the anxiety to be present, accept that it’s there. No need to get into a fight with yourself over it. I is for Investigate.…
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Tourette’s Therapy
Read more: Tourette’s TherapyFrom the Los Angeles Times: Behavioral therapy effective in treating Tourette syndrome: The therapy, called comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics, has several elements. The key component, habit reversal training, helps patients become more aware of the urge to tic, then teaches them to engage in a voluntary behavior — rhythmic breathing, perhaps — that competes…
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The Exercise Gene
Read more: The Exercise GeneA European twin study finds the desire to exercise runs in the family–deep: Using complicated statistical formulas, the scientists concluded that differences in exercise behavior were about 60 percent attributable to genes. In other words, your parents influence your decision about whether to be active, not just by signing you up for soccer camp when you’re…
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Workplace Misery in Review
Read more: Workplace Misery in ReviewJob satisfaction is down, stress is up. A psychologist points the finger at…workplace reviews: Annual reviews not only create a high level of stress for workers, he argues, but end up making everybody — bosses and subordinates — less effective at their jobs. He says reviews are so subjective — so dependent on the worker’s…
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Imagining Food
Read more: Imagining FoodFrom PsychCentral: Food Cravings, Explained: Results of one study showed that the strength of participants’ cravings was linked to how vividly they imagined the food. […] Studies have shown that when subjects are imagining something, they have a hard time completing various cognitive tasks. In one experiment, volunteers who were craving chocolate recalled fewer words…