Tag: stress
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Stretch Your Mood
Read more: Stretch Your MoodYoga, meditation, pets, nature, and 15 other mood helpers. Meditation Can Improve Brain Function (PsychCentral) 15 Ways to Help Treat Depression Naturally (WebMD) New study finds new connection between yoga and mood (ScienceDaily) Do Pets Help with Depression and Stress? (WebMD)
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The Uniqueness of Humans
Read more: The Uniqueness of HumansRobert Sapolsky–spotlighted in the previous post’s link–talks humanness (beginning at 5:00): https://youtu.be/GY1x8k79bZE?si=UwUDsqhTQn8XHXmI
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The Search for the Stress Vaccine
Read more: The Search for the Stress VaccineWired: Under Pressure: The Search for a Stress Vaccine. The list of ailments connected to stress is staggeringly diverse and includes everything from the common cold and lower-back pain to Alzheimer’s disease, major depressive disorder, and heart attack. Stress hollows out our bones and atrophies our muscles. It triggers adult-onset diabetes and is a leading cause…
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Mindfulness and Non-Doing
Read more: Mindfulness and Non-DoingJon Kabat-Zinn talks mindfulness at Google (2007):
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The Wisdom of Insecurity
Read more: The Wisdom of InsecurityWorry a lot? To consider: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts. You may know Alan Watts from oft-broadcast lectures–eager audience hanging on every wryly wise, British-accented utterance. (Lectures can be sampled via this podcast or downloads around the net.) In this short book, Watts takes on worry and anxiety–a.k.a. insecurity. He argues that to live is…