If you Google “power of thoughts,” you get a lot of results including words like “consciousness,” “swami,” “manifest,” and “unleash.” To me, these words suggest a basis not rooted securely in science and more rooted in marketing hype. I like…
Anxiety can make you turn to a variety of habits in an effort to ease the feeling. Unknowingly, many of these only make the condition worse. One coping behavior is eating. When anxious, many people will reach for a bag…
Every minute of every day, your body is physically changing in response to the thoughts that run through your head. Just thinking about something causes your brain to send signals and release neurotransmitters. These chemicals control virtually all of your…
In India, when training elephants, handlers begin by chaining one of the elephant’s legs to a tree. Over time, they gradually decrease the size of the chain until all it takes is a flimsy string to hold the elephant. It’s…
The relatively new science of epigenetics is proving that who you are is the culmination of the experiences in your life – and even those of your ancestors – which cause changes in how your genes operate. Modifications occur and…
Neuroplasticity has become a buzzword in psychology and scientific circles, as well as outside of them, promising that you can “rewire” your brain to improve everything from health and mental well-being to quality of life. There’s a lot of conflicting,…
Chronic stress can have a significant impact on both your physical and mental health. While it’s not possible to eliminate stress entirely (and you don’t want to). It’s not all bad. There are several strategies that can help you reduce…
Happiness is not an unatainable goal — even if you’re not a good place right now. Science has come a long way in understanding the science of happiness and has a pretty good idea of what helps keep your brain…
We all know what our brain is, right? It’s that three pounds of “convoluted mass of gray and white matter” in our heads “serving to control and coordinate mental and physical actions.” OK. Now, define the mind. Not as easy,…
The more I learn about our breath, the more confused I am as to why breathwork isn’t a more popular health tool. I read somewhere that it might be because there’s no big money in it. Companies and institutes aren’t…
I have practiced hot yoga for about two decades. A class is in a room heated to above 90 degrees with somewhere around 40 to 60 percent humidity. I went to a class today and it got to 100 degress…
I watched the movie Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. If you’re planning on watching it and don’t want me to spoil it for you, then skip the next paragraph. (In my opinion, you can find plenty of better…
Although you see the two words used interchangeably everywhere, there are distinct differences between feelings and emotions. They’re two different things. Ok. So what. Right? Well, it kind of is a big deal because understanding the difference between the two…