With anxiety recently surpassing depression as the top mental health condition, a lot of people are looking for ways to calm their brains and bodies – and fast.…
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If there was a free pill you could take daily that would make you happier, healthier, and permanently change your brain for the better, you’d be crazy not…
We’re in the middle of a mindfulness revolution. CEOs, professional athletes, prisoners, stressed-out moms, and students are doing it. Google offers free classes at work. The Seattle Sea Hawks claimed…
Do you ever feel lost in your own life? You look around one day only to realize that you’re playing a part you’ve locked yourself into – a…
Mindfulness is intersecting with the leading-edge of neuroscience. Looking at the ancient practice through a scientific lens has been labeled “contemplative neuroscience” and is turning out some extraordinarily robust…
Meditation can change lives and brains for the better. Fairly quickly, it can produce beneficial results for many mental health challenges, ranging from depression and anxiety to age-related…
Your mind has a mind of its own and races around at one hundred miles an hour jumping from one thing to the next. Sometimes, the random thoughts…
To ensure survival, your ancestors’ brains developed a prickly awareness: always on the lookout for danger, zooming in on any potential threat, being super sensitive to painful experiences and…
In less than the time than you probably spend every day browsing your Facebook feed, you could be improving your brain and increasing your IQ. One study found that…
You may think of mindfulness as one of those far-out-there trends, but it’s been around since antiquity for good reason. Science has proven, beyond any doubt, that a…