20 Scientific Reasons to Start Meditating Today: New research shows...
I started meditating soon after 9/11. I was living in Manhattan, an already chaotic place, at an extremely chaotic time. I realized I had no control over my external environment. But the one place I...
View ArticleSinner or Saint? 7 Steps to Harness Your Inner Angel
Scientific evidence shows that compassion and kindness predict health and well-being. Compassion and volunteering makes us happier and can even lengthen our lives. It even has an impact on our cells:...
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The Best Kept Secret to Highly Successful Relationships
According to Adam Grant, Wharton’s most popular and youngest tenured faculty member, author of Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, people fall into one of 3 distinct categories: Givers,...
View ArticleWhy Compassion in Business Makes Sense
Managers often mistakenly think that putting pressure on employees will increase performance. What it does increase is stress — and research has shown that high levels of stress carry a number of costs...
View Article6 Quick & Easy Mindfulness Tips To Combat Holiday Stress
Is holiday season stressful or even lonely? Heard about the scientific benefits of mindfulness but just don’t see how you could fit it in? Especially during the holidays? We often mistakenly think...
View ArticleSelfies or Selfless? The 6 Top Habits of the Happiest (& Most Successful)...
Happy Giving Tuesday! Have you ever found yourself on a vacation, a date or a great party with friends and family you love when suddenly, out of the blue, and for no good reason, you develop an...
View ArticleMove Over, Outdated Happiness Theories: 7 Science-Based Ways to Seriously...
“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything but they make the best of everything they have.” Did you know that most of us live our lives according to outdated (or even false!) happiness...
View ArticleA Surprising Yoga Practice To Heal Anxiety & Trauma
“Hard core military guys and yoga – that doesn’t really …um… go together, does it?” I’ve been asked. It’s true that, when they first arrived to participate in my study, the young, tattoo-covered,...
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7 Science-Based Reasons to Laugh Out Loud Every Chance You Get!
A day without laughter is a day wasted.~Charlie Chaplin Everyone enjoys a good laugh, but who actually makes time for it in their lives? Sure, we like hearing a funny joke, people with a good sense of...
View Article4 Science-Backed Secrets to Holidays that Truly ARE Happy
The holidays are upon us and it’s an easy time to get lost: in Christmas shopping, errands, travel or the stress of financial expenses or difficult family situations. It can also be a lonely time for...
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The Pain of Loneliness and 8 Ways to Ease It
Loneliness hurts. Most of us have experienced this. Especially in this time of quarantine, many can feel lonely. With the advent of technology and social media and the ever-increasing speed of life, we...
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Social Connection Boosts Health. Even When You’re Isolated.
We are profoundly social creatures. At the root of all of our desires is a need to be loved and to belong. A sense of social connection is one of our fundamental human needs and it impacts our health,...
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