Study Shows Selflessness is Natural Human Spirituality
All spiritual experiences are based in the brain. That statement is truer than ever before, according to a University of Missouri neuropsychologist. A new study has data to support a neuropsychological model that proposes spiritual experiences associated with selflessness are related to decreased activity in the right parietal lobe of the brain. The study is one of the first to use individuals with traumatic brain injury to determine this connection.
Simple Instructions for Life and Living
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I’m a strong proponent of positive psychology, an emergent field that has the potential to actually transform personal lives, relationships, and collective living. Below is a graphic from a recent article by Bridget Grenville-Cleave about how to live that well sums up my life philosophy.
A Map and Models for Positive Psychology
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The emergent field of positive psychology offers a novel way to look at one’s life, society, and relationships. Check out the below image map and the link here for current models of positive psych.
5 Easy Steps for Guys to Live Long and Well
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Five behaviors in elderly men are associated not only with living into extreme old age, a new study has found, but also with good health and independent functioning.read more | digg story
Book review (short and potent): The How of Happiness
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Check out Kathryn Britton’s review of Sonja Lyubomirsky’s book, The How of Happiness, over at Positive Psychology News Daily. This is a favorite website that I regularly read, as it focuses on the emergent field of positive psych. Positive psych is not about avoiding existential issues via new age distractions. It is, rather, a focus on cognitive, behavioral, social, [...]
14 Simple Ways to Convert Your Sedentary Lifestyle
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Tricks to include some activity in daily habits to take it from a sedentary lifestyle to a mildly active one. I have used many of these for years. It astonished me that, at the gym, I see people taking the elevator DOWN from the 5th floor, after working out!read more | digg story
Practice Does Make Perfect: The Value of Deliberate Practice
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The emergent field of positive psychology’s idea of focused, mindful deliberate practice.
[James here: this is a dynamite article, short and potent!]
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