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.
20 Ways To Train Your Brain For Peak Performance
These are creative, fun, and effective. My recommendation is that you try a few of them and work your way through the list. Then, observe how your mind becomes healthfully stimulated.
Zen Habits - 9 Steps to Attaining a Flow in Work and Life
Filed under: art, gratitude, health and wellness, men's health, science, spirituality
One of my favorite blogs, Zen Habits, has a great article on the flow experience. Flow is a state of consciousness natural to the human situation, in which a person’s sense of time is removed from our waking consciousness. In a flow experience, a seemingly effortless state of deep contentment can emerge, providing a psychic ambrosia that is healing, nourishing, and remarkably facilitative of the creative process. Check out these steps to creating a flow experience that’ll pump up your health and life satisfaction!
The Incredible Power of Contentment
Filed under: gratitude, health and wellness, men's health, science
The pervasive healing and renewing nature of personal contentment. Worth a read!
Positive Psychology: A Brief and Excellent Overview
Positive psych is not what you think: there is a large body of research that substantiates this emergent discipline. Fisher’s article offers a very good introduction to this amazing field. Change your mind, change your life, as the Science of Mind folks say.
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