People sure seem to be getting worked up about the end of time these days.

Some people believe that the end of time has been cosmically scheduled for Dec. 21, 2012, and that Mayas knew all about this -- 5,125 years ago.

Those of a survivalist bent are stocking...

When you're stressed, it is so tempting to fantasize about being not stressed. You imagine feeling peaceful and relaxed later -- when you get home from work, or when this project is finished, or when this exam is over, or when you get to the beach, or maybe when the...

Last year, for National Stress Awareness Month, I published a series of articles here about how contagious stress can be. With the support of the HuffPost editors, I asked readers to vow not to pass their stress on to others for one day.

This year, for National Stress...

According to this article in the New York Times this week, "How 1-Minute Intervals Can Improve Your Health," high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has significant physiological benefits.

HIIT is an approach to exercise that involves alternating short, intense bursts of exercise with equally short rest periods -- for example,...

Let me be brief, as there is a hurricane coming and I have lots to do.

But I really need to say this:

Over the last two days, I have heard many politicians and emergency officials on the East Coast reminding us to be "smart" or "cautious." But...

Since writing my book, "One-Moment Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go," (titled "The One-Moment Master: Stillness for People on the Go" in the U.K.), I have met many people who were, at first, incredulous at my proposition that you can meditate in just a moment.

For National Stress Awareness Month, I wrote two articles here about how we pick up stress from others and pass it on -- what I called "stresscalation." I argued that we have an ethical obligation to stop our own role in this stresscalation.

But could we also...

When we pass stress on to others, we create a more stressful world.

It doesn't matter how we got stressed in the first place, or whose fault it was originally. As soon as we're stressed, it is our responsibility, and what we do with it is up to us....

It is so easy to get stressed these days.

Watching the news makes you stressed. Checking the weather makes you stressed. Then there are the thousand shocks you must bear in just going about your daily life: You are driving and someone cuts you off. Your boss barks at...

According to the National Sleep Foundation, 41 percent of Americans report having sleep problems every night or almost every night. Meditation, of course, can help, but not as you might imagine.

Yes, it's true, through regular meditation practice, you might become so profoundly peaceful that you will never again...