There is a rapid growth of scientific research, revealing what the Buddhist monks have known for generations but couldn't measure with machines: Meditation is a powerful tool for enhanced well-being and mental focus.
I woke up one morning about four weeks ago and realized in a flash that I'd hit a wall. Most days I can't wait to get to work. On this day, I struggled to get myself out of the house.
I've found that checking out, taking time away from my phone rather than burying myself in it, has given me a new ability to focus on one thing at a time.
What happens though when companies want their employees to be so plugged in that the employees are stressed and can't feel "they can get away from their work?"
Unless you are able to learn from and heal your fears, you may get stuck in this negative pattern. Love quickly vanishes in the face of this closed, protective behavior.
Being "always on" is then seen as a badge of honor, locking employees in competition to send emails at the oddest possible hour of the night. Who hasn't received an inconsequential email at 3 in the morning? What ever happened to sleep, and to the great unicorn of work-life balance?
I believe that 'connecting to our connectedness' is one of the keys to sustainable change.
By Sam Ferrigno for HooplaHa.com. For many of us, it can be tough to imagine unplugging for a couple of hours: Technology has become somewhat of a ...
As we begin 2013, it's worth remembering how much is beyond our control. The most fastidious, organized and self-protective among us are vulnerable every minute of every day.
We all need to disconnect sometimes, even when we think we don't. So next time you're on vacation and you see a beautiful ocean, enjoy it -- don't Instagram it.
Keisha Senter, Associate Director of the President's Office at The Rockerfeller Foundation checked into The Huffington Post's Oasis at the RNC to sha...
Steven H. Krein, cofounder and CEO of OrganizedWisdom, shared some wisdom of his own at The Huffington Post's Oasis. Krein technologically unplugs for...
If you really want to step away from your job during an upcoming summer vacation, treat the trip like work and get ready by following a few simple steps.
We're addicted to our Twitter feeds and our palms start to sweat if we go more than 15 minutes without refreshing our inbox. But it's summer, the ...
Google glasses have to do a lot more than mimic a dissected phone for me. Like a lot of people, I'm unsure how right this whole cyber-world is anyway.
A spa, even if only as a metaphor, is a destination that we need to visit, study and copy, because it allows the very respite from the madness of most of our lives that affords us the necessary breathing, reflection and contrast.
At a bakery near my apartment last Sunday, I watched a girl, about 10 years old, eat a cupcake and try to get her mother's attention, but Mom had eyes and fingers only for her iPhone.
Since fiscal year 2008, I have been permanently attached to my iTelephone. As of two weeks ago, I am a Facebooking twit. With each post, each tap of t...
While insomnia may be caused by numerous factors, for many of us our lack of ability to sleep is encouraged by our increasingly hectic and constantly connected lives.
I often worry that those things that are most important to me -- spending time with my family, doing my martial arts practice -- are slowly under assault by the very gadgets that I bought to make my life easier.
Finish work, eat, slump, channel flick, sleep. Most of my evenings followed this pattern until my partner took the drastic action of cutting the plug ...
Ever have one of those days when you get from point A to point B and you're not quite sure how you got there? Okay, don't freak out, but this happens to me a lot when I'm driving by myself and thinking about all the things I have to get done when I get where I'm going.
Four years ago, almost to the week, I gave birth to my first child, a daughter. Eighteen short months later, her little brother joined us and I found ...
Do you return from vacation feeling like you need a vacation? Many Americans do. This month, Take Back Your Time (www.timeday.org) launches the Take B...
Consider it the "where were you when JFK was shot" of a new generation. I know I can tell you exactly where I was when I found out Heath Ledger died. ...
