Sleep: Your Safeguard Against Anxiety
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The Language Of Facial Expressions: Obama's Non-Verbal Reactions To Gates
ABC News | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
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The truth, according to the popular television show "Lie to Me," is "written all over our faces," but psychologists say that visual clues are only one...
Sad And Small, Happy And Tall: How Height Relates To Happiness
TIME | Sean Gregory | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
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Damn you, tall people. They block your view at the movie theater. They're a pain to shop for: Who really wants to drag themselves to the Big & Tall to...
Balanced Life -- 9 Tips For Having A Good, Bad Day
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Nine tips for having a good bad day. A few days ago, I was extremely upset. It's too complicated to expla...
The Four Noble Truths of the Revolutionary Path to Freedom
Noah Levine | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living
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The first teachings the Buddha gave after his enlightenment were the four noble truths. This giving of the truths is often referred to as the setting in motion of the wheel of Dharma.
Gut Feelings: Soldiers Make Good Use Of Intuition
nytimes.com | Benedict Carey | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living
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The sight was not that unusual, at least not for Mosul, Iraq, on a summer morning: a car parked on the sidewalk, facing opposite traffic, its windows ...
TIME Article on Eco-Therapy
Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green
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It's tremendously encouraging to find renewed interest in the relationship between the human mind and the rest of nature.
Codependency Pt 2: An Incomplete Sense of Self
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living
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When the attachment with a parent is fraught with fear, the child can become overly preoccupied with getting it right for the parent rather than for themselves.
How To Ask For Help
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living
I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...
To "Friend" or "Defriend"? That is the Question
David Finkle | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living
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If you ask me, one of the worst things assaulting the English language in the last few years is the transitive verb "friended."
The American Psychological Association and Torture: The Day the Tide Turned
Bryant Welch | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
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How the APA turned psychology away from humanitarian values is a study in organizational failure and professional disaster.
Different Friendship Styles For Boys And Girls: Study
TIME | John Cloud Friday, Jul. 17, 2009 | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
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Pardon the sexism, but a question: Why are girls so girly? For the better part of the past half-century, feminists, their opponents and armies of aca...
Ask Maddisen - How To Enjoy The Wisdom Of Your Inner Child
Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
Speaking aloud in a loving voice, say "hi" to your inner child and let him know that you'd like to have a talk. Be still.
Why I Love Self-Help Books (Even Though They Don't Work)
Christina Patterson | Posted 08.18.2009 | Living
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Don't you just love those exclamation marks? Well, maybe you don't, but I do. I love the perkiness. I love the confidence. I love the lack of ambiguity.
Finding The Language Of Art
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living
I am beginning a new voyage into unknown territory - the worldly dimension of Art. I feel as though I was handed a flashlight in a dark room and beckoned to begin to explore.
A Mindful Take on Screening for Postpartum Depression
Cassandra Vieten | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living
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There is a heck of a lot of unaddressed psychological distress during pregnancy and postpartum.
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince's Happiness Lessons
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home
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I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...
Have We Learned Anything? The Effect of the Recession on the Future American Psyche
Stephen Josephson | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
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It seems as if a subset of people are actually achieving a fundamental shift from acquiring stuff to focusing on family, friends and keeping it simple.
Is the World Ready for a Positive Psychology?
Amy Tardio | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
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Positive Psychology has the potential to impact our heath, energy levels, passion, enjoyment, ability to focus, connect, be resilient, hopeful and loved; otherwise known as our ability to thrive.
The Rape of Taraneh: Prison Abuse of Iran's Protesters
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.15.2009 | World
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The strategies and ultimate goals are the same for any kind of torture: to humiliate, disembody, extract confessions and permanently terrorize the victims to prevent further 'disturbances'.
In the Shadows of "Our" Torture
Carol Smaldino | Posted 08.13.2009 | World
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With a kind of paranoia, we deny and project parts of ourselves: in the meantime over the course of history we have felt justified in blaming, hating, fearing, conquering and even torturing.
Making the Best of the Worst
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 08.12.2009 | Living
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Some people I know are exquisitely sensitive. Every hurt, harm, or horror imprints their impressionable soul(s). Meanwhile others laugh it off, tough it out, shut down, deny, or resolutely move on.
The Secret To Happiness: Don't Care!
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 08.12.2009 | Living
I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...
Why New York City is Good for the Brain
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York
New York City, in this way is like a huge brain that is constantly combining and recombining itself, paring down old, unused parts and building up others, making new connections at every turn. This is how our brain operates, too.
Self-Care = Earth Care
Avital Binshtock | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green
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What's good for our bodies is good for the planet -- and what's bad for the earth is bad for our health.
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