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Is Binge Eating A Psychiatric Disorder?

latimes.com | Melissa Healy | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychiatric Disorder, Self Control, Anorexia, Health, Anorexia Nervosa, Willpower, Eating, Consumption, Obesity, Overeating, Bulimia, Wellness, Binge Eating, Living News

Psychiatrists must decide whether "binge eating disorder" stands alongside anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as a separate psychiatric condition --...

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How To Avoid Holiday Overeating

latimes.com | Rosie Mestel and Ben Harder | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Holidays, Turkey, Thanksgiving, Gravy, Diet, Alcohol Consumption, Obesity, Feasting, Overeating, Wellness, Overweight, Holiday, Calories, Health, Willpower, Nutrition, Alcohol, Holiday News, Living News

Fill up on the vegetables. Skip the pumpkin pie, or at least the whipped cream. Forgo the gravy; go really easy on the stuffing. And just say no to al...

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Women: Sleep Might Improve Your Willpower

newsweek.com | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Food Addiction, Women, Cookies, Women's Health, Willpower, Well-Being, Health, Eating, Anxiety, Overeating, Wellness, Sleep, Living News

Your head says it's time to lose a few pounds, but your hand reaches for another cookie. Why is it that even when we want to be good, we end up being ...

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Marshmallow Test VIDEO: A Reenactment Of Walter Mischel's Child Psychology Test

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Marshmallows, Children, Willpower, Deferred Gratification, Preschool, Psychological Testing, Walter Mischel, Walter Mischel Marshmallow, Walter Mischel Marshmallow Test, Marshmallow Test, Delayed Gratification, Comedy News

In the late 1960s, psychologist Walter Mischel performed a series of tests on preschoolers referred to as The Marshmallow Tests. Mischel would give a...

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Public Libraries: Community-Based Health Clubs for the Brain

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Brain Books, Murali Doraiswamy, Neuropsychological, Mind Games, Aging, David DiSalvo, Willpower, Libraries, Brain Teaser, Cognitive Abilities, Cognitive, Health Clubs, Daniel Goleman, Intelligence, Genes, Mini Mental State Exam, Brain, Public Libraries, Games for Health, Memory Tests, Richard Nisbett, Books, Serious Games, American Society on Aging, Cognitive Health, Mmse, Alzheimer´S, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Libraries are taking on a new mission to help promote cognitive health in their communities and using the concept of brain fitness.

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Willpower Doesn't Exist: The New Way to Get Stuff Done

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Getting Things Done, Alex Benzer, Potential, Odysseus Protocol, Personal Growth, Positivity, Willpower, Living News
Dr. Alex Benzer

In a passage from Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus and his ship are about to pass through the Siren-infested waters. On the one hand, he knows that hearing ...

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Success in the Shadows

Jim Randel | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Success, Psychology, Business, Willpower, Economy, Business News
Jim Randel

Those who are prepared to struggle in the shadows, when it is hard to see the light, are those most likely to find success in their chosen endeavor.

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RESOLUTIONS

Jim Randel | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Success, Willpower, Health, Discipline, Fitness, Living, Self-Help, Happiness, Business News
Jim Randel

Today being the first real business day of the New Year, I am writing this e-letter about New Year's resolutions - those commitments of resolve we fin...

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The Positive Effects of A Bad Economy

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Balanced Life, Economy, Happiness, Positivity, Willpower, Living News
Karen Salmansohn

I always love to find good news in bad news. And so I was happy to hear that there's a positive perk in learning how to restrain one's spending -- how...

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