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Nostalgia’s Health Benefits: Fond Memories Give You A Stockpile Of Grit, Optimism, & Strength

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Nostalgia’s Health Benefits: Fond Memories Give You A Stockpile Of Grit, Optimism, & Strength
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The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year:
Each fall & winter, social nostalgia drives us to revisit people from various parts of our lives as the holidays come around,

Including our Families, which may be more or less dreaded according to the extent your life does not meet their expectations.

Depending on your Thanksgiving/Friendsgiving situation, those reunions can range from dreary obligations, to Texas-sized reality-TV fiascos,

All the way to something so touching you want to remember it the rest of your life.

And if you’re in the last camp, Science may just have some great news for you…

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Stopping Alzheimer’s & Even Reversing It May Be Possible With A Forgotten Drug. What’s Old Is New Again!

Filed Under: Disease, Mind/Brain

Stopping Alzheimer’s & Even Reversing It May Be Possible With A Forgotten Drug. What’s Old Is New Again!
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What’s Old Is New Again!:
So one miracle drug that reversed Alzheimer’s Disease in trials is something we’ve told you about before.

We’ve also told you about another miracle drug that’s a little more famous.

Well researchers at the Gladstone Institutes are throwing us another curveball that’s like a combination of the two strangely-enough.

A not-so-famous cousin of a drug we all know may have surprising beneficial properties similar to both of these…

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Learn New Things Faster & Study More Effectively With Brain Hacks From ASAPScience [Video]

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Learn New Things Faster & Study More Effectively With Brain Hacks From ASAPScience [Video]


[Keanu voice] Whoooaa…I Know Kung-Fu!:
At one time in our lives, we’ve all wanted or needed to learn something new.

Whether it was a requirement or just the pursuit of a great hobby, sometimes it can seem to go a bit too slow as our brains readjust.

And though geniuses like Carol Dweck and Elizabeth Gould would tell you that is the time you are actually re-making your brain & getting smarter,

We all need a little shortcut to get to the fun part sooner.

And so in this video, ASAP does their part to add something to mega-lists like the one by OEDB…

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Travel For Self-Discovery: Getting Lost To Find Yourself + Heal Your Soul. The Best Vacation Ever

Filed Under: Favorites, Highlights, Mind/Brain, Video

Travel For Self-Discovery: Getting Lost To Find Yourself + Heal Your Soul. The Best Vacation Ever


Travel For Self-Discovery. Zen & The Art Of Metaphysical Maintenance:
So we’ve talked before about the actual, real health benefits of Happiness.

Recently, it’s been shown that people who take regular vacations actually live longer, happier, and healthier lives.

And in one post, we mentioned some of the specific ways you improve the “effectiveness” of a vacation.

But here, The School Of Life raises the surprising, yet philosophical idea of specific types of vacations as a kind-of symbolic “food”,

Or better yet: Nutrition For The Soul…

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Fitness Freakonomics! Exercise Pays Several Surprising Benefits Far Into The Future

Filed Under: Aging, Exercise, Mind/Brain

Fitness Freakonomics! Exercise Pays Several Surprising Benefits Far Into The Future
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The Best Time To Plant A Tree…:
So we hear a lot about the benefits of exercise & nutrition.

And though people are slowly finding that nutrition is actually the weight-loss king,

Exercise all by itself turns out to be the king of many other things.

But we never really seem to learn about When we should do it.

So for this reason, researchers got together and found out another really interesting thing about its many undiscovered benefits…

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Maximize Vacation Time: 5+ Ways To Become More Healthy And Happy On Your Time-Off, Without Trying To Keep Up With The Joneses [Video]

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Maximize Vacation Time: 5+ Ways To Become More Healthy And Happy On Your Time-Off, Without Trying To Keep Up With The Joneses [Video]


Maximize Vacations To Make Your Mind & Body Happy:
So we’ve been told at least once or twice, that Happiness equals Healthiness.

And in much the same way that our bodies need good Sleep for good health,

There is new work that shows we need a type of rest you just don’t get on the Weekends.

Believe it or not, our bodies actually do need Vacations.

And on that note, The Science Of Us pulled a lot together to help us with our Summers, so we can get maximum enjoyment as we also recharge for better health…

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Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Mind/Brain

Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy
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One Quest Meets Another:
Over time, mankind has set itself many challenges to find purpose & meaning in life.

And one of those big goals is counterintuitive. One that doesn’t necessarily involve outward achievements.

-But Inward ones. All of which lead to it: Happiness.

And once you’re actually surviving, perhaps it’s The Only Goal.

Strangely enough, researchers are finding out some of our dearest desires have significant, yet unexpected side-benefits.

Including, among other things, actually keeping you alive longer…

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Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” Meditation Is Short But Fantastic, Foul-Mouthed Stress-Relief For Your Real Life. [Video]

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” Meditation Is Short But Fantastic, Foul-Mouthed Stress-Relief For Your Real Life. [Video]


The 3rd School Of Meditation We All Needed:
So over the years, we’ve learned a lot about Meditation.

From ancient shamans and their wild claims, all the way to present-day experts like Eckhart Tolle.

And all the while, the discipline has preached a serene, near-wordless detachment in its suggested-state.

It hasn’t been until now that a more purpose-built school for the trials of modern life has taken Meditation into the realm of something practical & liberating.

Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” school of thought…

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