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Don’t Keep Up With The Joneses. Forget Comparison And Become Happy & Healthy, Starting With Your Vacation

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Don’t Keep Up With The Joneses. Forget Comparison And Become Happy & Healthy, Starting With Your Vacation


Make Your Mind & Body Healthy With A Bigger “Weekend”:
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 <em>Does</em> 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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Video: Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” Meditation Is Short But Fantastic, Foul-Mouthed Stress-Relief For Your Real Life

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

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


 
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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Video: Dr. Mike Evans’ 10+ Mental Breaks You Can Take To Get Through A Bad Week. +BONUS 4!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Video: Dr. Mike Evans’ 10+ Mental Breaks You Can Take To Get Through A Bad Week. +BONUS 4!


 
10+ Tips To Help Yourself Get Through Tough Times:
So in this video, Dr. Mike asks, “What if You’re Having A Tough Day, Or Week?”

You might be sad, anxious, regretful, overworked, temporarily-flummoxed, etc.

And there are many real Sources to consider, like: Depression/Anxiety, & also many involved-Solutions like: Problem-Solving, Stress-Management, Mindfulness Meditation, or Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

BUT! Sometimes people want the most easy & simple “get through the day/week”-type advice, just to simply make it through.

So here’s what he says are his best “Easy-Version” tips…

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Video: ASAPScience On The Surprising Discoveries In The Hunt To Cure Depression

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll, Video

Video: ASAPScience On The Surprising Discoveries In The Hunt To Cure Depression


 
Is There a Biological Cause For Depression?:
With about 350 million people affected worldwide, or about 5% of the world’s population, Depression is a pretty widespread problem.

-Especially given its increased-concentration in 1st world countries (~7%).

Only Anxiety occurs in larger numbers (~18%).

But, what exactly going on inside people with these disorders?

Is it just cognitive-distortions & chemistry, or is there an actual Biological basis for it?

Well in the above video, ASAPScience tries to find out…

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Ancient Tradition Vs. Modern Science: How Deep-Breathing Works For Anxiety & Calms You Down

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll

Ancient Tradition Vs. Modern Science: How Deep-Breathing Works For Anxiety & Calms You Down
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What’s Old Is New Again, Especially If You’re Anxious:
Recently, an interesting mashup of old and new science has happened in the health space.

Modern medicine can’t cure one thing, so people try an old thing.

Science does an investigation, finds one old supplement is snake-oil and another isn’t.

But for thousands of years, health-nuts from far-eastern yogis right down to your Mom have often advised one thing for Anxiety: Take A Deep Breath.

And science may have just figured-out why…

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Video: $75k And A Zip-Line To Some Acid-Dropping Spider Monkeys On St. Bart’s, Brah! Doc Mike Evans On The Science, Myth, & How Of Happy

Filed Under: Bio-Tech, Mind/Brain, Video

Video: $75k And A Zip-Line To Some Acid-Dropping Spider Monkeys On St. Bart’s, Brah! Doc Mike Evans On The Science, Myth, & How Of Happy


 
What Good Is Health Without Happiness?:
In this video, our old friend Dr. Mike Evans tackles one of the most important results & goals of good health.

Happiness!

What good is a robust physical health if your Mind isn’t along for the party, right?

Well, Dr. Mike goes on to sketch out several of the Sources, Variables, and Misconceptions in this video,

-And most important of-all: What you can Actually Do to improve it!…

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Video: Cracked Takes A Crack At An Honest Antidepressant Commercial + Bonus!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: Cracked Takes A Crack At An Honest Antidepressant Commercial + Bonus!


 
The Drug-Pushers Are Here For Your Soul:
In this video, Cracked’s Honest Commercials touches on a little bit of our problems with drug companies.

This time, for Antidepressants.

It’s a bit drier and more ironic than their normal stuff, but a lot of it is dead-on.

Especially about switching medications, the placebo effect on mood disorders, incomplete understanding of depression-mechanics and their brain-chemistry roots,

And most of all, Marketing psychoactive drugs to individual consumers…

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Video: Conan Finds Out Aubrey Plaza Has Staying Young & Aging-Gracefully Both Figured-Out

Filed Under: Aging, Other, Video

Video: Conan Finds Out Aubrey Plaza Has Staying Young & Aging-Gracefully Both Figured-Out


 
My Favorite Martian:
In addition to being one of the oddest and most sarcastic people on Earth like, you’ve-got-me-so-confused-I-don’t-know-who-I-am-anymore sarcastic,

Parks & Recreation’s Aubrey Plaza has apparently thought a lot about both staying young and how to behave gracefully if/when she ever does get old.

-As Conan O’Brien finds out in this interview…

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Video: The Science Of Us Checks Out Why There’s Something Better For Your Brain Than Mindfulness Meditation

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Video: The Science Of Us Checks Out Why There’s Something Better For Your Brain Than Mindfulness Meditation



There Is More Than 1 Type Of Meditation:
There is a lot of talk recently about Mindfulness.

That is: Meditating really hard on your immediate-present and not letting stray thoughts take over. -The Eckhart Tolle stuff.

And while there is nothing wrong with this type of meditation, another type more similar to Zoning-Out is also important to your mental abilities, and your mental health…

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