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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
happy asian girl with red hair by white building daytime sun


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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Having A Bad Day Or Week? 10+ Mental Breaks To Get Through It + BONUS 4! With Dr. Mike Evans. You Can Do It! [Video]

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Having A Bad Day Or Week? 10+ Mental Breaks To Get Through It + BONUS 4! With Dr. Mike Evans. You Can Do It! [Video]


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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Your Boss’s Early Bird Bias Equals Social Jetlag And Sleep-Deprivation For You

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Your Boss’s Early Bird Bias Equals Social Jetlag And Sleep-Deprivation For You
bill murray smashes alarm clock in groundhog day


Out Of Time:
We’ve written here before about the possible differences between early-birds and night-owls, and more recently on the perils of trying to wake up.

Well, among those surfaced a trend. Something between the outside world and people’s sleep-patterns seemed misaligned.

And it turns out that scientist and researcher, Dr. Paul Kelley went into the details to find out exactly why.

One of his conclusions is that most of us are being tortured every day of our lives…

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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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The Economic Impact Of The Common-Cold And 3 Types of Sick People You Should Avoid

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Disease, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

The Economic Impact Of The Common-Cold And 3 Types of Sick People You Should Avoid
the soldier type of sick person to avoid by Jacob Andrews Caldwell Tanner and CollegeHumor


The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!:
Around the colder months of the year, we all get a set of mixed-blessings.

Lots of fun new Winter sports, several new if inconvenient paintjobs on the landscape by Mother Nature that make everything a quiet wonder to observe.

And the inevitable disruptions in our body’s internal-balance that make us get sick in all kinds of glorious post-new-years-eve-vomit-jamboree ways.

Well CollegeHumor and U.Michigan have each gone their own unique ways to show us the different shades of awful this productivity-sapping season can go…

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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

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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The Power Of Naps: The Queen Of Sleep On Why You Need Them To Rescue Productivity & Creativity

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

The Power Of Naps: The Queen Of Sleep On Why You Need Them To Rescue Productivity & Creativity


Accidentally-Awesome Sleep Research That Will Change Your Life:
So, Dr. Sara Mednick had been struggling for a research topic when she found an interesting opportunity.

Her mentor had only studied what you’d call “normal” sleep that you have at night, but not at other times.

And that’s where she found Gold! As she describes in this video, everything on Earth goes through cycles in time, and we’d be smart to remember that.

-Which is where her scientific study comes in, because largely: We Don’t. And there are real downsides to that…

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