Categories: Exercising Your Mind, News
Everyone has seen movies, or watched a magician perform a seemingly supernatural act, where telepathy seems to show one human reading another’s mind. But did you ever think it would become a reality? A recent study out of the University of Washington has proven that two humans can, and very much have, exchanged thoughts without […]
Categories: Exercising Your Mind, Health and Wellness, News
When you hear the word “meditation”, what type of person do you typically envision? Do you see a pony-tailed hippie sitting with their legs crossed and fingers in the “OKAY” formation? Or maybe you picture a Buddhist monk contemplating upon the highest point of a mountain? You may even think of startup-rich yuppies meditating on […]
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Exercising Your Mind, Health and Wellness
It’s understandable why some people think meditation is a waste of time. When you think of sitting quietly in the dark, thinking about nothing, it doesn’t exactly sound productive. Of course, that’s a generalized stereotype of what meditation is. Sure, you can sit in the dark and think about nothing if that’s the way you […]
Categories: Exercising Your Mind, Meditation and Emotions, Meditation Tips, Positive Thoughts
It’s no secret that the holidays are one of the most stressful times of the year for many people. The holidays temporarily disrupt the normal flow of our society: business close down; people travel and people take time off of work; all of our normal TV and radio programming suddenly takes on a Christmas theme […]
Categories: Enlightenment, Exercising Your Mind, Meditation and Military, Meditation Tips, Positive Thoughts
As you know, every year, we spend November 11 paying tribute to the brave men and women who have fought to serve our country and protect our freedom. What you might not know is that Veterans Day was once called “Armistice Day,” and it was created to be “a day to be dedicated to the […]
Categories: Exercising Your Mind
We all love to joke about how much we procrastinate, but when we fail to meet goals and deadlines, the consequences are hardly funny. Procrastination is the enemy of success. It’s not that most people lack the talent, skill, dedication, or even motivation to succeed; it’s that they put off necessary tasks until the very […]
Categories: Exercising Your Mind
Meditation is not something you have to do for a set amount of time everyday, or even something that you necessarily have to set time aside for at all. To meditate is to be mindful, and to be mindful is a way of life, not just something you switch on for 20 minutes in between […]
Categories: Exercising Your Mind
If you have been following my blog, then you’re certainly no stranger to mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness meditation essentially is the act of observing random thoughts that pop into your brain, and then pushing them out to refocus on the present moment. Mindfulness meditation works wonders for a slew of problems, such as depression, anxiety, stress, and even […]
Categories: Blog, Exercising Your Mind, Healthcare and Meditation, Meditation and Emotions
Welcome to part four of my short series on mental resiliency and compassion fatigue. This will be the last installment in this series, but before we get started, let’s just do a quick recap of what’s been discussed so far. Please, if you have not read the first three parts, make sure you read them […]
Categories: Blog, Exercising Your Mind
Welcome to the third installment of my series on mental resiliency. Let’s start off with a quick recap of what we’ve covered so far: In the first part we talked about compassion fatigue — secondary traumatic stress disorder — and how that ties into having a resilient mind; and in the second part we talked […]
