Mindfulness Program Shown to Be as Effective as Antidepressant Drugs for Treating Anxiety Disorders
A mindfulness stress reduction program was as effective as the common anti-anxiety drug escitalopram for patients with anxiety disorder.
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Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Pain by Separating it From the Self
When mindfulness meditation separated the brain's sensory communications with its perception of person, place, and moment, pain fell 32%.
Video Games Can Help Boost Children's Intelligence; TV and Social Media Had No Negative Effect Says New Study
Children who spent more time playing video games increased their intelligence more than 2.5 IQ points, say Karolinska Institute researchers.
Smell of Simple Fragrance While Sleeping Produces Major Memory Boost in Older Adults
A fragrance wafting around older adults for two hours every night for six months caused memories to skyrocket 226% compared to control group.
An Incredible Bonus I Just Discovered: Fasting is as Nourishing for the Soul as It Is Healthy for the Body
A thought-provoking look at fasting from WS's own Anthony Samadani will make you want to start your own intermittent fast to benefit mind, body and soul.
How to Follow Negative News Without Getting Depressed
Spoiler alert: it is possible for spiritually-minded individuals to follow current events without feeling discouraged or depressed.
These Schools Are Offering Yoga and Mindfulness Class as an Alternative to After-School Detention
Yellow Springs High School in Ohio is offering mindfulness, meditation, and yoga classes as an alternative to punitive after-school detention programs.
How Meditation Can Help You Make Fewer Mistakes, According to Largest Study of Its Kind
The study was conducted on participants who had never meditated before—and they immediately began to show signs of neural change after the session.
One in Three Americans Now Consider Meditation to Be Essential for the Perfect Morning, Says Poll
Meditation is quickly becoming a popular way for Americans to start the day, according to these latest survey results from OnePoll.
Company is Offering Free Access to 1,200 Meditations For All Unemployed Americans
The world's leading provider of meditation and mindfulness tools is making all of its content free for unemployed and furloughed US workers.
New Study Shows That Weight Loss Can Be Boosted Fivefold Thanks to Novel Mental Imagery Technique
This new research shows that visualizing weight loss may be just as beneficial as receiving professional dietary advice.
3 Invigorating Tips for Kicking Boredom if You're in Recovery
If you're recovering from addiction or substance abuse, boredom can be an especially dangerous sensation – which is why you may want to do your best to avoid it.
Musical Training Gives the Brain a Crucial Advantage-Especially at an Early Age, Says New Study
Researchers looking for unique neurological properties in those with perfect pitch found all musical training aids in brain development.
Goldie Hawn Brings Proven Mindfulness Lessons to Kids and Their Parents Online for Free
Partnering with Insight Timer, Goldie Hawn is making her scholarly MindUP mindfulness lessons for kids available to all worldwide for free.
What Are the Top Sounds Most Likely to Trigger Your Happy Memories? Poll Names Top 40
These are the top sounds most likely to trigger fond memories for people polled in a study of 2,000 adults over the age of 50.
Need More Self Compassion? Researcher Suggests These 4 Simple Steps to Overcome Our 'Negativity Bias'
Kristin Neff, the world's leading researcher of self-compassion, identifies 4 elements of self-compassion-a roadmap to grow more loving.
The Experience of Being 'In the Flow': How People Achieve The State of Brain Flow
You are playing such an intense video game and are focused so intently on getting to the next level that you don't know what is going on around you. You have no sense of time passing. You feel great. You are "in the zone." You are experiencing flow. You are running a marathon, and you […]
Moms Should Celebrate Mother's Day By Putting Their Own Minds First
Receiving flowers and breakfast in bed is a pleasant temporary solution to a constant problem: how do moms keep from being stressed the other 364 days?
Are You Living a Meaningful Life? Here Are a Few Tips on How to Start
There's a difference between being happy and living a life with meaning, so here's some advice on how to live more meaningfully today.
How Philosophy Can Solve Your Midlife Crisis
Most people have trouble staring down their own midlife crises – but this MIT professor has found an easy way to do it.
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