Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the USA, affecting 40 million adults. Now, during the pandemic, anxiety levels have only increased: fear of going out, grocery shopping, taking…
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Americans generally believe that they need to “deserve” their vacations—that they should work hard, even push themselves, before they actually take a break. In researching my book, The Happiness Track,…
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Benefits of Meditation: 10 Science-Based Reasons To Start Meditating Today INFOGRAPHIC
October 17, 2013For the last 10 years, I have been involved in researching the impact of meditation on health and well-being. This infographic summarized some of the key findings about the benefits…
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20 Scientific Reasons to Start Meditating Today: New research shows meditation boosts your health, happiness, and success!
September 19, 2013I started meditating soon after 9/11. I was living in Manhattan, an already chaotic place, at an extremely chaotic time. I realized I had no control over my external environment.…
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The Brain’s Ability to Look Within: A Secret to Well-Being
December 11, 2012The Two Paths of Attention: Outward & Inward What’s the difference between noticing the rapid beat of a popular song on the radio and noticing the rapid rate of your…
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Our subconscious ability to read bodies lies at the root of love and connection.Just by looking at someone, you experience them. We are wired to read others’ bodies. Not just in terms of physical appearance but at a subtler and more complex level t…
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The Power Impact of Introspection
April 9, 2012The brain uses a fundamentally different circuit for paying attention to the internal world, and this could have important implications for stress and mental illness.What’s the difference between noticing the rapid beat of a popular song on the radio a…