10 Things That The People Who Love Their Lives Are Doing Differently
Surprise, surprise… happy people live their lives differently. They don’t have different lives. They just do a better job at living them than those who are unhappy. Happiness is the result of subjective interpretation of perception. Of course, what we perceive isn’t always done so by choice — life does throw things our way. However, most of the time, we find...
7 things people with anxiety want their loved ones to know
I Have anxiety, and I believe I can speak for everyone with anxiety when I say this: it’s gotta be hard to be close to us. But there are seven things we want you to know that we don’t always know how to tell you. 1. It doesn’t have to do with you. It can be pretty exhausting ruminating about everything...
Nine Destinations You Should Feel Good About Visiting
Nat Geo's sustainable travel expert, Costas Christ, highlights nine destinations around the world that are doing tourism right. I’ve spent a good chunk of my life traveling the globe and spreading the gospel of sustainable tourism and its commitment to protecting natural and cultural heritage while improving the lives of local people. From cities and islands to jungles and deserts, here...
Why Six Hours Of Sleep Is As Bad As None At All
Not getting enough sleep is detrimental to both your health and productivity. Yawn. We've heard it all before. But results from one study impress just how bad a cumulative lack of sleep can be on performance. Subjects in a lab-based sleep study who were allowed to get only six hours of sleep a night for two weeks straight functioned...
Brain Benefits of Exercise Diminish After Short Rest
Before you skip another workout, you might think about your brain. A provocative new study finds that some of the benefits of exercise for brain health may evaporate if we take to the couch and stop being active, even just for a week or so. I have frequently written about how physical activity, especially endurance exercise like running, aids our...
12 Ways Successful People Handle Toxic People
Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people’s buttons. Either way, they create unnecessary complexity, strife, and worst of all stress. Studies have long shown that stress can have a lasting, negative impact on the brain....
6 Signs Your Body Is Trying To Tell You You’re Stressed
Stress is a pain. It creeps up on you like a dark cloud, making it impossible to work, eat or sleep. The body is hardwired to react to stress and protect you from impending danger. This was vital in times wrought with life-threatening elements, like famine and wildlife. But clearly your body hasn't adjusted, and it doesn't realize your boss isn't actually...
What Happens To Our Brains When We Exercise And How It Makes Us Happier
Exercise has been touted to be a cure for nearly everything in life, fromdepression, to memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and more. At the same time, similar to the topic of sleep, I found myself having very little specific and scientific knowledge about what exercise really does to our bodies and our brains. "Yes, yes, I know all about it,...
4 Things Psychologists Know That You Should Know Too
It’s fun being a psychologist. Just as an engineer is fascinated by the true mechanics of electrical circuitry, we mental health professionals are intensely curious about the human brain. What people feel and what those feelings mean; why people do what they do; it’s all of interest to us. In the process of doing our job day after day, we can often...
AMAZING SITES TO TEACH YOURSELF ANYTHING
Future Learn Future Learn offers a diverse selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world. These are delivered one step at a time, and are accessible on mobile, tablet and desktop, so you can fit learning around your life. YouTube You may not immediately think of YouTube as a place to go to learn, and...
