I often tell my Mom how amazed I am that she was able to successfully raise two boys without the aid of Google. For me, becoming a parent has been rewarding, but by far the most challenging thing I have ever done. There are great moments of love, joy, laughter, pride, and fun. But there […]
This is a guest post by Holly Ashby, a writer who has written extensively about wellbeing, health and meditation. She currently works for the meditation centre Will William Meditation, who help people to combat stress using meditation. It’s taken for granted that meditation has a calming influence. Often recommended as part of a larger strategy […]
Create more diversity in your social circles. If most of your friends tend towards a particular racial, political or religious profile, try to broaden your circle and invite people in that can bring some different perspectives. Resist the urge to “unfriend” those whose views you find repulsive. Leave the door open for greater understanding in […]
I have a habit of collecting far more books than I can possibly read, so I always have a large stack of books just waiting to be read. I prefer to keep these books out of sight so I don’t feel the sense of obligation that these unread books confer. I tuck them all into […]
This week’s article is a guest post by Megan Nichols. Megan Nichols enjoys exploring how the mind works and other scientific subjects on her blog, Schooled By Science. Half Full or Half Empty? Can People Be Wired to View Certain Perspectives? It’s a classic question: Do you see the glass as half empty or half […]
In recent months, mindfulness has been the latest buzzword in corporate America, promising to improve performance, productivity, engagement and happiness for the teams that practice it. Some notable organizations, including Google, Apple and Intel have added mindfulness training programs to their corporate benefits packages. When people talk about mindfulness training, they are talking about one […]
Invariably, when I take some kind of assessments of my personal character strengths, “Love of Learning” comes up at the top of the list. As a true “life-long learner”, at different times in my life I have pursued a broad range of personal passions. I was a competitive swimmer, avid cyclist, and eventually a triathlete. […]
The mind evolved to move. We don’t often think about this, preferring instead to look at the duality of mind and body in a very compartmentalized way (i.e. the mind is for thinking and the body is for moving.) But the mind is, first and foremost, for movement. Imagine the primordial soup from which life […]
On a family vacation to Italy, after a three-hour train ride from Rome to Milan, I decided the kids needed to get some fresh air. We arrived in the afternoon and had a little time for the kids to burn off some steam before we would have to go out to dinner. The concierge at […]
The tagline for this blog is “musings on the science of holistic wellness.” I reference “science” because in each article I try to integrate some of my own studies, experience and observations with those of researchers or scientists in the fields of psychology and positive psychology. The problem is that the general public associates “science” […]
