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Open Your Mind with Open Monitoring Meditation

By kenjicrosland on January 7, 2011 in Guest Bloggers, Mind-Body

Today’s article is by TeachStreet’s Kenji Crosland. TeachStreet is a website dedicated to providing local and online classes, as well as connections to reliable psychology tutors. The Psychology of Wellbeing is a featured blog on the TeachStreet website. You can learn more about TeachStreet’s educational community here. The philosopher and spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti once said […]

Mental Yoga: Why Psychological Flexibility is the Key to Your Wellbeing

By Jeremy McCarthy on December 7, 2010 in Mind-Body, Positive Psychology

In the last several years, psychology has been flipped on its head with the growth and popularity of positive psychology. While psychology traditionally has focused on studying things we want less of such as depression and mental illness, positive psychology has focused on things we want more of: happiness, positive emotions, optimism, strengths, and meaning […]