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Anxiety affects all of us in varying degrees. You don’t have to be diagnosed with a clinical disorder to feel its insidious or intrusive effects. Fortunately, there are many ways to ease anxiety healthfully. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/02/22/3-practices-to-calm-an-anxious-mind/ Continue reading ...
In two recent studies, researchers at the University of Connecticut’s Human Performance Laboratory discovered the mental, mood and cognitive downside of even mild dehydration.http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/02/20/dehydration-influences-mood-cognition/35037.html Continue reading ...
The traditional eight-hour workday may soon be the exception rather than the rule. New evidence shows that we’re reaching a tipping point in terms of workplace flexibility, with businesses seeing the wisdom of allowing employees — young ones especially — to work odd hours, telecommute and otherwise tweak the usual 9-to-5 grind.
Read more: http://moneyland.time.com/2011/12/21/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-9-to-5-workday/#ixzz1lmaku5pD Continue reading ...
This article stresses the importance of keeping your children and soon-to-be young adults away from violent video games.http://70.32.73.82/blog/5488/violent-games-can-hurt-your-brain/ Continue reading ...
Let’s review some good lifestyle options we can follow to maintain, and improve, our vibrant brains.http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/08/22/10-habits-of-highly-effective-brains/ Continue reading ...
Researchers say the study raises the question about the level of comprehension among people who switch their eyes between the devices, specifically the impact on productivity or on children doing their homework.http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/05/03/multitasking-is-distracting/25863.html Continue reading ...
"It’s amazing how powerful words can be. For language is not only a kind of tool to help us communicate and describe, it also – sometimes inadvertently – helps shape our whole world, both internal and external"http://blogs.psychcentral.com/therapist-within/2011/04/problems-puzzles-or-paradoxes-how-do-you-define-lifes-challenges/ Continue reading ...
The human heart emits the strongest electromagnetic field in our body. This electromagnetic field envelops the entire body extending out in all directions, and it can be measured up to several feet outside of the body. Research from the Institute of HeartMath shows that this emotional information is encoded in this energetic field. HeartMath researchers have also seen that as we consciously focus on feeling a positive emotion - such as care, appreciation, compassion or love - it has a benefic... Continue reading ...
“By showing that a policy initiative like ROWE can reduce turnover, this research moves the ‘opting out’ argument—whether one chooses family over work—from a private issue to an issue of how employers can change the workplace to better meet the needs of employees,” Moen said.http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/04/07/flexible-workplace-improves-family-life-reduces-turnover/25094.html Continue reading ...
Have you ever heard of getting a “check up from the neck up?” I love this saying because sometimes all we need is an attitude adjustment in order to make things better in life. Positive psychology offers many applied ideas to start instilling more positivity and improving our perspective and attitude. http://blogs.psychcentral.com/positive-psychology/2011/04/how-to-shift-to-a-more-positive-mindset/ Continue reading ...
In fact, smoking from a hookah exposes an individual to more carbon monoxide and smoke than cigarette smokers are exposed to. Hookah smoking also delivers about the same amount of nicotine as cigarette smoking does, which could lead to tobacco dependence. “This study highlights hookah smoking as a considerable public health concern, especially among young adults,” the researchers said. http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/04/06/hookah-smoking-as-hazardous-as-cigarettes/25067.html Continue reading ...
In the British Journal of Psychiatry, the researchers wrote, “The best-fitting causal model was one in which nicotine dependence led to increased risk of depression.” They suggest two possible routes, one involving common risk factors, and the second a direct causal link.
http://psychcentral.com/lib/2011/can-smoking-cause-depression/ Continue reading ...
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