The Hard Data on Self-Love and Why It Leads to Success
Whether we’re high power execs or stay-at-home moms, self-criticism is a tendency that many people have. In fact we often think of self-criticism as key to self-improvement. We ...
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Why Embracing Hardship is the Secret to Well-Being
Research shows that we have more positive experiences than negative ones, yet research also shows that our brain tends to focus on the negative aspects of our lives. We take the ...
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How Shifting the Body Can Change the Mind
At the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, we have been working for the last year to find ways to help our veterans returning from Iraq ...
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Shut Off COVID-19 Stress with Deep Breathing Exercises
One of your brain’s many functions is to detect and respond to threats to keep you safe. When your brain senses danger, it automatically triggers a response and your body ...
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Four Easy Ways to Improve Your Mental Wellness
Mental Health Awareness Month is all about taking the time to bring attention to your mental health and well-being. But when we live in a fast paced society that’s obsessed with ...
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Feeling Lonely? These Three Ideas Can Help
We live in a time of overpopulation on the one hand and extreme loneliness on the other. We crowd into urban areas but still feel alone. Or we buy large homes and then wish they ...
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Why You're More Emotionally Intelligent on the Phone: We Read Voices Better Than Faces
In workplaces and families across the world, communication has gone online. We send endless emails; we video chat rather than travel across town to meet. Actually sitting down and ...
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Six Mindfulness Tips for Working From Home
As we continue to practice social distancing in response to concerns related to COVID-19 (coronavirus), many of us have shifted our daily commutes into the office to a quick ...
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