Total Brain Blog

Four False Beliefs About Mental Health Conditions

Thanks in part to movies, television shows, and media, many misconceptions about mental health have surfaced over the years, and if you ask someone about their interpretation of ...
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Four Science Backed Ways to Achieve Your Dreams

Whether it’s New Year’s resolutions or any other milestone we want to achieve, most of us give up on that career goal, diet, mindfulness practice, or exercise regimen we committed ...
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4 Ways to Stay Intensely Focused in the Age of Distraction

As children, we were one with each moment—crying one moment, laughing the next— always intensely present and going along with the flow of being. As a result, we had an abundance ...
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The Ridiculously Easy Way to Become an Innovative Thinker

From Vincent Van Gogh on through Kanye West, the figure of the broody, tortured artist looms large in the popular imagination. But research suggests that the key to creativity and ...
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5 Science-Backed Reasons to Let Your Hair Down and Play

Submerged in the responsibilities of life, the seriousness of world affairs, and an ever-growing to-do list, we often forget to PLAY. Animals, on the other hand, continue to play ...
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The Secret to Keeping Your Cool When You're Really Mad

We all know the situation: something happened that made us upset, we go over it in our mind, we blow our top, we say things we don't mean, we exhaust ourselves and, ultimately, we ...
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Reduce Stress with Meditation and Breathing Exercises

Stress comes to us in many ways. For some, it could be worrying about financial situations. For others, perhaps meeting a deadline for a project at work. Or for many it could just ...
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11 Keys to Mastering Difficult Conversations

As a happiness and workplace well-being researcher, I hear these questions all the time: What’s the best way to master difficult conversations?
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