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Blog postStressors like getting stuck in traffic are inevitable. Taking life in stride may help older adults keep their brains healthy. How you deal with daily hassles like traffic jams, long lines, or loud people may determine how well your brain ages according to a study recently published in Psychosomatic Medicine. Research has long showed that chronic stress is a risk factor for diminished physical, mental and cognitive health and longevity. These findings are particularly important given that the l
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Blog postNasal breathing may enhance your memory new research finds. Humans have long proposed a connection between how we breathe and our state of mind. In fact, modern lore tells us that breathing in deeply is the pathway to relaxation and mental peace. But does the scientific evidence back that up? A growing number of studies are now examining whether breathing affects cognition. One such study published in October in the Journal of Neuroscience looked at whether how we breathe affects what we rememb
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Blog postHow many times have you made plans to take a walk, go to the gym or spend time with family then skipped it because a something “came up at work”? “Who has time for meditation, exercise or sleep when there’s so much to do and so little time?” We’re often quick to drop a healthy activity in lieu of a work demand, but less inclined to scale back work to support our health. “But I have responsibilities, a mortgage, car payments, bills!” you might respond. “If I take time for myself something import
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Blog postResearchers in Alberta Canada discover that stress is contagious, and that social support may help buffer these effects, but only for women. Last year Americans reported their highest stress levels in over a decade according to an American Psychological Association survey. Emotion researchers have long known that feelings like joy, sadness, and anger are “contagious.” Could this also be true for stress? A team at the Cumming School of Medicine’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Ca
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Blog postPart of the brain commonly associated with memory and dementia could also hold the key for depression, anxiety and emotional regulation. The hippocampus is an area of the brain commonly linked with memory and dementia. But new U of T Scarborough research finds that it may also yield important clues about a range of mental health illnesses including addiction, anxiety and depression. The research, authored by a team of neuroscientists, found that a specific part of the hippocampus could play an
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Blog postA study finds that the rhythm of your breath can influence brain activity that enhances memory recall and emotional experience. Breathing doesn't just keep you alive. Research shows that it is directly linked to brain function and behavior. For the first time, a team of scientists Northwestern Medicine have discovered that the rhythm of breathing creates electrical activity in the brain that enhances emotional judgments and memory recall. These effects depend on whether you inhale or exhale, an
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Blog postResearchers at Columbia University find evidence that healthy older adults can generate as many new brain cells as younger people. For well over a decade, research has shown that the brain is able to form new connections; a process referred to as neuroplasticity. Since then, there has been an ongoing debate over whether the aging adult human brain can also produce new cells (neurons). Now, a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell shows that aging brains are capable of generating new cell
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Blog postFor the first time, researchers at Trinity College Dublin show a neurophysiological link between breathing patterns and attention. For years studies have linked yogic breathing practices and breath-focused meditation to everything from increased relaxation, positive emotion, greater focus, heightened attention and decreased stress to less mind wandering. To date, we’ve yet to understand why this occurs. In a groundbreaking study, researchers at Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and Glob
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Blog postFeeling stressed? Here are 4 great tips that you can use right now. In a 2017 Educator Quality of Work Life Survey, roughly two thirds of the nearly 5,000 respondents said their work was “always” or “often” stressful; twice the rate felt by professionals in the general population. Sponsored by American Federation of Teachers and the Badass Teacher’s Association, school staff reported that their mental health is poor, they’re sleep deprived, and they’re more likely to be diagnosed with hypertens
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Blog post“Before you speak, ask yourself’ is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?” Sai Baba Indian teacher, Sai Baba, was a great proponent of silence and intentional speech. As a psychologist and researcher who devotes much of my life to studying human interactions and observing the ways in which we undermine ourselves by speaking first and thinking later, I couldn’t agree more. It may seem as though staying silent and communicating mindfully is a relatively simple task
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Blog postResearchers find that being mindful may reduce both stress and motivation. We’ve all been told that meditation can make us more focused and productive. In fact, mindfulness in the workplace has achieved almost “cult status”. But is it possible to have too much of a good thing? In a series of studies, scientists in Portugal and the U.S. discovered that the state of being mindful may be linked not only to feeling less stressed, but also less motivated. The researchers recruited 109 adults and ask
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Blog postHere's how mindfulness-based therapies may help to ease traumatic stress symptoms. Pain, loss and traumatic events are part of the human experience. Approximately 60-75% of North Americans experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Some of these individuals may go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A review of the research finds that mindfulness-based programs such as Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) may provide relief from post-traumatic symptoms such
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Blog postResearchers in New Zealand find that a slumped posture may impact your mood, self-esteem and even your response to stress. Yoga may help. A study, published in Health Psychology, included 74 adults (55% women) between the ages of 18-67 years who were randomly assigned to either an upright seated posture group (n=39) or a slumped posture (n=35) group. First they completed a number of measures of mood and self-esteem. They were then fitted with a finger cuff to continuously monitor their blood pr
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Blog postHow to challenge your stories, reduce your stress, rewire your brain, and reinvent your relationships. Originally published at Mindful.org “Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.” — Mahatma Gandhi The stories we tell, particularly the ones we’re not aware of, can profoundly shape who we are, and the decisions that we make. Recognizing our
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Blog postPolyvagal Theory and ancient yoga philosophy share similar views when it comes to how yoga can increase self-regulation and resilience. Polyvagal Theory (PVT) has gained considerable attention among health professionals since a book of the same name was published in 2011. Based on brain science, the theory describes how information exchanged between the brain and body affects self-regulation, resilience, and how we interact with others. The vagus nerve is a key player in the autonomic nervous s
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Blog postNew review of the research finds that mindfulness benefits the people around you. Can mindfulness make you a kinder person? That’s the question Australian researchers asked when they reviewed 31 published studies linking mindfulness and prosocial behavior. The result – those with mindful dispositions, and people who’d completed some form of structured mindfulness instruction were more compassionate and helpful than less mindful individuals and those who hadn’t tried mindfulness training. In tur
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Blog postExpressing gratitude really does make you happier according to new research. In fact, the more positive you are, the more your mind and body will reap the rewards. Sure, we've all heard the trendy news that writing in a gratitude journal may boost your spirits, but why? According to the study, expressing gratitude is consistently linked to a number of positive psychological, social and health effects like feeling optimistic about life, exercising more, and experiencing fewer physical symptoms o
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Blog postI spent nearly a month being tormented by hospital monitors rather than serenaded by chirping crickets. Can a lousy summer have a silver lining? Summer is one of my favorite times of year. I imagine lazy days reading in the hammock, hours puttering in my garden, hikes in the mountains and nights in a tent gazing at the stars. This year I spent many nights looking at the sky from a hospital room, serenaded by the beeping of monitors rather than the chirping of crickets. Over the past 2 months
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Blog postNew research from Finland finds that the sensations in your body give rise to your emotions. Think of the last time that you were extremely hungry. Do you remember how you felt? More often than not, unpleasant physical sensations like hunger are accompanied by unsavory emotions like anger, irritability or impatience. Now, a team of researchers have found that what you feel in your body also affects your brain function and conscious experience. In the study, over 1,000 adults took part in an onl
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Blog postIs our desire to be happy at the root of our suffering? Disappointment is a uniquely human condition, the flip side of our capacity for creativity and invention. Only humans “dream things that never were” and “say ‘Why not?’ “ as George Bernard Shaw famously put it. This capacity gives us flying machines and pocket computers. It also gives us rising suicide rates in countries around the globe, from the United States to India to New Zealand. To be unhappy enough to end it all, a person must firs
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