Below is everything (newest at top) with "life+health+mental+" in its title or subcategories. For a strict listing (matching all categories and subcats), click hereLEFT-WING AUTHORITARIANISM LINKED TO NARCISSISM AND PSYCHOPATHYfrom 2023 in ( life / health / mental )
Duh, no surprise. Liberal mental illness. If you've watched Twitter videos from the "Libs of TikTok" account or watched as activists burned down cities in the name of "justice" and "equity," you've probably concluded there's something wrong with the liberal... read more
BEST MEDICINE FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY? KINDNESSfrom 2023 in ( life / health / mental )
Acts of kindness are an excellent method to strengthen sentiments of social connectedness. Now, according to a study, the best medicine for curing depression and anxiety might just be kindness.Read, listen or watc... read more
YALE'S MASSIVELY POPULAR HAPPINESS COURSEfrom 2020 in ( life / health / mental )
In just the past month, more than 600,000 people in an increasingly housebound world have signed up for Yale's "The Science of Well Being," a course originally taught on campus by psychology professor Laurie Santos.... read more
DUMBING YOURSELF DOWNfrom 2017 in ( life / health / mental / advice )
Be careful when dumbing yourself down. Before you know it, you will succeed. dumbingusdown... read more
SIX EXERCISES FOR HAPPINESSfrom 2015 in ( life / health / mental )
These six daily happiness exercises are proven to make anyone, from a 4-year old to an 84-year old, happy, or simply happier." Achor says in just 21 days, the exercises can transform a pessimist into an optimist. Gratitude Exercises. Write down three things you're grateful for that occurre... read more
DON'T CALM DOWNfrom 2014 in ( life / health / mental / advice )
Go ahead and let yourself get excited. It's OK! You might even enjoy yourself. They say "...getting excited helps with performance anxiety." at activistpost.com or... read more
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO HAPPINESSfrom 2013 in ( life / health / mental )
What a great experiment ... and website!Scientists Discover One Of The Greatest Contributing Factors To Happiness - You'll Thank Me Later. See also... read more
WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BRAIN WHEN YOU GET MAD, AND HOW TO CONTROL ITfrom 2013 in ( life / health / mental )
I love this! Especially after my last post. By using one of his strategies, "projecting peace," you can "activate a different set of mirror neurons and begin to defuse the other's anger." You can get them to mirror your calm instead of you mirroring their anger. A... read more
ANGRY PEOPLEfrom 2013 in ( life / health / mental )
Funny how the day after commenting on Facebook (see below) about driving past a local rich neighborhood, this morning in that same neighborhood I ticked off the driver behind me by having the gall to use a turn lane properly. You do realize you're n... read more
NOT PULLED OVERfrom 2013 in ( life / health / mental / dreams )
Had a very brief, mundane, realistic dream the night before last in which I was pulled over by a traffic cop. I didn't think much about it until the next morning when I was going down Antioch Pike to a client's office. That particular stretch (as you pass the sports fields) is infamous as a... read more
THOUGHT FOR THE DAYfrom 2009 in ( life / health / mental )
I was noticing how I'm not as good of a speller as I used be, or at least not as quick. Old age, I figured. Brain deteriorating. Oh well. Then I decided it's not necessarily that big a deal when certain brain synapses or pathways/habits die or just get worn out. It just forces me to use othe... read more