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Science Says You Should Probably Be Meditating: Here’s Why and How to Get Started

You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. -Jon Kabat-Zinn Modern meditation is closely linked to Zen Buddhism practices. In fact, mindfulness is based on the Buddhist word “Sati,” or “moment-to-moment awareness of present events.” Sati is the first factor of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, a core belief in Buddhism. In …

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The Science of Affirmations

Self-help and spiritual communities have long known what science is just starting to understand: that a positive mindset can dramatically improve your physical and mental health. There are many ways to harness the power of positivity, but affirmations are widely regarded as an easy and effective method to get started.

The Best Vitamins and Minerals to Improve Your Anxiety and Depression

What is mental health? Your mental health has many moving pieces. When any component of your health changes, your mental health becomes vulnerable. Mental disorders can occur in your life at any time and can endure for an entire lifetime if not properly managed. he most common forms of mental disorders include anxiety, depression, and unspecified depressive …

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How Positive Affirmations Changed My Life (and can change yours too!)

Do you remember 2004’s self help phenomenon ‘The Secret’? Its main teaching was that with enough positive thinking you could have and achieve whatever you want. They really played it up too — someone in the movie literally said positivity is “like having the universe as your catalogue”, just believe and it’s yours! In the age of life hacks and quick fixes it’s easy to see why this took off, making over $300 million and at its height being touted by celebrities like Oprah and Will Smith. Of course the fervor settled a few years later when, surprise, most people hadn’t become rich and famous.

Forest Bathing: The Waterless Bath You Didn’t Know You Needed

As a result of the current times, I’m sure we’ve all developed a deep appreciation for being outdoors. But even beyond the times of the pandemic and our reliance on nature to maintain a sense of normalcy, there’s just something about nature that makes us feel connected, grounded, and comforted. Outdoors, time slows. We can …

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