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Tiny Mistakes You Make Daily That Have Big Consequences
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Popular Psychology That's Basically Made Up Nonsense
0:00 Your Personality Isn't Four Letters1:07 The Mozart Brain Boost2:16 Opposites Don't Really Attract3:13 Multitasking Mess4:17 Hidden Ad Mind Control5:28 P...
New Study Highlights Everyday Actions That Support Mental Health
We can all take many actions to support our mental health and protect against mental illness. These can include getting daily physical activity, eating healthy meals, getting sufficient restful sleep and more.
Calm Your Mind: Choose Mindfulness by Anxiety Type - Neuroscience News
Mindfulness is well known for its calming effects, but researchers now propose that different types of mindfulness practices may be more effective for specific types of anxiety.
Your Brain Loves Deep Breathing, Science Explains Why - Neuroscience News
Breathwork, or the practice of intentionally controlling one’s breathing, has been shown to calm brain activity, reduce anxiety, and even ease symptoms of depression.
How to Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
“Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.”
Edward Abbey on How to Live and How to Die: Immortal Wisdom from the Park Ranger Who Inspired Generations
The summer after graduating high school, knowing he would face conscription into the military as soon as his eighteenth birthday arrived, Edward Abbey (January 29, 1927–March 14, 1989) set ou…
Light Exercise Boosts Memory via Dopamine and Noradrenaline - Neuroscience News
New research reveals that even light exercise, like jogging or yoga, activates key neurotransmitter systems that enhance memory by stimulating the hippocampus.
Mental health crisis: The urgent need for human care
The UK is facing a deepening mental health crisis, with rising demand, long waiting times, and growing concerns over the use of AI as a stopgap solution
We all get the big sad sometimes. But you know what? Doomerism doesn't solve anything - it's a gift to the ruling class. Let's talk about that.Why Capitalism...
I guess I react emotionally to Headspace ads, then I thought it would be fun to animate one of these vids on McMindfulness. Practicing mindfulness is useful ...
How Food Changes Your Brain Chemistry (And When Supplements Can Help)
Your brain chemistry is built on food. In this video, I’ll show you how nutrients from whole foods create key brain chemicals like serotonin and dopamine—and...
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How Food Changes Your Brain Chemistry (And When Supplements Can Help)
Your brain chemistry is built on food. In this video, I’ll show you how nutrients from whole foods create key brain chemicals like serotonin and dopamine—and...
Protecting nature and inspiring art are key to planetary health & preventing pandemics
Neil Vora MD is a former epidemic intelligence service officer with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with experience combating outbr...
How ‘ecological empathy’ can help humans reconnect with nature and shape a better world
A useful framework for considering the needs of the “more-than-human world” when designing human-made systems is “ecological empathy,” the focus of Lauren Lambert, founder of Future Now, a sustainability consulting firm. Her research on the topic, Ecological empathy: Relational theory and practice, was published in the journal Ecosystems and People in late 2024, when she […]