Body/mind/soul

Just because a thing is good doesn't mean that you need more of it. "Lagom" teaches us to appreciate that what we have is just right.

#4: Choosing values over feelings

Bertrand Russell’s ten commandments for living are as relevant today as when originally formulated. Read this article to learn more ...

Burnout coach shares five ways leaders can protect their mental health in the C-Suite in order to avoid stress, exhaustion, and fatigue.

There are small ways to ward off stress. Learn what triggers your body's happy chemicals and how to make the most of them.

To live better means that you’ll live differently—somehow, you’ll make some kind of change. Your life will be different tomorrow than it is today. Naturally, some changes are easier than others. By regularly exposing yourself to new ideas and practices, you can learn to think and live differently. New ideas also tend to build on… Continue reading 36 Ways to Live Differently

Grappling with your thoughts will leave you even more entangled in worry. Use metacognitive strategies to break free

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Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Are you a soldier, prone to defending your viewpoint at all costs -- or a scout, spurred by curiosity? Julia Galef examines the motivations behind these two mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France. When your steadfast opinions are tested, Galef asks: "What do you most yearn for? Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?"

Quartz is a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change. We cover business, economics, markets, finance, technology, science, design, and fashion.

What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.

Sadhguru: "Once you really taste what it is, you can't be without it." Sadhguru on being alone. Also watch: WATCH THIS EVERY DAY AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE: https://youtu.be/mljD6utxBlM Watch THIS to Never Suffer in the Future | Sadhguru: https://youtu.be/SpEZpMTctn0 How to Become a Wonderful Human Being in 12 Months | Sadhguru: https://youtu.be/IBKqZEtKR4Q #sadhguru

Wholebeing Happiness A Mini Workbook on SPIRE: The Five Perspectives of Well-Being by Megan McDonough

Feel good and get more out of life

“I wish I was more willing to forgive.”

Scott Dinsmore quit a job that made him miserable, and spent the next four years wondering how to find work that was joyful and meaningful. He shares what he learned in this deceptively simple talk about finding out what matters to you — and then getting started doing it. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Has science made religion useless? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world's top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Science and religion (fact versus faith) are often seen as two incongruous groups. When you consider the purpose of each and the questions that they seek to answer, the comparison becomes less black and white. This video features religious scholars, a primatologist, a neuroendocrinologist, a comedian, and other brilliant minds considering, among other things, the evolutionary function that religion serves, the power of symbols, and the human need to learn, explore, and know the world around us so that it becomes a less scary place. "I think most people are actually kind of comfortable with the idea that science is a reliable way to learn about nature, but it's not the whole story and there's a place also for religion, for faith, for theology, for philosophy," says Francis Collins, American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "But that harmony perspective doesn't get as much attention. Nobody is as interested in harmony as they are in conflict." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: FRANS DE WAAL: Well, religion is an interesting topic because religion is universal. All human societies believe in the supernatural. All human societies have a religion one way or another. REZA ASLAN: Religion has been a part of the human experience from the beginning. In fact, we can trace the origin of religious experience to before homo sapiens. We can trace it with some measure of confidence to Neanderthals. We can measure it with a little less confidence all the way to homo erectus. So we're talking hundreds of thousands of years before our species even existed. ROBERT SAPOLSKY: Essentially there has been no culture on Earth that has not invented some form of what could be termed meta-magical thinking, attributing things that cannot be seen, faith-based belief systems, things of that sort. It's universal. ASLAN: Religious thinking is embedded in our cognitive processes. It is a mode of knowing. We're born with it. It's part of our DNA. The question then becomes why. There must be some evolutionary reason for it. There must be a reason, some adaptive advantage to having religious experience or faith experience. Otherwise it wouldn't exist. SAPOLSKY: It makes perfect sense why they've evolved because they're wonderful mechanisms for reducing stress. It is an awful, terrifying world out there where bad things happen and we're all going to die eventually. And believing that there is something, someone responsible for it at least gives some stress reducing attributes built around understanding causality. ALAIN DE BOTTON: Religion starts from the view that we are torn between good and evil. There is definitely a good core, but it's permanently tempted. And so what the individual needs is a structure which will constantly try and tug a person back towards the best of themselves. DE WAAL: Our current religions are just 2,000 or 3,000 years old which is very young and our species is much older. And I cannot imagine that, for example, 100,000 years or 200,000 years our ancestors did not have some type of morality. Of course the had rules about how you should behave, what is fair, what is unfair, caring for others. All of these tendencies were in place already so they had a moral system. And then at some point we developed these present day religions which I think were sort of tacked onto the morality that we had. In societies with 1,000 or several thousand or millions of people we cannot all keep an eye on each other and that's maybe why we installed religions in these large scale societies where a god kept watch over everybody and maybe they served to codify them or to enforce them or to steer morality in a particular direction that we prefer. And so instead of saying morality comes from god or religion gave us morality, for me that's a big no-no. PENN JILLETTE: People are good. If you look at the seven billion people on this planet just about seven billion of them are really good. We can really trust them. Can we please learn something from Las Vegas. Learn something about gambling, right. We know how the odds work. We know the house always wins. In this case the odds are always on someone being good. BILL NYE: When it comes to ethics and morals and religion to see if there's anything different between what religions want you to do and what you feel you should do... Read the full transcript at https://bigthink.com/videos/has-science-made-religion-useless

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This guided progressive muscle relaxation meditation will help you release tension, relieve anxiety, manage panic attacks, or fall asleep. It is good for everyone, all ages, even kids. Progressive muscle relaxation is a well researched relaxation technique that is often used and prescribed as a medical treatment for insomnia, anxiety, headaches, stress relief, panic attacks, along with many many other health benefits. Simply google it and you will find lots of info online. WARNING: This relaxation technique involves actively tensing various muscle groups. Please use less tension over any area of your body that is sensitive to pain and injury. Please note that vulnerable areas like the jaw, neck or back can be easily injured if too strong of a contraction is applied. Here is a longer version of progressive muscle relaxation for anxiety & insomnia relief https://youtu.be/y1TOqzOWV3M #relaxforawhile #fallasleepfast #anxiety TO DOWNLOAD FOR OFFLINE LISTENING: https://www.relaxforawhile.com/product-page/progressive-muscle-relaxation **this is a much better quality remastered version :) Check out my newest "extended' progressive muscle relaxation for insomnia relief and effortless deep sleep! https://youtu.be/y1TOqzOWV3M If you like this video, here are a few of my other progressive muscle relaxation videos you can also check out :) Progressive Muscle Relaxation for kids! https://youtu.be/UPQak4vxoRE My other Progressive Muscle Relaxation videos (playlist) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoDGrriQgsLb5sfR2lldfGcKoQdU_t5S Attributions Background music "Adrift" by Christopher Lloyd Clarke https://enlightenedaudio.com Donation to Support My Channel https://paypal.me/relaxforawhile Let's stay in touch :) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/relaxforawhile Progressive Muscle Relaxation is a wonderful relaxation technique that helps induce a deep state of muscle relaxation. Physical relaxation leads to mental relaxation and mental calmness. PMR is known to be very effective in helping reduce anxiety, stress, muscle tension and it is wonderful in the management of insomnia. CAUTION: Please avoid doing this audio if you have hypertension. Be very careful with the amount of tension you apply to any areas that are sensitive to injury or pain like the neck, shoulders, and back. Please listen to the instructions carefully at the beginning of the audio if this is your first time trying PMR.

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