Paced breathing trumps normal breathing when it comes to managing certain health conditions, or even for just feeling more energetic. Something as simple as lengthening each inhalation and exhalation can help you feel fitter and more at ease. Benefits of Paced Breathing Reduce hot flashes. Changing the way you breathe affects your body’s autonomic nervous…
Category: Psychology
Anhedonia
Anhedonia is defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions. While earlier definitions of anhedonia emphasized pleasurable experience, more recent models have highlighted the need to consider different aspects of enjoyable behavior, such as motivation or desire to engage in activities (motivational…
Benefits of Probiotics May Include Depression Treatment
Probiotics are the latest buzzword in nutrition. They may also someday treat depression. By now I’m sure you have heard and seen the term probiotic countless times in commercials and advertisements. Yogurt, dietary supplement, natural food product, and even cosmetic companies are all promoting probiotic-containing products. What are probiotics, and why are they important? Probiotics…
A Quick Guide to Balancing Multiple Goals and Objectives
Think life would be so much simpler if you could just concentrate on one thing at a time? What if you could just focus on helping your kids with their homework or running a faster mile? The reality is that we all have to juggle a wide variety of goals. A number of studies suggest…
7 Ways to Free Yourself from Information Addiction
“Learning isn’t acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.” ― Criss Jami It’s astounding just how much information we have access to at any given moment. Unfortunately, with this convenience, information addiction is a growing dilemma. Learning new information can be stimulating and our brains get used to…
Infant Pain Modifies Stress and Anxiety Response in Later Life
Our brains get input through our sense organs. In the case of pain, the input is relayed by special sensory neurons, called nociceptors. We know that nociceptors contain receptors which can detect one or more harmful stimuli, such as excess pressure, extreme cold or hot, or dangerous chemicals. Or pain. But what happens to a…
15 Myths About Meditation
Meditation is as complex as your mind is. It is also as simple as sitting down and breathing. But even if you’re not quite sure about the details, you’ve probably heard that meditation is good for you. In addition to managing stress, mindfulness practices have been linked to better outcomes for patients with heart disease,…
7 Ways to Become More Compassionate
Compassion opens the door to both short and long-term happiness. Alos, showing compassion not only allows you to feel better, but it helps those around you to feel better, too. Since we all want to be happy, showing compassion can be a common goal for everyone. Albert Einstein wrote: “Our task must be to free…
Do Mother’s Relationships get copied by their Adolescent Children?
A recent study from the University of Missouri says a mothers’ friendships with other adults may affect their adolescent children’s relationships with their own friends. It is especially so with negative aspects of these relationships like conflict and antagonism. Louise J. Kaplan wrote that “Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal…