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Greetings family, friends, and well-wishers! My name is Anne Chumbow. I am a graduate student at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where I am pursuing a Master's degree in Global Public Health with a concentration in community health and development
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How to Increase Your Chances of Coincidental Discoveries
New research suggests that coincidence is less mysterious than we think
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How to Deal with the Narcissist in Your Life
The author of The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed—in Your World explains how to deal...without destroying yourself.
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21 Passive-Aggressive Behavior Signs that Give you an Eye for Manipulators
Passive-aggressive behavior isn’t limited to your neighbor who won’t mow his lawn. It’s a significant player in world history. As you read the 21 signs of everyday passive-aggressive behavior in this post, bear in mind the broad implicat
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Three Simple Ways to Sustainable Happiness
There’s no question in my mind that we all want to be happy. For some people happiness comes easier than others, but what we’re starting to understand is that happiness — that sense of connection and ease of appreciating the good moments
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7 Types of Pain Directly Linked to Your Emotions
When we feel emotionally balanced, our bodies reflect this positive feeling, too. Positive emotions such as contentment or satisfaction tell our brains to release positive chemicals such as serotonin or dopamine to make our bodies feel good. // Unfortunat
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The Antidote to Being Spread Too Thin | Goop
How do we spend our lives doing what matters most to us, with the people who are most important to us? And how do we cut out all the other nonsense that seemingly fills our days?
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She leads at-risk youth to a more harmonious future through music
The program started in 2001 with 36 participants from disadvantaged homes in Los Angeles. Eight years later, Martin was at the White House to receive the nation’s highest honor for an arts-based youth program.
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Narcissists aren't capable of something called 'object constancy' — and it helps explain why they are so cruel to the people they date
They aren't able to understand one of the most basic parts of human relationships.
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Are You Hungry or Empty? How To Know The Difference
Do you have food issues? The hard reality is that most people struggle with their eating habits in some way. Lets face it. We are surrounded by food options, and inundated by offers of food, often in overlarge portions, every day, everywhere we go. Societ
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How to Become a More Mindful Person | World of Psychology
We all have heard of the concept of becoming more mindful. But what does that actually mean in our everyday lives? Is it strictly tied to various forms of meditation or breathing exercises? It can be, according to the experts, but in actuality it is more
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Nine Thoughts For The Thinking Person
Think about the power of your thoughts and change your life. Change your thoughts and you change your world. —Norman Vincent Peale As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To...
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Top 5 Unhealthy Ways of Thinking (and What to Do Instead)
When people struggle with anxiety or a high state of emotion, there are common unhealthy patterns of thinking that are destructive. Black-and-white thinking. This is also called all-or-nothing thinking. For example, Alex gets into a fight with his mother-
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Dealing With Anxiety: Exploring the Patterns that Fuel the Anxious Process (by Dr Sarah Sarkis) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Anxiety is everywhere. It’s an epidemic. Understanding the patterns and processes that fuel it can be an important step in dealing with anxiety.
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10 Things You Need to Know About Codependency
Codependency is often misunderstood. It’s not just a label to slap on the spouse of every alcoholic. It encompasses a wide-range of behavior and thought patterns that cause people distress to varying degrees. I hope this article will help clear up some.
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7 Signs You Were Emotionally Neglected as a Child
Are you searching for an answer? It might be hard to believe, but the flaws in your character could actually be from childhood emotional neglect.
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5 Ways Mentally Strong People Deal with Anger
How do mentally strong people go about dealing with anger? How can you do the same?
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Bulimia - New Research Sheds Light on What Causes and Maintains the Binge/Purge Cycle - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Bulimia is a serious, complicated condition, but new research moves us closer to understanding why it happens, and what maintains the binge/purge cycle.
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What Relationship Experts Know About Dating That You Don't
Love is a battlefield—or at least it can feel like it sometimes, especially when it comes to dating. This insider information can help you better navigate it.
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Is This the Recipe for the Perfect Night’s Sleep? | The Simba Sleep Mattress - The Simba Hybrid®
They say that too many cooks spoil the broth, but together with experts Dr Rachel Edwards-Stuart and Lily Soutter we’ve developed the Dream Food recipe series.
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11 Signs Your Partner Might Have Mental Health Problems They're Ignoring & How You Can Help
If your SO has been distracted, down in the dumps, or if they've been acting differently lately, it could be a sign your partner is dealing with anxiety, depression, or some other mental health issue. While many people are fully aware they've got som…
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How music affects mood - 7 ways to get focused, calm or motivated with sound
Want to change your mood fast? Pick a tune or instrument. Music therapist Dr Stella Compton-Dickinson has a guide to how music affects mood
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The miracle of life: Stream of IVF embryo as it develops – Express Digest
Express Digest is a giant collection of the best news and interesting links on the web!
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Cut down on carbohydrate to raise chance of pregnancy | Daily Mail Online
Those trying for a baby are advised to eat only one portion of carbs a day. The British Fertility Society says the food group increasingly appears to play a role in conception and egg quality.
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Walking slower is an early sign of cognitive decline | Daily Mail Online
Walking at a slower pace in older people has been linked with dementia. People who walk slower show a shrinkage of their right hippocampus in the brain, Pittsburgh researchers have shown.
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Parkinson's May Begin In Gut Before Affecting The Brain | HuffPost
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Yoga and Meditation Can Reverse DNA Activity Which Causes Stress, Illness, Anxiety and Depression - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
The mind and the body are a power couple, and like all couples that were meant to be together, the direction of influence goes both ways. The mind can influence the body, and the body can influence the mind – and new research has found that together
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Why Narcissism and High Self-Esteem Aren't the Same Thing, According to Science
Healthy self-worth, or self-obsessed? There's a key difference you should know about, says Jessica Tracy, PhD, the author of "Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success."
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A Pale Blue Dot
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
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Looking for early signs of Alzheimer’s - Harvard Health
For a long time, memory loss was seen as the telltale sign of Alzheimer’s disease, but this is not necessarily the best way to identify the disease in its earliest stages. In fact, it is now believed that Alzheimer’s-related changes begin...
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Probiotic use linked to improved symptoms of depression
A new study is the first to show improved depression scores with a probiotic. It adds to the whole field of microbiota-gut-brain axis, providing evidence that bacteria affect behavior.
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The Cumulative Effect of Narcissistic Abuse
Bizarre. Immature. Spoiled. And “that” smirk that says, “Oh c’mon. It wasn’t that bad. Your [wife, husband, father, mother, grandparent, sibling] meant well. Their cruelty was an isolated incident. A blip on the screen. Perha
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UCLA researchers find brain differences between people with genetic risk for schizophrenia, autism
Deletions or duplications of DNA along 22nd chromosome hint at biological underpinnings of these neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Human Umbilical Cord Blood Helps Aging Mice Remember, Study Finds
Researchers found that a protein in human umbilical cord plasma improved learning and memory in older mice, but there's no indication it would work in people.
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7 Steps to Better Sleep from the Body Whisperer
Structural integration and alignment specialist Lauren Roxburgh has given us endless tricks for solving body woes from back pain, to cellulite, to stress—and now, she’s focusing on sleep.
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Is Coffee Actually Good for You?
Coffee’s had a bit of a bad rap on goop, but according to Rachael Smith, its packed with free-radical-fighting antioxidants and can improve brain function, particularly if you pair it with healthy fats to curb …
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The Importance of Managing Anxiety in Codependency Recovery (and 12 Ways to Tame Your Anxiety and Worry)
Beneath codependency there’s often anxiety When you live in a high conflict, unpredictable or chaotic situation, it’s not surprising that you’re tense, worried, and “walking on eggshells”. Understandably, many codependents suffer from anxiety...
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Are You Struggling in Your Adult Life? 4 Common Patterns
Those of us brought up in households in which our emotional needs weren’t met emerge into adulthood with significant deficits, although we may not recognize them. Even though we might have been marginalized or ignored, taught to deny our feelings, scape
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Why Do You Ruminate? And 3 Steps to Stop It
Rumination is a cry for help from your brain. Cynthia Cynthia left the party with a group of laughing people. But she nevertheless braced herself for what she knew was to come. Sure enough, soon after she crossed the threshold from her friend’s...
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How Do You Stay Motivated When You Want to Give Up? | World of Psychology
“Of course, motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.” – Zig Ziglar If you are like most people, there are days when you just aren’t feelin’ it. It might mean hiding under t
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How to survive gaslighting: when manipulation erases your reality
Ariel Leve offers strategies to stay resilient in the face of psychological abuse that distorts the truth – much like what’s coming from Trump’s administration
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Unloved in Childhood: 10 Common Effects on Your Adult Self
When a child’s emotional needs aren’t met in childhood, her development and personality are shaped in specific ways. While it’s true that everyone’s childhood experience is different—one daughter may have an emotionally absent and dismissive...
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How a ‘Dysfunctional’ Family Could Make You a Great Entrepreneur | World of Psychology
We’re living in a golden age of entrepreneurship. There’s never been a more favorable time for founders, freelancers and members of the side-hustle generation seeking to define success on their own terms. Look around and you'll find no shortage o
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Did the House Just Let People with Mental Illness Buy Guns? | World of Psychology
There's a lot of misinformation floating around with the recent gun vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to overturn a rule made late in the last administration's tenure. The final rule, announced in December 2016 by the Social Security Adm
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What Does"Mulidimensional" Healing" Mean? - The Courage 2 Create
Healing happens on a multidimensional level sometimes – so although you may not fully understand it, intense shifts in energy can occur within your energetic system that do not appear to have any external physical trigger. In those moments, it’
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5 Steps To Harness The Power Of Intention
Intention is the starting point of every dream. It is the creative power that fulfills all of our needs, whether for money, relationships, spiritual awakening, or love. Everything that happens in
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Energetic Detox: How-To Get Rid of Bad Energy
Chances are, you exchange a lot of energy throughout the day, whether through conversation or the palms of your hands. Its time to start practicing good energetic hygiene, and leaving it behind when you get …
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The delicate art of apologising (without making it worse) by psychologist HARRIET LERNER | Daily Mail Online
The two most healing words in the English language are: ‘I’m sorry’. They have the power to remove anger and hurt, to strengthen relationships and increase self-esteem.
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6 Happy Couples Share Their Marriage Advice
We asked six happy couples to share their wisdom and marriage advice.
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The Heartbreak of Global Olive Oil Fraud—and What to Do About It
Almost mystical in its life-giving qualities (packed with polyphenols and oleocanthals, it has sway over everything from Alzheimer’s to cancer)—so how sad is it that a majority of the extra virgin” olive oil in circulation …
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Babies made without mothers 'will come sooner than we think', leading scientists warn | Daily Mail Online
Late last year, a team at the University of Bath discovered that sperm and skin cells - or any other kind of non-egg cell - might be all you need for conception. Now experts say it could happen soon.
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5 Ways to Maintain Boundaries with Difficult People | World of Psychology
Maintaining healthy boundaries with difficult people can be, well, difficult. That’s because they don’t want you to have boundaries in the first place, said Julie de Azevedo Hanks, LCSW, founder and executive director of Wasatch Family Therapy, a priv
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How to Mindfully Fire Toxic Friends & Loved Ones: A Shrink’s Guide to Setting Boundaries | World of Psychology
"Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it" - unknown As a Manhattan-based psychotherapist working with a high functioning adult population, I am always surprised to encounter a repetitive theme in my office. People no
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The Four Greatest Psychological Discoveries of 2016
Yes, you have had a lot to deal with in 2016. Your job, your family, your finances, and the election, to name a few. While your attention has been focused on all of these personal and societal challenges, scientists have been working behind the scenes...
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5 Things You Need To Stop Doing–Starting Now–to Move On
Letting go and knowing when you need to are important life skills, as is the ability to maintain and set healthy boundaries. All three of these behaviors are challenging to women (and men, for that matter) who grew up in unloving households, didn’t...
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5 Toxic Behaviors No One Should Tolerate
People argue and they fight, even when they care for each other. Relationships are famously difficult and it’s little wonder that there are many of us who have trouble recognizing the line in the sand—and yes, it’s there—when normal turns into...
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The Best Climate Change Solution We’ve Heard
A refreshingly frank picture of what climate change will look like in real terms and a new idea about what we might do to slow it down (hint: actual trees are involved).
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A Happier You
The greatest goal you can set this year is to make peace with your life, no matter your circumstances. These 10 powerful insights from Eckhart Tolle will get you started.
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Five Strategies For Dealing With Toxic People
They conceal their true emotions, they say one thing while meaning something else, they forget important dates, and their sharp criticisms always seem to be covered in ornate gift wrap. There is one word (or two) for people like this: Toxic. Dealing with.
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The 5 Ways Emotional Neglect Causes Borderline Personality Disorder
Sylvia Sylvia sits with her head in her hands and tears rolling down her cheeks. “Here I am again, all alone. Why can’t I trust anyone? Why does the world hate me so much?” she cries in tearful despair. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): A lifel
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11 Signs of Borderline Personality Disorder
What is borderline personality disorder? What are the signs and symptoms of BPD? We've got answers to all of you questions about the complex mental illness.
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How to handle holidays with a narcissist - CNN.com
When you're heading out to all the holiday gatherings, you don't have to run away from your narcissistic mother, uncle or friend. Here's how to face them head on.
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Immerse Yourself in a Forest for Better Health - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Research shows that spending time among trees and in nature is good for your health.
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Therapeutic Change: It’s not in the doing. It’s in the being. (By Dr Sarah Sarkis) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
I am constantly asked by patients, and now by readers, “Ok. But now what?” The insinuation being, “yes I’ve enjoyed the insight, but what can I do?” As a species we do not embrace idle time, maybe because it really is the devil’s play thin
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Addiction, Recovery, and Loss
Unbeknownst to most, significant loss is intrinsic to addiction recovery.
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4 Ways Unloved Daughters Self-Sabotage
I am untrusting of others, even at 46. I know that I have great friends and family that love me but I expect that any day they could change their minds and leave me. My husband said in frustration the other day that he feels that he has to ‘prove his...
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Empathy: The Power to Reconcile Guilt
There is so much pain and suffering across the globe these days that it can be difficult to resist the urge to avert our eyes—particularly when we hold this suffering up in contrast to the …
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Pancreatic cancer is 'four separate diseases,' say researchers
An international research team suggests pancreatic cancer is four separate diseases, with different treatments, survival rates and underlying genetics.
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How To Avoid Getting Sick Traveling Abroad - Health Headlines
What can you do to avoid getting sick when traveling abroad? Here are the steps you need to take before you ever get on an international flight.
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Click here to support Help River get the Surgery he Needs by Shelly Baer
River came into our lives 5 years ago. He was rescued from a bleak parking lot after he was abandoned by his mother. River chose me. As soon as I picked him up he was kissing me and climbing on me trying to get as close as possible. There was no w
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Anxiety, Depression and the Surprising Role of Gut Bacteria - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Mounting evidence is pointing to a powerful connection between the gut and the human brain, with the latest research coming from neurobiologists at Oxford University. Their findings are compelling and have promise for the management and future directio
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Driven to Drink: Brain Enzyme Linked to Alcohol Dependency
Dependency on alcohol is linked to reduced production of an enzyme in the brain's frontal lobe related to impulse control. This reduced production may make alcohol harder to resist.
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F.D.A. Bans Sale of Many Antibacterial Soaps, Saying Risks Outweigh Benefits
The agency said manufacturers had failed to prove the products were safe to use over the long term or more effective than using ordinary soap and water.
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Drop The Diet Soda Can And Live Longer - Health Headlines
Is drinking diet soda shortening your life expectancy?
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4 Disorders That Resemble, But Aren’t, Depression
Why it never hurts to get a blood test before diagnosis.
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15 Kinds of Verbal Abuse
The abuser feels more powerful when he puts down his victim.
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Probiotics and Cancer Treatment: A Key Relationship
Turns out probiotics might help cancer drugs do their job better
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Click here to support Help River get the Surgery he Needs by Shelly Baer
River came into our lives 5 years ago. He was rescued from a bleak parking lot after he was abandoned by his mother. River chose me. As soon as I picked him up he was kissing me and climbing on me trying to get as close as possible. There was no w
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Chronic Pain and Anxiety - What's the Connection? - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
We've known for a while that chronic pain and anxiety have it in them to fuel each other, but until recently, little was understood about the relationship.
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Looking for a New Job? These Free Apps Can Help
There are several good options available to make the job hunt easier and quicker, including Indeed, Switch and Monster.
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12 Tips for Living a Longer Life
You don’t have to eat a dinner cooked by Dan Buettner, the author of “The Blue Zones Solution,” to incorporate his advice into your life: a life that will hopefully be longer after reading this.
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A Lonely Planet Editor Reveals the Top 8 Places to Visit Before You Die
Lonely Planet's destinations editor reveals the top 10 must-see destinations on her bucket list.
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Sorry, Everyone: Why It's Scientifically Pointless to Press Snooze
It's time to break up with your snooze button.
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The Critical Factors to Proper Lyme Disease Treatment
Over fifteen years of research and clinical experience has led to the publication of several important papers on the subject.
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Is Our Food Being Grown with Wastewater from Oil Wells?
This week, our friends at the Environmental Working Group released an important petition, asking California state water boards and Governor Jerry Brown to halt the frightening practice of watering crops for human consumption with wastewater …
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Back-to-School for Grown-ups (I.e. Learning for a Digital Age)
Back-to-school is historically about the kids, but it’s not a bad time for parents to think about their own educations, too. The options for brushing up on old skills or learning brand-new ones are cheaper …
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Here's the Best Music to Lull You to Sleep
You don’t need scientific research to tell you that listening to music can quiet your mind and help you relax. But here it is anyway.
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10 Techniques Used by Manipulators (and How to Fight Them)
Psychopaths walk among us. Here's how to resist their evilness.
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These Are the 5 Best TED Talks Ever, According to the Guy Who Runs TED
The event's boss names the talks that have taught him the most.
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Why Being Single In Your 30s Is Actually An Incredible Opportunity | The Zoe Report
Your initial reaction to the title of this article may have been some sort of combination of pity and sadness—it's not your fault, our society conditions u
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Doing These Two Simple Activities Together Can Reduce Depression by 40% in Two Months - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Research shows that a combined practice of meditation and exercise can reduce the symptoms of depression by 40%, after only eight weeks.
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Lack of Sleep Is Linked to Higher Risk of Alzheimer's
Pills to prevent cognitive decline are in the works. Here's the latest--plus, three tips for staying sharp until they're on the market.
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5 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self
The author of the memoir New Life, No Instructions sets us straight on a few truths we all need to carry with us.
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A Better Way to Break-Up: 20 Ways to Leave Your Lover
The dissolution of any romantic relationship is invariably painful: At its worst, it is devastating and harmful and leaves a lot of emotional collateral damage in its wake; at its best, its done with tenderness …
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The Mysteries of the Thyroid
When Dr. Alejandro Junger first introduced us to Anthony William more than a year ago, we were immediately taken by his readings: He can scan the body from afar, and with the help of Spirit, …
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8 Signs You Have A Strong Personality That Might Scare Some People
When people encounter someone with a strong personality, they don’t understand the kind of person they are dealing with.
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Smarter, Stronger, Better Than Yesterday - The Beliefs That Will Make the Difference (And science has proven it.) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
One of the most remarkable and oh-so-good-to-be-human findings in the last decade or so is that we can change our brain. Mindset - what we believe - is key.
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A dog brought this multimillionaire and a homeless woman together
Wealthy developer Steve Witkoff had just moved his offices to West 57th Street — Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row — when he first laid eyes on Lasharn Francis Harvey and her sand-colored dog, Sahara. …
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What I Tell Anyone Who Wants To Lose Belly Fat: A Nutritionist Explains
Feel like you're constantly doing crunches but are still plagued by a persistent muffin top? It's probably not your workout that's not working — it's your blood sugar. googletag.cmd.push(function()
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Stronger by Nature - 30 Minutes of Nature Will Strengthen Mental Health - Research - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
It's always a welcome thing when science confirms that the beautiful things can strengthen us. A new study has found the difference a dose of nature can make
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A Quick, Three-Day Summer Detox
Theres always a lot of talk about getting the perfect bikini body (whatever that means) this time of year, and while sure, looking hot in a two-piece can be a powerful motivator, the primary reason …
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The Nuances of Vitamin D—and How to Get Enough of It
Weve been interested in the role vitamin D plays in our overall health for a while—particularly as it emerges that so many of us are quite deficient, particularly in the age of sitting inside all …
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30 Clever Ways to Make Money Online
Consider selling your original Instagrams, becoming a virtual assistant or providing online tutoring.
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5 Signs You're In A Toxic Relationship
Is your relationship toxic?
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When Someone You Love has an Addiction - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
When someone you love has an addiction, the shame, guilt and powerlessness can be overwhelming. Here's how to respond with empowerment, love and strength.
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Understanding Others
What is behind the brain’s ability to empathize?
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Our Invisible Attachments: Choosing Intimacy over Sterility
Divorce rates in the U.S. are pretty staggering (50% in 2015), which is a testament to the fact that keeping the marriage fires stoked over the years is no easy feat. Perpetual respect, attraction, delight—and …
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Remarkable New Research About Stress and the Brain (And All The Reason You Need For Some Sweet Self-Loving) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
In a perfect world, stress would come with an adjustable dial. And there would be six day weekends. And coffee, beds and breakfasts would make themselves. What we lack in adjustable dials and the automated making of beautiful things, we make up for in cre
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The Roots of Mental Health—Maybe They’re Not In Our Heads
The number of people—and women in particular—who are taking antidepressants worldwide has skyrocketed in recent years. Here in the States, the count is at 30 million. One out of every four women in their forties …
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Pressure Proof
Strategies and stories for busy, complicated lives.
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Alternative Treatments for Chronic Pain
Complementary and alternative therapies can provide serious help for pain relief—sometimes even more than prescription drugs.
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New Cancer Treatments
These four recent developments are all science, no hype.
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Inner Peace? The Dalai Lama Made a Website for That
The Dalai Lama has commissioned an atlas of human emotions to further a lofty mission: turning secular audiences into more self-aware, compassionate humans.
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Read This Story Without Distraction (Can You?)
Monotasking, or single-tasking, is a 21st-century term for what your high school English teacher probably called “paying attention.”
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The Glossary of Happiness - The New Yorker
Could understanding other cultures’ concepts of joy and well-being help us reshape our own?
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Hope is Real: The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge - UCLA Magazine
UCLA scientists have launched a historic effort to tackle and treat depression.
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8 Ways to Make Meaningful Small Talk
Only the most adept social butterfly doesnt feel that twinge of anxiety before sitting down at a dinner party next to a stranger—for some, fear of filling the air with chatter can be almost paralyzing, …
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12 Worst Habits For Your Mental Health
Change these simple, everyday routines to live a happier life.
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The Tidy Life: 7 Daily Habits from the Author of Simple Matters: Remodelista
Gardenista contributor Erin Boyle has just come out with a book,
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6 Science-Based Ways to Say “I’m Sorry” Effectively
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Victim Blaming: Childhood Trauma, Mental Illness & Diagnostic Distractions? - Mad In America
The vast majority of people diagnosed with a mental illness have suffered from some form of childhood trauma.
