How to Break Up with Your Bad Habits
By using mindfulness to understand and manage your cravings, you can gradually break free from unwanted habits and regain control over your actions.
To Change Your Behavior Now, Imagine Your Future Self
Your identity drives your behavior, which over time creates your personality. So start acting like the best version of yourself, and you will become that person.
How to Boost Mental Health Through Better Nutrition
As research progresses, we're uncovering more about how what we eat impacts our minds. The latest findings affirm that our diet plays a crucial role in our psychological well-being.
Children who spend lots of time in nature see greater overall development
Exposure to green spaces from a young age is crucial for children's social, emotional, and mental growth.
Practicing mindfulness can help people make heart-healthy eating choices
A recent study highlights the heart-healthy benefits of practicing mindfulness while eating. By enhancing self-awareness, mindfulness encourages adherence to a heart-healthy diet, ultimately promoting better heart health.
Exercise really can help you sleep better at night
Regular exercise offers a simple solution to improve your sleep quality. Even a single workout can make a difference.
The science of motivation: how to get and stay motivated
While we often seek quick fixes like inspirational books or videos, true motivation returns when we begin taking action and gain momentum. This article gives tips on staying motivated.
Teens Who Practice ‘Transcendent Thinking’ Have Stronger Brains, More Happiness
Engaging in transcendent thinking can benefit teens in surprising ways. Research reveals that this type of thinking not only shapes their brain development but also influences their sense of self and overall happiness later on.
How Mindfulness Builds Belonging
Mindfulness isn't solely about personal improvement; it's about recognizing ourselves in others and being part of something greater.
Just one conversation with a friend each day boosts well-being
Quality conversations with friends hold tremendous benefits. Taking time for these interactions daily not only satisfies our need to belong but also aids in stress management.
Nature sounds can decrease pain, lower stress, and improve your mental health
Here’s one more reason to spend more time outdoors. The sounds of nature can decrease pain, lower stress, improve mood and enhance cognitive performance, according to a new study.
A moment of reflection each morning can make you a better leader
A moment of reflection each morning can make you a better leader — even if you’re not the boss yet.
Can you change your personality? Scientists say 'maybe'
A review of recent research in personality science points to the possibility that personality traits can change through persistent intervention and major life events.
Deep Sleep ‘Rewires’ The Brain To Eliminate Anxiety
A new study finds the best way to promote a natural, neural “reset” and relieve anxiety is to fall into a deep sleep.
Forever young: Meditation might slow the age-related loss of gray matter in the brain
Building on their earlier work that suggested people who meditate have less age-related atrophy in the brain's white matter, a new study found that meditation appeared to help preserve the brain's gray matter, the tissue that contains neurons.
Happiness comes from family, community, nature — not money, study shows
You don’t have to earn six figures and beyond to be happier, according to a new study. People in communities where there is little cash are as contented as those from rich societies.
Screen-based media associated with structural differences in brains of young children
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, shows that children who have more screen time have lower structural integrity of white matter tracts in parts of the brain that support language and other emergent literacy skills.
Sleep keeps teens on track for good mental health
As families settle back into a new school year, sleep experts are reminding parents about the importance of teenagers getting enough sleep, cautioning them that insufficient sleep can negatively affect their mental health.
Hypnotic suggestions can make a complex task easy by helping vision fill in the blanks
New research demonstrates that hypnosis -- the process of focusing a person's attention on a specific task or sensation -- can turn a normally difficult visual task into a far easier one by helping individuals mentally 'fill in the gaps' of missing visual cues.
How to Make a Good "Big" Decision
New research reveals how to make a good big life decision.