From the category archives:
“A person who has not passed through the inferno of their passions has never overcome them.” C.G. Jung (Blogger author’s note: Heart conditions are good training for the inferno.) One of the more difficult aspects of having a heart condition is the anxiety that goes with it — while many diseases and medical problems are [...]
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A previous post suggested that IPhone users (3% of the population) are daydreaming 47% of the time, and that they were happiest when they were living in the present. (Duh, give up the IPhone.) Now, with modern technology, one can go a step further now, and get a scarf that vibrates when you are not [...]
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This article suggests an interesting variable in the research about depression, happiness and heart disease — that it is the expression of the happiness, and not just an internal feeling of happiness, that it is the critical variable. It makes me wonder whether this also applies to depression — if one actually expresses the depression [...]
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One always has to be skeptical of research. This research suggests that people’s minds are wandering 47% of the time. (It also may be more characteristics of people who carry Iphones, who I suspect actually like multi-tasking) It continues to suggest how important the mind is in one’s feeling of well-being; learning how to focus [...]
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I confess, I don’t like being told what to do. If someone says to me, “Smile”, it is about the last thing I want to do. These people are not accepting my dark side and think I should be different than I am. (My dark side, in fact, would like to take the smile off [...]
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Several years ago, I was listening to a tape about Naikan Therapy; one exercise it suggested was spending the day being grateful for everything that was part of one’s day — “thank you toothbrush, thank you tires, thank you computer, thank you air, etc… It was a peak experience, with even an all too brief [...]
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