It is an unconscious and automatic response to perceived danger, whether or not it makes sense to others. Source: Why Some People Are More Defensive Than Others + How To Deal With It – mindbodygreen
How Exercise Could Affect Your Self Control
If you’ve ever given into a not-so-wise shoe purchase while on a spending fast or taken a bite out of a delicious baguette while trying to test your gluten sensitivity, you’ve probably wondered if there’s a magic pill for increasing self-control. The answer is no, but research indicates that exercise could help. Go to the Source: How Exercise Could Affect Your Self Control – mindbodygreen
Is Someone Gaslighting You?
In the final scenes of, The Girl on the Train, we find out Rachel (played by Emily Blunt) isn’t the pathetic, raging drunk she was initially depicted as. It’s revealed that her alcoholism is a direct result of her husband, Tom’s (played by Justin Theroux) manipulation both during and after their marriage. He repeatedly pressured her to drink excessively and then planted false memories the next day. Tom was gaslighting Rachel. Source: Is Someone Gaslighting You? – Positively Positive!! Positively Positive!!
The HUGE Mistake We Make When It Comes To LOVE!
One of the biggest mistakes that I see us make when it comes to relationships is loving other people the way we want and need to be loved, rather than loving them in the way they want and need to be loved. And I don’t just mean romantic relationships; this mistake applies to all our relationships from family to friends to colleagues. Source: The HUGE Mistake We Make When It Comes To LOVE! – Positively Positive!! Positively Positive!!
Forest bathing
Forest bathing is the practice of taking a short, leisurely visit to a forest for health benefits. The practice originated in Japan where it is called shinrin-yoku (森林浴) in Japanese (it is also called sēnlínyù (森林浴) in Mandarin and sanlimyok (산림욕) in Korean). Shinrin Yoku Samurai Spain 侍
Studies in Japan have measured changes in immune markers and stress hormones in people who regularly walked in specific forests in Japan. In addition, people with diabetes but not taking insulin found substantial benefits by lowering blood glucose levels. Source: Forest bathing – Wikipedia
h/t my good buddy Steve Corken…
Forest Therapy: A Walk In The Wood Is The Perfect Prescription
This modern take on an ancient practice got its start in Japan in 1982, when the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries began promoting walks in the woods as a tonic for mind and body. About a decade ago, they also began funding research into the health effects of “forest therapy,” and the practice has been catching on all over Asia, as well as North America and Europe. Source: Forest Therapy: A Walk In The Wood Is The Perfect Prescription
Forest bathing: why the healing power of a walk in the woods will change your life
Getting outdoors is the healthiest thing you can do this weekend. Source: Forest bathing: why the healing power of a walk in the woods will change your life – Vogue Australia
Impostor’s Syndrome and the Afflictions of the Accomplished
Neil Gaiman from his University of the Arts commencement speech: “The first problem of any kind of even limited success is the unshakable conviction that you are getting away with something and that any moment now they will discover you. It’s Impostor Syndrome, something my wife Amanda christened the Fraud Police.” Source: Impostor’s Syndrome and the Afflictions of the Accomplished | Psychology Today
Hike the Appalachian trail in just six minutes
Hiking the Appalachian trail is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding things a human can do. But let’s face it. Who among us will hike over two thousand miles? Nuts to that. Let’s just watch it.
Source: Hike the Appalachian trail in just six minutes – Holy Kaw!
What to Say and Do When Your Wife or Partner Has a Miscarriage
The high of learning your wife is pregnant, especially for the first time, could never reach the depths of the despair that tears you apart when you learn she will miscarry. But that is just the beginning.
We had 3 miscarriages in 18 months. We also had 4 more boys after that. I wish I would have had the wisdom of this article then. Source: What to Say and Do When Your Wife or Partner Has a Miscarriage
When Music Makes You Cry
According to a new study, whether music does or does not make you feel like crying reveals something about your fundamental personality, and the particular shade of emotion gripping you as you feel choked up is different for different personality types. Source: When Music Makes You Cry | Psychology Today
6 Ways Highly Emotionally Intelligent People Deal With Anger #recommendedread
Research shows that a hostile communication style will drive people away: Whether you’re aggressive or passive-aggressive, people will react negatively to you. They will feel uncomfortable, they won’t understand what is going on, and they’ll want to get away from you. Source: 6 Ways Highly Emotionally Intelligent People Deal With Anger | Psychology Today
This 3-card monte game will blow your mind
Get ready to have your mind blown. This guy could be a magician. His three card monte is so skillful that you’ll never be able to keep up.
Source: This 3-card monte game will blow your mind – Holy Kaw!
What Japanese kitchens are like
One of the best ways to get an idea of what life in another country is like is to take a tour of their homes. This tour of Japanese kitchens is informative and, way more importantly, hilarious. Source: What Japanese kitchens are like – Holy Kaw!
Dentist hilariously inserts himself into Star Wars for ad
Some small business ads are really stupid. JS Abernathy Dental’s advertisement, however, is pretty amazing. He inserted himself into Star Wars for a surprisingly funny ad.
Source: Dentist hilariously inserts himself into Star Wars for ad – Holy Kaw!
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