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Is It Good or Bad? And Are We Qualified to Judge?

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

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Judgment plays a big part in our lives, so much that we are not even aware most of the time that we are judging. If you didn't think that something was bad, it wouldn't upset you. If you didn't think that something was good, you wouldn't feel any loss when it was absent...

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You May Not Be Addicted To Your Digital Device, But You May Have A Habit

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Written by: Ian A. Anderson and Wendy Wood

You May Not Be Addicted To Your Digital Device, But You May Have A Habit

Imagine that you’re a typical middle school student having dinner with your family. Your mother takes your smartphone away and puts it in a lock-box that won’t open for an hour.

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How Moon Cycles Affect Your Sleep and Behavior

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Written by: James Urton

How The Full Moon Affects Your Sleep And Behavior

In the new paper, researchers report that sleep cycles in people oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle: In the days leading up to a full moon, people go to sleep later in the evening and sleep for shorter periods of time.

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ADHD as a State of Mind, Not A Disorder

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Written by: Thom Hartmann

ADHD as a State of Mind, Not A Disorder

If you are an adult who has experienced chronic issues with restlessness, impatience, poor listening skills, or a difficulty doing “boring” jobs like balancing a checkbook, you already know what it feels like to experience some of the challenges associated with ADHD.

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Choosing Hope by Stepping Away from Apathy and Indifference

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Written by: David Krieger and Daisaku Ikeda

Choosing Hope By Stepping Away from Apathy & Indifference

We all have a choice. We can submit to apathy and indifference or we can choose hope. This dialogue is about choosing hope and recognizing that we each have a responsibility to make a difference in the world.

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Struggling with the Uncertainty of Life? How Kierkegaard's Philosophy Can Help

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Written by: Patrick Stokes

Struggling with the Uncertainty of Life Under Coronavirus? How Kierkegaard's Philosophy Can Help

COVID-19 is pushing us all in ways we’ve never been pushed, and making us do thing we’ve never done. It’s also stressing us in very peculiar ways. Perhaps one of the most tiring things is the all encompassing lack of certainty.

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Taking Sides? Nature Does Not Pick Sides! It Treats Everyone Equally

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

Taking Sides? Nature Does Not Pick Sides! It Treats Everyone Equally

Nature does not pick sides: it simply gives every plant a fair chance to life. The sun shines on everyone regardless of their size, race, language, or opinions. Can we not do the same? Forget our old quarrels, our old grievances, our old prejudices, and start looking at everyone on earth as another person just like us...

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Everything We Do Is A Choice: Being Aware of Our Choices

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

Everything We Do Is A Choice: Being Aware of Our Choices

The other day I was giving myself a "good talking to"… telling myself I really need to exercise regularly, eat better, take better care of myself… You get the picture. It was one of those days when I was determined to do better and was giving myself what was supposed to be a "pep talk"...

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Worried You Can't Keep Your New Year's Resolutions? Try Being Kind To Yourself

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Written by: Kristin Neff

Worried You Can't Keep Your New Year's Resolutions? Try Being Kind To Yourself

Why is it so hard to stick to resolutions that require us to make effective or lasting changes? I would argue the problem isn’t that we try and we fail –– the problem is how we treat ourselves when we fail.

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6 Helpful Tips based on the Psychology of New Year’s Resolutions

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Written by: Mark Griffiths

The Psychology Of New Year’s Resolutions

Research has shown that about half of all adults make New Year’s resolutions. However, fewer than 10% manage to keep them for more than a few months.

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How Guilt Is Not A Wasted Emotion, But A Wonderful Teacher

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Written by: Bruce D. Schneider, Ph.D.

How Guilt Is Not A Wasted Emotion, But A Wonderful Teacher

I remember once believing that guilt was a wasted emotion. Like all emotions, there is a place for guilt. A centered spiritual being, one who has moved past limiting beliefs, will feel guilty doing something that goes against who she is or wants to be.

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Don’t Spread This Holiday Suicide Myth

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Written by: Michael Rozansky

Don’t Spread This Holiday Suicide Myth

The holiday season usually has the lowest monthly suicide rates, but a new analysis shows that in the 2019-2020 holiday season, about half of the newspaper stories that connected the holidays and suicide contained misinformation falsely perpetuating the myth.

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Attitudes Transformed: Reversing Our Attitudes Towards Ourselves and Others

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Written by: Geshe Sonam Rinchen

Attitudes Transformed

Without reversing our present attitudes towards ourselves and others, we cannot attain enlightenment. We might think, "Well, so what?" But at the same time we don't want to remain in our present condition, experiencing unhappiness and suffering. By considering all these points carefully, we will realize that making this switch in our attitudes is possible.

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How Online Stores Trick You Into Impulse Buying

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Written by: Laurel Thomas

How Online Stores Trick You Into Impulse Buying

A new study analyzes the tricks of the trade that may contribute to impulse buying.

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Social Values Held With Moral Conviction Can Be Used To Justify Violence

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Written by: Max Witynski

Social Values Held With Moral Conviction Can Be Used To Justify Violence

Psychologists have often studied the “bright side” of morality—its role in promoting cooperation, for example. But the new research highlights morality’s “dark side.”

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Kids Will Sacrifice To Teach Wrongdoers A Lesson

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Written by: Bill Hathaway

Kids Will Sacrifice To Teach Wrongdoers A Lesson

Many children are willing to make personal sacrifices to punish wrongdoers—and even more so if they believe punishment will teach the transgressor a lesson, according to a new study.

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How Social Isolation Impacts Your Brain

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Written by: Sophia La Banca

How Social Isolation Impacts Your Brain

Currently, we are facing one of the worst pandemics in human history. Since our means to fight the virus are still limited, social distancing has been the best way to contain the crisis.

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Airlines Tout Covid-19 Safety Measures. Is Flying Actually Safe?

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Written by: Victoria Knight,

Airlines Tout Covid-19 Safety Measures. Is Flying Actually Safe?

While airlines promote holiday deals and encourage travel, a nationwide Covid-19 surge makes getting on a plane risky.

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Why I Should Ignore COVID-19 and Why I Won't

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Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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My wife Marie and I are a mixed couple. She's Canadian and I am an American. For the past 15 years we have spent our winters in Florida and our summers in Nova Scotia.

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Stop Repressing Your Emotions: Get Those Emotions in Motion

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

Stop Repressing Your Emotions: Get Those Emotions in Motion

Many of us have been holding back and storing unfelt emotions. What's the purpose? Unfortunately, the reason behind suppressed emotions is self-defeating. Holding back from "feeling your feelings" is usually how we try to protect ourselves from being hurt. However...

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These 3 Things Drive Our Social Media Non-Click Decisions

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Written by: Laurel Thomas

These 3 Things Drive Our Social Media Non-Click Decisions

A new study explores why people make a “non-click” choice, a decision to not respond to some social media posts, even when they spend time as “lurkers” of the content.

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