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As the world grays, it’s time to ensure seniors’ tech literacy

As the world grays, it’s time to ensure seniors’ tech literacy

To be digitally left behind is the new loneliness. Most of us use mobile communications technology for banking, shopping and social contact. But more and more, seniors struggle....

Why it's time to stop pursuing happiness

Why it's time to stop pursuing happiness

Like many teenagers, I was once plagued with angst and dissatisfaction – feelings that my parents often met with bemusement rather than sympathy. They were already in their 50s,...

What is the Best Mindfulness Practice for Your Myers-Briggs Personality? - Mindful

What is the Best Mindfulness Practice for Your Myers-Briggs Personality? - Mindful

How to use your personality traits to help you find a mindfulness practice that works for you. I’m an MBTI junky—which means I see the world through the mental lens of the...

Neuroimaging study provides new details on the link between stress reduction and green urban landscapes

Neuroimaging study provides new details on the link between stress reduction and green urban landscapes

Viewing green space in urban landscapes elicits substantial activity in key areas of the brain related to attention and stress regulation, according to new research published in...

Your Guide to Natural Plant-Based Treatments For Fall Allergies

Your Guide to Natural Plant-Based Treatments For Fall Allergies

Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! You may think that allergies are for seasons in which...

Study Finds People Who Played Video Games For Longer Had Greater Wellbeing (But Direction Of Causality Isn’t Yet Clear)

Study Finds People Who Played Video Games For Longer Had Greater Wellbeing (But Direction Of Causality Isn’t Yet Clear)

Photo: A user playsAnimal Crossing, one of the games studied in the new research. William West/AFP via Getty Images Video games get blamed for a lot. There are long-standing...

How Mindfulness Transformed My Life

How Mindfulness Transformed My Life

A little over 4 years ago, I decided to take one of the biggest decisions of my life. I quit my job in London working in Finance for one of the world’s largest energy companies...

Healthcare Worker Well-Being and Resilience Summit: Three Big Ideas

Healthcare Worker Well-Being and Resilience Summit: Three Big Ideas

Last week, nearly 400 healthcare professionals participated in a national summit on healthcare worker well-being and resilience. Research indicates that nearly half of...

Kindness isn’t a weakness – so why is it often seen as one?

Kindness isn’t a weakness – so why is it often seen as one?

If there’s one thing the world could do with more of in 2020, it’s kindness. After all the division, upset and anxiety that has dominated the last seven months, even the...

Everyday activities enhance personal well-being

Everyday activities enhance personal well-being

Physical activity makes happy and is important to maintain psychic health. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Central Institute of Mental Health...

5 gratitude exercises to stop you spiralling into despair

5 gratitude exercises to stop you spiralling into despair

At times like these, we have to be careful about how we focus our attention.   The news streams about our global situation are relentless. We might easily find our attention...

Psychoanalysis for physician wellness

Psychoanalysis for physician wellness

“Physician burnout” and “physician wellness” are now ubiquitous terms in the health care profession. For example, the ACGME’s common program requirements for residency now have...