Sensitivity to Lying
Some people have a high tolerance for lying and falsehood. They can hang out around others who frequently share false information, deliberately or from ignorance, and it doesn’t seem to bother them. Either they don’t notice the falsehoods, or they aren’t much affected when they do notice.
I’m not one of those people. I used to be though. When I was younger I could hang around people who spewed nonsense left and right and be okay with it. That’s basically how I grew up, being taught lots of false religious ideas about how the world worked, only later to realize it was a pack of lies.
But ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - November 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Emotions Health Relationships Source Type: blogs
poem
CrescentI want to go to bed vinegarAnd wake up a fine red wine.Dawn is coming soon andLingering Venus shimmers just belowA wryly grinning crescent moon.I want to imagine all things end well.The bad become the good,Dad shows up in the end,The girl says yes,The dead degrade and rise again green.I only eat blueberries one way:Cold and crisp, a wet pop between my teeth,Hints of sour, not quite ripeness.I won't settle for anything less.xBut the laughter of the universeGets swallowed by the void of night.Inescapable black holes abound.The infinite strength of gravityAlways trumps the rollicking Transience of infinite jest.A...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 25, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
My 5-Minute Vegan Breakfast
I often get asked what I eat as a vegan, so I’ll share one of my favorite breakfasts that I’ve been enjoying lately. I’ve eaten this simple meal for most days of the month.
Previously I would typically have steel cut oatmeal for breakfast, but this month I’m doing a 30-trial of eating grain-free, legume-free, and sugar-free. So I needed to figure out a breakfast that would satisfy those criteria.
This breakfast is also:
Quick to make (a few minutes tops)Quick to eatSatisfyingDelicious
Here we go…
2 sliced peaches (110 calories):
60g grain-free granola (340 calories):
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Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - August 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Studying Yourself
You can make a lot of interesting personal growth gains by studying yourself and your own responses instead of trying to follow someone else’s behavioral prescriptions. Studying yourself is especially useful in the areas of health and productivity habits.
What actually creates good results for you? Quite often you’ll find that what works best for you in real life won’t be found in any book or seminar. You can learn ideas from others to inspire your own experimentation, but you may get the best gains by assembling your own unique collection of behaviors and practices.
When doing self-experimentation,...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Lifestyle Productivity Source Type: blogs
Food Logging
If you’d like to raise your awareness about what you’re actually eating and how it affects you, food logging is a simple and effective way to do this.
Six weeks ago I decided to start keeping a log of everything I ate in a small notebook. I also keep track of calories. I wanted to raise my awareness of what I was eating and how calorically dense each meal was.
Computing the calories is easy. I use a small kitchen scale to weigh quantities of foods, and then I just ask a nearby smart device what the calories are. Usually Google or Alexa can give the correct response to a question like, “How many calo...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - June 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
Reading science fiction can help children build critical thinking and resilience
This article was originally published by The Conversation.
Article in Context:
Changing our Minds…by Reading Fiction
8 Tips To Remember What You Read
3 ways to protect your mental health during –and after– COVID-19
Six tips to build resilience and prevent brain-damaging stress (Source: SharpBrains)
Source: SharpBrains - June 9, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning anxiety COVID-19 creativity Critical-thinking depression literature mental health pandemic reading resilience science fiction Stress Source Type: blogs
Before 7am
I love the morning magical time. It’s my favorite time of day – before dawn when most of the city is still snug in bed.
This morning I hopped out of bed at 4:45am, feeling happy to start another adventurous day. By 7am this morning, I had done the following:
Ran 5 miles / 8 kilometersDid 12,000 stepsListened to 4 hours of The Art of Possibility audiobook (100 minutes x 2.5 speed)Did 15 minutes of yoga with a little meditation at the endMade a green smoothie (1 banana, 6 mandarin oranges, spinach, celery, blueberries, maca, dehydrated barley grass juice, chia seeds, hemp seeds, water)Mopped the kitchen floor (...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Lifestyle Productivity Source Type: blogs
Are sugar substitutes too sweet to be true?
About 40% of adults use low-calorie sweeteners, and most of those people do so at least once daily. While these sugar substitutes are most commonly consumed in beverages, they’re also eaten in foods and used in place of sugar to stir into coffee or sprinkle over cereal.
The presence of such sweeteners in our foods isn’t always apparent, though phrases like “light,” “no sugar added,” “sugar-free,” or “low-calorie” mean there’s a good chance they contain a sugar substitute. People are often unsure about whether to consume these items, and for good reason.
An alphabet soup of sugar substitutes
There are ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - May 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Gelsomin, MLA, RD, LDN Tags: Diet and Weight Loss Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Living Inside While the Coronavirus Is Outside
The outbreak of coronavirus has rocked our world and caused all of us to isolate in ways we never dreamed of doing before. For some of us who have a severe mental health illness diagnosis, this isolation is more than we might have ever experienced with our most extreme symptoms. While I have to fight my tendency to self-isolate as a result of my schizoaffective diagnosis, recent days have caused me to think about my routine and how it can, not only keep me safe from the virus, but enable me to have a productive life.
While I value my routine, I have had to search for more ways to keep myself actively involved in life. Bef...
Source: World of Psychology - March 31, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jason Jepson Tags: Antipsychotic Personal Schizophrenia coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic Psychosis quarantine Schizoaffective Disorder Source Type: blogs
Collecting Memories
Instead of thinking of life as a series of goals or accomplishments, I also like to think of life as a collection of memories. I ponder what kinds of memories I’d like to add to that collection as I age.
This helps me get past overly abstract goals and focus on the experiential nature of life. Sometimes achieving a goal is a great experience, but sometimes it can be a boring slog where only the end result matters. If we pay more attention to the experiences we’re accumulating and not just the achievements we’re ticking off, we can acquire better memories and feel more enjoyment from those memories.
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Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - March 31, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
With a little planning, vegan diets can be a healthful choice
Recently there has been much discussion and many questions about vegan diets. Are vegan diets — which exclude meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, and dairy — healthful? Do they provide complete nutrition? Should I try one? Will it help me lose weight?
Many people around the world eat plant-based diets for a variety of reasons, some because meat is not readily available or affordable, others because of religious convictions or concerns about animal welfare. Health has become another reason people are moving to plant-based diets. And research supports the idea that plant-based diets, including vegan diets, provide health benef...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Menopause and insomnia: Could a low-GI diet help?
Sleep disturbances such as insomnia are extremely common, especially in women after menopause. According to data from the National Institutes of Health, sleep disturbance varies from 16% to 42% before menopause, from 39% to 47% during perimenopause, and from 35% to 60% after menopause.
Insomnia is a serious medical problem defined by frequent difficulty falling or staying asleep that impacts a person’s life in a negative way. Hormone changes around menopause can lead to sleep problems for many reasons, including changing sleep requirements, increased irritability, and hot flashes.
What menopausal women eat could have an ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Fatigue Food as medicine Healthy Eating Menopause Nutrition Sleep Source Type: blogs
How I Battle Stress Over The Holidays
You're reading How I Battle Stress Over The Holidays, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
It’s that time of year again! Mostly holiday cheer…but for me that can also mean quite a lot of stress. Wrapping up all of my end-of-year to-dos, spending more money than I probably should and being pulled in a a million holiday party directions. It can be fun, but it can also be a lot. Factor in the stress of seeing family, for some, this can be added stress, anxiety and a flood of emotions.
Earlier this ye...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: Erin's Things featured psychology self improvement cbd christmas holidays stress Source Type: blogs
7 Tips on How to Train Your Brain and Improve Your Memory
You're reading 7 Tips on How to Train Your Brain and Improve Your Memory, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Our memory is the part of the brain where we encode, store
and retrieve information. There are two types: our short term (or working
memory) and long-term memory. Short-term memory is how we remember things
temporarily, and it is thought that we can hold around seven items here at any one
time. When we no longer need this information however, it leaves us – unless it
makes it to our long-term memory...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anne Willis Tags: career featured success memory wellbeing Source Type: blogs
Fabulous Fats in Your Holiday Feast
Happy Thanksgiving!
During this time of year, family and friends gather to enjoy rich foods and good company. Even if you typically follow a healthy diet, it can be hard to make wholesome food choices during occasions like these.
Our previous post, Five Fabulous Fats, highlighted essential fats made in our bodies. Here we discuss five important fats our bodies can’t make on their own, the foods that contain them, and why you should include a healthy dose of each in your diet.
Geranial
Credit: iStock.
Geranial, a fat some people may not know about, is present in the oils of several citrus plants such a...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 26, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Cellular Processes Source Type: blogs
