Are You Chasing Fads or Solving a Real Problem?
We are all impressionable to fads. Remember fidget spinners? Just a few years ago, these toys became a craze practically overnight. Forbes once called them "the must-have office toys for 2017", and at one point they were so popular that giant corporations like Toys R Us had to airfreight tens of thousands of them to their various locations just to barely meet consumer demand. But it didn't take long for the novelty to lose its edge.
Fidget spinners once accounted for 17 percent of online toy sales, but there's no longer a place for them in the market. The target demographic that once begged to own a fidget spinner have ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carl Pradelli Tags: featured internet culture philosophy self-improvement success business fads pickthebrain trends Source Type: blogs
How to Tell if It ’ s Time to Cut Your Losses: 6 Signs
Should I stay or should I go? When we choose one path, we’re forced to surrender the other and either contend with loss and other repercussions of leaving, or forfeit a new opportunity and what might have been. Making a good choice involves predicting how the future will play out. To do this in an informed way requires knowing ourselves and having the perspective to realistically reflect on our current context, our future self and what matters most to us.
To complicate matters, decision making is often skewed by personality dynamics and psychological issues that unconsciously limit choice and bias people towards staying ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 12, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lynn Margolies, PhD Tags: Perfectionism Relationships Self-Help Success & Achievement Disapproval Failure Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: God, the compassionate, the merciful?
Leviticus 26 is a structural underpinning of the Tanakh, and for better or for worse, of Zionism. Before I say anything about that, it is also the most succinct and clear description of the character of Yahweh. He is not benevolent, or merciful. He doesn ' t love humanity or even his chosen people. He demands to be worshiped and obeyed. That is all he cares about. While he has disgorged a torrent of commandments so far, the most often repeated, and reiterated here again for the greatest emphasis, are that he be the exclusive object of worship and that he be worshiped according to the rituals he specifies -- keeping the sab...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 8, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Studying “ Resting B**ch Face ”
What is resting b**ch face? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Gabe and Lisa discuss the resting b**ch face concept and why it’s even a thing. Lisa shares how she’s been accused of it and how she’s even been prodded by men to smile more.
What do you think? Is resting b**ch face an unconscious bias against women to always look pretty for men? Or is how you are perceived by others just a regular part of life? Join us for a nuanced discussion on the psychology of resting b**ch face.
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Source: World of Psychology - June 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Not Crazy Podcast Women's Issues Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 29th 2020
In conclusion, metabolomics is a promising approach for the assessment of biological age and appears complementary to established epigenetic clocks.
Sedentary Behavior Raises the Risk of Cancer Mortality
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/06/sedentary-behavior-raises-the-risk-of-cancer-mortality/
Living a sedentary lifestyle is known to be harmful to long term health, raising the risk of age-related disease and mortality. Researchers here show that a sedentary life specifically increases cancer mortality, and does so independently of other factors. This is one of many, many reasons to maintain a r...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 28, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Podcast: The Trauma of Racism- An Open Dialogue
As the world watched in horror the brutal murder of George Floyd by a police officer, many people are searching for answers. In today’s Psych Central Podcast, Gabe and Okpara Rice, MSW, tackle all of the tough subjects: white privilege, systemic racism, disparities in education and the concept behind Black Lives Matter.
Why does racism still exist in America and what can be done? Tune in for an informative discussion on race that leaves no stone unturned. This podcast was originally a live recording on Facebook.
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Source: World of Psychology - June 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Interview Podcast Policy and Advocacy Racism The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Lower Socioeconomic Status Correlates with Faster Age-Related Decline
This study demonstrates that lower SES (defined by wealth) is related to accelerated decline over 6 to 8 years in 16 outcomes from physical, sensory, physiological, cognitive, emotional, and social domains, independently of diagnosed health conditions, self-rated health, education, and other factors. It provides evidence for the pervasive role of social circumstances on core aging processes and suggests that less affluent sectors of society age more rapidly than more privileged groups.
Aging involves decline in a range of functional abilities and phenotypes, many of which are also associated with socioeconomic statu...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 24, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Please Begone From My Reality, Foul Trump Supporters
I just want to be very clear about something. I don’t tolerate the presence of Trump supporters spouting their nonsense in my personal space, which includes my email inbox, social media, and personal friendship circles.
On social media I unapologetically unfriend, block, and banish Trump supporters on sight (or smell). If I happen to have missed anyone, please let me know, and I shall remedy that promptly.
I also enjoy it each time, much like people derive pleasure from popping bubble wrap. If you identify as a Trump supporter and would prefer to self-pop, that’s fine too. I’d genuinely prefer it if...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - June 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Values Source Type: blogs
Rebutting the IACP ’s Spurious Defense of Qualified Immunity
In conclusion, the IACP ’s defense of qualified immunity is, at best, misleading, counter‐productive, and short‐sighted, and at worst, full of outright misrepresentations. Nevertheless, I can’t help but pity whatever poor soul was charged with the task of actually writing that statement — it’s hard to de fend the indefensible. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 11, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Jay Schweikert Source Type: blogs
Are you stressing your kids out?
By Jennifer Keitt & Naomi Keitt
Authors #StrongKids
Stress has become a constant companion in many of our lives over the past few months. Will there be enough food at the grocery store? How long will we have to stay indoors? Will I be able to get my work done with my kids at home?
Unbeknownst to most of us, our kids are picking up on our emotional temperature. If we’re cool, calm and collected, they will benefit. But if we’re hot, bothered and frustrated, they will definitely pick up on that as well. The panic, confusion, anger, or disappointment that you may be feeling during the Coronavirus p...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: family featured happiness self-improvement covid_19 parents pickthebrain stress Source Type: blogs
6 Ways To Live A More Positive Life
Conclusion
There are many ways to make your life more positive. However, knowledge alone is not power. True power is the ability to implement what you’ve learned. Are you ready to make a change in your life?
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Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lorenzo Tags: featured happiness philosophy productivity tips negativity positive thinking positivity Source Type: blogs
My Strengths (According to Reader Feedback)
Earlier this week I invited my blog readers and customers to share what they considered to be my strengths, and now I’ll share the results with you.
First, I appreciate the feedback. There were many different answers and perspectives, so I looked for patterns to condense the key ideas into a meaningful list.
The subheadings show the main groupings that I was able to identify. In some cases this was a little tricky while in others it was easy to identify clusters because the words and phrases people used were often very similar.
The bullet lists include some short direct quotes from people’s emails, som...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Productivity Values Source Type: blogs
Primary Care Practices Need Help to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ken Terry
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By PAUL GRUNDY, MD and KEN TERRY
Date: June 20, 2022.
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has reported its biggest number of visitors in more than 2 ½ years. There’s a string of new Broadway musicals that are well-attended every night. It’s safe to shop in malls, eat out in restaurants and go to movie theaters again.
Of course, this has all been made possible by an effective vaccine against COVID-19 that was widely administered in the fall of 2021. Vaccinated citizens of the world are now confident that it’s safe to go out in public, albeit with appropriate precaut...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medical Practice Primary Care Ken Terry Paul Grundy Source Type: blogs
Tech Giants in Healthcare: New E-Book with a COVID-19 Special Edition
Considering that the healthcare industry is expected to exceed $11 trillion by 2022, it might not come as a surprise that big tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook or even Uber want a share of this cake. Even if their business is flourishing elsewhere, these companies stand more to gain than green bills. More importantly, investing in healthcare is an adequate way to build user trust. Our latest e-book analyzing those endeavours and more is available here.
Tech Giants in Healthcare
This comprehensive guide, Tech...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 28, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine Security & Privacy AI amazon apple artificial intelligence genetics genomics google Health Healthcare IBM ibm watson research smartphone technology microsoft market Source Type: blogs
How Will COVID-19 Change the Health Care Balance of Power?
By KEN TERRY
In any economic disaster, the largest, best-financed organizations have a natural advantage over smaller, cash-strapped organizations. The bigger entities have a greater ability to withstand economic downturns, while the small ones can quickly go out of business because they lack the financial reserves needed to tide them over.
In the roughly 2 ½ months since the COVID-19 pandemic began sinking its hooks into America, the pertinence of this business axiom has been amply illustrated. Small companies across the country are desperate to reopen so they can survive, while many large corporations are seeing t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Ken Terry Source Type: blogs
