Mind

by JULIE BERNIER                   Poor white rice has a bad rap in the US.  So much of the world depends on it as a core part of their diet, but somehow it’s been rumored as unhealthy with a stigma of little nutritional value and a cause of

by Vidya McNeill Life is not just a privilege – each person also contains the seeds for actualizing their potential. Considered to be the pinnacle of biological evolution, we human beings have the capacity for “self-awareness” – to be conscious of a self that “I” call “Me.” The Self is the most unique feature of

By Brake Baer I started practicing mindfulness meditation five years ago, when I was an English teacher living in Seoul, South Korea. I\’d sit cross-legged and try to concentrate on my breath like the books told me to. Then something frustrating would happen: Rather than resting in tranquility, I\’d be thinking — about lunch, about

By Wellness FX Sleep loves consistency. Having a set bedtime and waking time is one of the quickest tickets to a better night’s sleep. But if your schedule is erratic, you can try to create some regularity with a simple pre-sleep routine. The more you relax all of your senses, the more you’ll convince your

This is one of the most efficient petrol engines ever constructed. The V6-FSI by Audi has gone into the new A5 generation of cars: it produces 199kW at 6500 rpm and torque of 330 Nm occurs around 4000rpm. Part of the reason that it is so efficient – and part of what makes us human

Crafting a mission statement depends less on what you want than on what you know by Alex Lickerman, M.D. In my book The Undefeated Mind I make the argument that articulating to ourselves and living by a personal mission statement describing the broadest type of value, or contribution, we want to make to the world will increase

by Phil Stutz, a practicing psychiatrist, and Barry Michels, a practicing psychotherapist  THE REAL REASON WE PROCRASTINATE The list of things we can procrastinate about is endless, but the list of reasons for why we procrastinate is not. We avoid every task for the same reason: Taking action will cause us a certain amount of pain. To understand