For many, it feels more natural to be compassionate toward friends and family than toward ourselves. When one is bent on doing good, she proceeds from a preconceived notion of what good looks like, and superimposes that picture over the situation at hand - usually at the expense of what is …

She laughs about dying when the time comes and has a big desire for one more trip in two years. It has now been a year since the split and he is 24 today. Be wary of this potential impact because this is usually a dead giveaway. Getting the results …

It's in how they behave in traffic jams, what they think of Christmas and their reaction to a bee. Do you believe that successfully reaching your goals will make you less lovable? If I try to do something important when I'm anxious, it's very likely that I'll underperform, and the …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is apt to occur within just two days of breathing 100% oxygen, with death not long after. When you learn to understand and tap into creativity, you give yourself a path to peace, and you can provide the same for others as well. Efforts to incentivize …

If you feel a certain way it's because on some level you're choosing it. As non-violent, non-aggressive people, empaths thrive in peaceful and harmonious environments. If we hold a positive thought and feeling, we attract to us positive situations, people, and objects that match that thought and feeling. It becomes …

If we practice death daily, we can put into motion all that we've practiced when the time comes. If we don't work hard to replace them, we'll risk a relapse whenever we compare upwards. That morning, before his attack, Luther told his friends that he wrestled with a grave spiritual …

A portion of the second interview may indicate how certain standards and values came to be introjected and the effect these had upon her behavior. That is why getting it out sometimes is so important but so is doing it in the proper way. A great example of an empowered …

Follows up with a rant at his husband about not cleaning up after the kids. The grief before the peace is extremely important because it is an authentic expression of your feelings as you build a new foundation, a stronger one. Their numbers along the coast of North America's Pacific …

But Steve didn't look nervous to me, nor I to him, and it would have been very awkward to send her away, plus we were using a service in a fairly upscale hotel, and surely they had some standards. Space limitations do not allow us to include all of the …

It says a lot more about them than it does about you. It simply means you know situations will come up in life that are painful and are prepared for them. Microsoft Windows running on Apple's Macs is an example. Those in the field of addictions appreciate that both risk …

Armed with sound assumptions, you'll make better decisions and achieve superior results. But he was restless, and could not stay too long in one place. We can start by outlining some academic studies that claim that autism was an important feature in human evolution. AS YOU NEAR THE LAST BREATH …

A successful politician is skilled in the art of give-and-take, but much too frequently basic ethical values are given away in return for influence or dollars poured into campaign coffers. If people stop coming into work suddenly, that's often an early sign that something is wrong. It was from my …

When you watch it again, it's incredible, because the whole move is perfect, like something you try in training and you know you can never reproduce. Dampened reactions can devolve into chronic depression, while alertness can escalate into chronic anxiety and hypervigilance. I get shaky or light-headed in the middle …

On the one hand, in a capricious world where illness and misfortune can strike at any time, we all need each other. Concerning Internet addiction, computer systems designed to track where someone surfs and how long they spend there can be implemented to provide a reliable and objective account of …

These requests tell you that she knows that she is dying. Along with the protons of the solar wind, the Sun also emits huge numbers of neutrinos. Because DHEA levels peak in early adulthood, supplementing with it theoretically can address some common complaints associated with aging. Well, you know what …

Jacob is having trouble solving the mathematical problem in class today. Some of the suggestions will resonate, others won't, and that's fine. He didn't act like he owed people extensive explanations about his choice, but he also didn't mind talking about it, and he didn't make inquirers feel stupid or …

You will see the subtlety of impermanence and the subtlety of selflessness. She exalted and wrapped her arms around me in a big hug. Anger is the subconscious mind's protection against that fear. Although he did in fact lift the hood and rattle around under it, I suspect his intent …

When we use it, we can gain quite an understanding of the workings of the ego, the struggle to let it go, and what happens when we do. The power of lifestyle medicine is best revealed where lifestyle is working as medicine throughout the expanse of culture, rather than delivered …