How To Become Superhuman Through Meditation Orthorexia: An Unhealthy Obsession With Healthy Eating At the beginning, the goal seems innocent, smart even: a vow to eat more whole grains, or more fruits and vegetables. But healthy eating can turn rigid and confining, wiping out whole categories of food one by one—first anything with additives, perhaps, then maybe nonorganic produce, and then another and another. It can become decidedly unhealthy. The focus on quality and purity can deteriorate into orthorexia, a term coined in 1996 by physician Steven Bratman to describe a "fixation on righteous eating." Like anorexia and bulimia, it can wreak serious damage on the health of someone trapped in the obsession. "Orthorexia boils down to someone who is very, very concerned with eating what they consider the perfect diet," says Joy Jacobs, a clinical psychologist with the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine. Orthorexia is not a formally recognized psychiatric diagnosis or eating disorder, although most experts agree it blends elements of both.
How to connect deeply with anyone (in 5 minutes) 468k shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter I’m going to share a game with you. This game will reveal incredible things about whoever plays it; surprise, shock and delight complete strangers, and has kickstarted more friendships than I know how to count. Play along and you’ll see. I want you to imagine a desert, stretching out as far as your eyes can see. Your first task is to describe the cube. There are no right answers here, only your answers. As you look at the desert and your cube, you notice there is also a ladder. Now imagine that in the scene there is a horse. We’re nearly there now. Final question. If you’ve been playing along, this is going to be fun. Ready? The cube is yourself. The size is ostensibly your ego: a large cube means you’re pretty sure of yourself, a small cube less so. The vertical placement of the cube is how grounded you are. The ladder represents your friends. Are your friends leaning on the cube? The horse represents your dream partner. But I’ll tell you what.
Our free guide to mindfulness and meditation. - meditationSHIFT Our free guide to mindfulness and meditation. Welcome!Our guide gives you an introduction to your compulsive mind, and explains the "why, what, and how" of mindfulness and meditation. It was first published 15 years ago, and is updated regularly.Why should you care? Why should I meditate? It's an important question, because even experienced meditators may not have a clear understanding of "why." What are mindfulness and meditation? In any given moment, we are all in one of two states:Lost in thought; orAware of thought.To put it another way, you are either (1) caught up in the drama of the mind or (2) not caught up in the drama of the mind. How do I meditate? When it comes to mindfulness and meditation, there's a lot of information out there. As you practice, you are bringing awareness to your mind and its non-stop activity. About meditationSHIFT: Change your relationship with your mind.
What Is Quality? What Is Quality? Quality is one of the greatest things in life, and just as ephemeral and hard to define as Love. And just as we express love to a person through “acts of love,” we can express quality through functions we apply to our product. In my previous post, I spoke about The Forgotten First Principle of Software Delivery: Quality. Quality Is Like Love Quality is not a thing unto itself. When you love someone or something, you invest your time and energy to express that love. Quality is exactly the same. High quality comes from due care and attention. Quality Only Exists In The Presence Of Value Quality is not a thing by itself, as in it cannot be applied to nothing. Applying Quality To Value Let’s look at how this works in product development. Value creation always begins as an idea that you realize through an iterative series of steps. Quality Functions The way in which assumed value is transformed into real value is through quality functions. Putting Quality Functions Into Practice
15 Things That Emotionally Strong People Don't Do There is a particular aspect of mental strength that is the deciding factor of whether or not you will have a good life. There are many levels to mental strength and all are needed to be successful and happy. The one particular area of mental strength that has the greatest impact is that of emotional strength. Emotions are, of course, a part of our psyche, yet nevertheless, can be distinguished from the remainder of mental qualities because they most directly influence our physical body. Emotions are our greatest motivators. 1. Needing attention is directly linked to emotion. 2. Emotional strength requires resilience. 3. If you’re holding a grudge, then you already care more about a situation than you should. 4. Emotionally strong individuals do what they do because they love doing it. 5. Those who love themselves and understand themselves — those who aren’t afraid or proud to be themselves — never doubt themselves. 6. People are mean. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
14 Lies Your Mind Tells You to Prevent Life Changes The mind is a wonderful thing. It’s also a complete liar that constantly tries to convince us not to take actions we know are good for us, and stops many great changes in our lives. Scumbag mind. I’ve had to learn to watch these rationalizations and excuses very carefully, in order to make the changes I’ve made in my life: a healthier diet, regular exercise, meditation, minimalism, writing daily, getting out of debt, quitting smoking, and so on. If I hadn’t learned these excuses, and how to counter them, I would never have stuck to these changes. Let’s expose the cowardly mind’s excuses and rationalizations once and for all. First, the main principle: the mind wants comfort, and is afraid of discomfort and change. OK, with that in mind, let’s go into the excuses: 1. It seems too hard, so we think we can’t stick to the change. 2. Just because someone else can do it, doesn’t mean we can, right? 3. 4. 5. 6. This is also true, but you can learn. 7. 8. 9. Well, true. 10. Yep, me too. 11. 12. 13.
The Six Habits That Make You A Man - Thumotic I’ve made all kinds of mistakes in my life. I spent four years fucking around in college. I backpacked around the world for a year like a dirty hippie when I should have been building my future like a grown man. I drank too much. I chased girls for the ego boost. I’ve slacked off in the pursuit of what I was put on this Earth to do. These were the Mistakes I Made In My Early Twenties. But – surprisingly – everything worked out great. Despite the major screw-ups categorized in that post, I’ve still reached the age of twenty-eight with a great foundation for the rest of my life. As I reflect on my life so far, I’ve realized that most of the good things that have happened to me have been the result of a few of simple habits. Habit #1 – Lift Weights When I was in grade seven, the girl I liked was attracted to a friend of mine. I designed a simple body-weight exercise routine for myself and finished it every day for the summer. Obviously there are limits to this statement. Habit #6 – Prayer
What motivates us at work? 7 fascinating studies that give insights “When we think about how people work, the naïve intuition we have is that people are like rats in a maze,” says behavioral economist Dan Ariely in today’s talk, given at TEDxRiodelaPlata. “We really have this incredibly simplistic view of why people work and what the labor market looks like.” Dan Ariely: What makes us feel good about our work?When you look carefully at the way people work, he says, you find out there’s a lot more at play—and a lot more at stake—than money. In his talk, Ariely provides evidence that we are also driven by meaningful work, by others’ acknowledgement and by the amount of effort we’ve put in: the harder the task is, the prouder we are. During the Industrial Revolution, Ariely points out, Adam Smith’s efficiency-oriented, assembly-line approach made sense. To hear more on Ariely’s thoughts about what makes people more productive – and happier – at work, watch this fascinating talk. What have you noticed makes you work harder – and better?
How to Stop Being Lazy Steps Part 1 Body, Mind and Spirit If you're feeling lazy, it may have to do with how you're taking (or not taking) care of yourself. Look at these tips to naturally give yourself more energy. <img alt="Image titled Stop Being Lazy Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Sleep. <img alt="Image titled Stop Being Lazy Step 5" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">5Get help. Part 2 Get In The Right Frame Of Mind Feelings of laziness or lethargy are often directly related to how we're feeling about ourselves or life. Part 3 Prioritize Your Time If you have a lot to do, it can be so overwhelming that you end up doing nothing. Part 4 Value Your Time Your time is precious. Community Q&A Answered Questions Ask a Question
Three Rules For a Meaningful Life — umair haque Three Rules For a Meaningful Life Small Steps to Big Truths 1. Go ahead and think about your day. That’s the way most of us live. And then we turn around and ask: “why does my life feel meaningless?!” See the point? 2. Little meaning comes from stuff that has meaning to you. But if all I did was sit around listening, I’d never really feel like my life meant something. Big meaning isn’t what matters to you. To earn big meaning, you have to go out there in this big scary world and do things that matter to people. You’ll fail. 3. There have probably been a million Einsteins in the world. There’s a little touch of genius in all of us. This tiny chink of genius is the deepest truth of us. What does matter is freeing that tiny chink of genius in us, so that it can illuminate the world. Freeing the genius. And that is all meaning really is. Umair Philadelphia August 2016