How Not to Be Offended Editor’s note: This post was written by Shemsi Prinzivalli. There is an ancient and well-kept secret to happiness which the Great Ones have known for centuries. They rarely talk about it, but they use it all the time, and it is fundamental to good mental health. This secret is called The Fine Art of Not Being Offended. In order to truly be a master of this art, one must be able to see that every statement, action and reaction of another human being is the sum result of their total life experience to date. Yes, this is psychodynamic. All of that said, almost nothing is personal. This frees us to be a little more detached from the reactions of people around us. This is also not to be confused with allowing ourselves to be hurt, neglected or taken advantage of. The great challenge of our world is to live a life of contentment, regardless of what other people do, say, think or believe. Source: “The Art of Not Being Offended,” from shemsi-prinzivalli.blogspot.gr
How Many Hours of Sleep Do You Really Need? I took a class taught by the Penn PI cited in this article, Dr. David Dinges, called "Human Chronobiology and Sleep". I also worked part-time for a company for which he was a consultant while I was a student. He's brilliant, truly one of the world's top authorities on sleep, with an extremely impressive, 112 page CV: [www.med.upenn.edu] One thing he emphasized in his class that really stood out for me is the inverse relationship between exposure to light (especially short-wave/blue light around 470nm) and melatonin production. If you're exposed to light (i.e. from a TV, computer, phone, etc) right before you try to sleep, melatonin production is inhibited, and it's going to be very difficult to fall asleep. EDIT: If anyone's interested, here's the syllabus for the course I mentioned: [www.sas.upenn.edu]
Prevention|14 Ways to Avoid Colds and Flu - Cold, Flu and Sinus Feeling under the weather? Getting more sleep can help. Are you avoiding your co-worker with that hacking cough, cold, or flu in the cubicle next to you? Do you draw your hand back from every doorknob? Have cold-and-flu phobia? Get a grip before the grippe gets you. Every time you shake someones hand, wash yoursBut dont stop there. Keep your hands offTouching your nose and your eyes may hurt you, Mengel says. Go to bedAs if getting enough sleep on a normal basis isnt hard enough, you need more zs when youre feeling under the weather. Get your shotLast years flu-shot shortages are, well, last years shortages, says Jeff Robertson, MD, and chief medical officer for health insurer Regence. Build up with healthy foodYou may think its hard to eat healthy on a regular basis, but eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables supports your immune system, Robertson says. Work outGet those sweats on and exercise, says Ann G.
Bachelor's Degree Online - Compare 2013's Top Programs Sleepyti.me Calculates the Best Time to Go to Sleep So You Wake Up Refreshed There is no medical/scientific evidence to support the claims that this app will help. First of all, the "90-minute sleep cycle" idea is just that, an idea. Saying that people experience regular, 90-minute cycles is like saying all people have exactly 1.7 children since that is the national average, when, in fact, NOBODY has exactly 1.7 children. Also, sleep stages very by cycle dramatically, so waking up after 4.5 hours is very different from waking up after 7.5 hours. Finally, there is very little evidence to support the claim that waking up at the "end of a cycle" is any different than any other point in the cycle, especially if its a later cycle that consists mostly of REM and Stage 2 sleep. This is the second sleep-related article in the past couple of weeks on this site that has featured inaccurate, misleading information.
DietingToHealth.com How Positive Thoughts Build Skills, Boost Health, and Improve Work Make 46 Meals for Under $100 in 4 Hours Dieting Splendor To Health 10 EPIC Quotes from “Conversations With God” “Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue” by Neal Walsh is one of my favorite books of all time, hands down. It is written from the point of view of god (but it’s not religion, so don’t scoff quite yet) telling man how he should live his life. I like to think of it as god’s hypothetical edits to the incredibly skewed, modern interpretation of the ‘The Bible.’ 1“Go ahead an do what you really love to do! 2“You are making a mockery of Me. 3“There is no coincidence, and nothing happens ‘by accident.’ 4“The purpose of a relationship is not to have another who might complete you; but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.” 5“The laws are very simple: 1. 6“Heaven–as you call it–is nowhere. 7“Know and understand that there will be challenges and difficult times. 8“If you want guarantees in life, then you don’t want life. 9“To live your life without expectation–without the need for specific results–that is freedom. 10“Never resist anything.
Four Ways to Figure Out What You Really Want to Do with Your Life Love That Store|Cheap Online Gifts & Shopping. You’ve Got Plenty Of Time Yes, you do. I’ve caught myself whispering this in my own ears frequently during the last few days. And it worked. It worked because it is true, despite how everything seems to indicate just the opposite. Let me explain. I am currently in the process of moving and it is amazing to see what little, seemingly unimportant things can trigger stress. I want my new place to be finished as soon as possible. I don’t remember where I read this, or if I made it up myself, but it was something along the lines of ‘the common denominator of stress is the felt experience of not having enough time‘. The more we worry about time, the more time is lost to worrying.Tweet Every single time I got annoyed that something wasn’t going as intended, the will I enforced upon the world seemed to be futile; I felt rushed and powerless. Why? But, I did! Yet, in the midst of this big task I selectively forgot that this was the case. This perspective changed the way I felt immediately.