Hello, Good-bye, and What Happens In-between
Honoring important milestones in one’s life can be both rewarding and stressful. Greeting card displays hold cards suitable for any occasion, and social media urges one to acknowledge birthdays or anniversaries of everyone from immediate family to casual business associates and on-line gamesters we know only through electronic avatars. Whether others respond out of social obligation or from a place of genuine love, the attention one feels from an outpouring of affection can
What to Do with a Full Mind
Mindfulness incorporates awareness of all of one’s senses in the immediate moment. Mindfulness implies one strives to become more fully aware of one’s own experiences. Being mindful is not about achieving a state of perfect awareness; mindfulness is a strategy to improve awareness of one’s brain-body connection. Recognizing perceptions, thoughts, and sensations can improve one’s ability to understand, interpret, predict, and interact with the surrounding environment. The bra
"No Thanks" for the Memories
Memories are perceptions of one’s actual experiences. These perceptions include sensory information, such as sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing. Powerful experiences can also provoke strong physiological reactions in the body at the moment the experience is happening. In extreme situations where one experienced shock or terror, the strong emotions and the sensation of adrenalin rushing through one’s body can also be imprinted in the neuro pathways of the brain. While t
The Parental Learning Curve
The most important job any adult will ever have is Parent. Just as there is a steep learning curve for each of us when we assume a new career, the learning curve faced by adults who become parents can feel as steep as climbing a mountain. The role of a parent changes as children grow and develop. Just as quickly as a new parent’s skill is mastered, it seems to become obsolete. When one becomes distracted by demands of work, marriage, or daily living, or is unprepared for t
