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The Four Keys to Well-Being

By Richard Davidson — 2016

Dr. Richard Davidson explains that well-being is a skill that can be practiced and strengthened.

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Do You Hear What I Hear? Auditory Hallucinations Yield Clues to Perception

Psychics and psychosis sufferers alike hold beliefs that may predispose them to hearing voices.

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Knvul Sheikh
2017
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Is Hypnosis All in Your Head? Brain Scans Suggest Otherwise

Hypnosis has become a common medical tool, used to reduce pain, help people stop smoking and cure them of phobias. But scientists have long argued about whether the hypnotic “trance” is a separate neurophysiological state or simply a product of a hypnotized person’s expectations.

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Erica Goode
2016
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7 Ways Meditation Can Actually Change the Brain

The meditation-and-the-brain research has been rolling in steadily for a number of years now, with new studies coming out just about every week to illustrate some new benefit of meditation. Or, rather, some ancient benefit that is just now being confirmed with fMRI or EEG.

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Alice G. Walton
2015
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Lessons in Finding Happiness During Hard Times

Researchers say we’re wired for joy and what it means for resilience

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Sari Harrar
2020
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How to End Pandemic Fights with Your Partner

Couples’ fights in lockdown are often about the unremitting intensity of togetherness. The sooner you de-escalate a fight, the sooner you can begin working on real solutions.

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Stephen Marche
2020
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Positive Psychology: A Personal History

Substantial research found that well-being causes many external benefits, including better physical and mental health.

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Martin Seligman
2019
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Building Resilience

Seligman has spent three decades researching failure, helplessness, and optimism. He created a program to help young adults and children overcome anxiety and depression, and has worked with colleagues from around the world to develop a program for teaching resilience.

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Martin E.P. Seligman
2011
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How Our Brains Can Find Peace in a Crisis

Psychologist Rick Hanson discusses how to strengthen our capacity for wisdom, peace, and enlightenment.

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Jill Suttie
2020
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Understanding the Science Behind Empathy and Empaths

Dr. Judith Orloff helps us understand the power of empathy so we can utilize and honor it in our lives.

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Judith Orloff
2017
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For the First Time, Scientists Have Imaged the Brain on LSD

The scientists hope their long-awaited study on LSD in humans will open the floodgates to further research into psychedelics.

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Victoria Turk
2016
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