By Mayo Clinic Staff — 2021
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Why the obsession with our kids’ happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods. A therapist and mother reports.
There’s a gap between what you’re really thinking and what you’re saying. You’re distracted by all that’s going on inside and you’re uncertain about what to share and what’s better left unsaid.
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When describing their symptoms, medical history and health changes at a clinic or hospital, every patient is the storyteller of their own health. Good storytellers tend to get better health care, but a history of childhood trauma plays havoc with telling your own story.
When the scariest parenting moment happened, I didn’t know where to turn. After months of talking with experts, we’re on the path to healing.
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Research shows there is a ‘sweet spot’ and subjective wellbeing drops off after about five hours.
No matter how great your life may be, you will eventually deal with disappointments, setbacks, failures, and even loss and trauma.
Couples can communicate anger in all kinds of nonverbal ways: giving each other dirty looks or the silent treatment, for example.
Through the practice of meditation, there are certain changes that happen in the mind. One of the most important changes is that you become master of your mind.
Sage’s birth brought unseen blessings and I’d surreptitiously become a devotee of his teachings. I don’t believe I was his parent so much as he was my teacher. He taught me that love and a mission to serve will move obstacles from any path.
There’s a growing understanding—and resources—to allow us to take control of our minds and of our own well-being.