Posts Tagged ‘fear’
Four tips to practice good mental hygiene during the coronavirus outbreak
__ Just a few days ago my son’s college, the University of Washington, announced it would be cancelling all in-person classes and finals to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. One confirmed on-campus case prompted the university’s response. Though the university will incur high costs—they have to deep-clean the whole campus, for example—I, for…
Read MoreFour “Inside Out” insights to discuss and improve our kids’ emotional lives (and our own)
. Since its release in June, Inside Out has been applauded by critics, adored by audiences, and has become the likely front-runner for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. But perhaps its greatest achievement has been this: It has moved viewers young and old to take a look inside their own minds.
Read MoreLie to Me, Paul Ekman and Biofeedback
Biofeedback can be a very effective training tool for emotional self-regulation and stress management, precisely because it enables a faster feedback-based learning loop.
Read MoreManage Stress for Your Brain Health
We just received this very insightful essay on stress management and brain health written by Landon, a homeschooler and participant in Susan Hill’s writing workshop. Susan asked her students to write about implications of recent brain research. Enjoy the article and the long weekend (at least here in the US) and Relax… ——————— Stress Management for…
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence and Faces
Paul Ekman has conducted extensive research on identifying emotions through facial expressions. As part of that research, and as part of the power of discipline and training, he learned how to consciously manipulate 42 facial muscles, including many that in most of us are beyond our control, and even awareness. In the 60s and 70s…
Read MoreCan a brain fitness program help me become more creative?
Here is question 20 of 25 from Brain Fitness 101: Answers to Your Top 25 Questions.Question:Can a brain fitness program help me become more creative?Key Points: Creativity can be trained, like other mental muscles.Set up structured time, places, or routines that provide a framework for creativity to happen.Reducing your stress helps to keep your brain more flexible.Using many parts of the brain as well as trying new things will stimulate the areas of your brain involved in creativity.
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