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• Absolute and relative

  By Diogo on May 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  It is not wise to seek absolute values in a relative world. Paramahansa Yogananda

• Matt Killingsworth: Want to be happier? Stay in the moment

  By Diogo on May 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  When are humans most happy? To gather data on this question, Matt Killingsworth built an app, Track Your Happiness, that let people report their feelings in real time. Among the surprising results: We’re often happiest when we’re lost in the… Read More ›

• Detachment

  By Diogo on May 10, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

      “Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.” Ali ibn abi Talib

• Emotional Intelligence: Is There Anything To It?

  By Diogo on May 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  On November 7, 2011, Peter Salovey, provost and Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology and professor of epidemiology and public health at Yale University, delivered the lecture titled “Emotional Intelligence: Is there Anything to It?” The lecture was part of the… Read More ›

• Being in the moment

  By Diogo on May 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

• The Proust Questionnaire: Chade-Meng Tan

  By Diogo on May 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  My answer to the Proust Questionnaire. What is your present state of mind? I am happy.  I am at peace.  I am overwhelmed by my to-do list. . What is your idea of happiness? A deep sense of flourishing that arises… Read More ›

• The mountain and I

  By Diogo on May 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  We sit together,  the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains. Li Bai

• Naked Mind Film

  By Diogo on April 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  NAKED MIND is both a celebration of the human experience and a brave inquiry into how to work with our minds in today’s world. More info here: http://nakedmindthefilm.org/coming-soon/

• Let’s take a walk: A push for meetings on the move

  By Diogo on April 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Steve Tobak, a California-based management consultant, recalls the agonizing one-on-one meetings he sat through years ago with a micromanaging boss. But when one day the boss changed tack and asked him to go on walks instead, it transformed their working… Read More ›

• Compassion

  By Diogo on April 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. Rabindranath Tagore

• Working with Mindfulness Webinar: Jeremy Hunter and Mirabai Bush

  By Diogo on April 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Host Mirabai Bush and guest Jeremy Hunter, PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice at The Peter F. Drucker School of Management, discuss Dr. Hunter’s unique experience of teaching mindfulness methods to executives, and highlight why attention-training practices are necessary for today’s… Read More ›

• 5 Ways Mindfulness Can Improve Your Leadership

  By Diogo on April 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  1. Improve Your Intuition. There’s a reason intuition is called a “gut feeling.” Intuition is felt in the body long before a corresponding thought forms in the mind. Learning to be more mindful of the sensations and emotions in your body… Read More ›

• Impermanence

  By Diogo on April 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  “The world is a bridge – pass over it, but build no house upon it.” Jesus

• Alan Watts: It all goes together

  By Diogo on April 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

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• Be

  By Diogo on April 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  “If you want to be happy, be.“ Leo Tolstoy

• See-through brains: CLARITY

  By Diogo on April 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Scientists have come up with a way to make whole brains transparent, so they can be labelled with molecular markers and imaged using a light microscope. The technique, called CLARITY, enabled its creators to produce the detailed 3D visualisations you… Read More ›

• Q&A

  By Diogo on April 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  “Let go of the answers and live the questions.” SN Goenka

• Doctors use brain scans to “see” pain

  By Diogo on April 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  In a provocative new study, scientists reported Wednesday that they were able to “see” pain on brain scans and, for the first time, measure its intensity and tell whether a drug was relieving it. Though the research is in its… Read More ›

• Interview with Rick Hanson: The Mindfulness Movie

  By Diogo on April 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Rick Hanson, Ph.D.; neuropsychologist, author of Buddha’s Brain (published in 22 languages). Dr. Hanson’s work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, Consumer Reports Health, and U.S. News and World Report. http://www.themindfulnessmovie.com/ Over 35 of the world’s leading medical and mental… Read More ›

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