MIND Archive

Posted on April 22, 2012 | Views: 3246

FEMININE 2.0 Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson:  When I went to college in the1970’s, the Women’s Liberation movement was all the buzz. Women’s “consciousness raising groups” were growing up everywhere, … More

Posted on April 21, 2012 | Views: 2562

Daniel Goldstein: The battle between your present and future self

Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I skip flossing just this one time?) Daniel Goldstein makes tools that help us imagine ourselves over time, so that we make smart choices for Future Us.… More

Posted on April 18, 2012 | Views: 2119

Dan Gilbert: Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy?

Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that well be miserable if we dont get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things dont go as planned.… More

Posted on April 18, 2012 | Views: 2009

The Surprising Health Benefit Of Optimism

by Catherine Pearson:  Researchers have made great strides in developing drugs and technologies to improve heart health, but the key to a healthy ticker may be far simpler.… More

Posted on April 15, 2012 | Views: 2183

Brené Brown: Listening to shame

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on.… More

Posted on April 13, 2012 | Views: 1776

Artificial Intelligence Could Be on Brink of Passing Turing Test

One hundred years after Alan Turing was born, his eponymous test remains an elusive benchmark for artificial intelligence. Now, for the first time in decades, it’s possible to imagine a machine making the grade.… More

Posted on April 13, 2012 | Views: 1893

5 Tips For Running With The Mind Of Meditation

by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche:  When I began running, naturally I found myself applying the principles of meditation to my exercise. For me, this seems natural because running is a training of the body, and meditation is a training of the mind.… More

Posted on April 11, 2012 | Views: 1928

Why Learning Leads To Happiness

By Philip Moeller for U.S. News:  Your mind may be the closest thing to the Holy Grail of longevity and happiness. Education has been widely documented by researchers as the single variable tied most directly to improved health and longevity.… More

Posted on April 10, 2012 | Views: 2019

Elizabeth Gilbert: A new way to think about creativity

“Eat, Pray, Love” Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius.… More

Posted on April 8, 2012 | Views: 2090

Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice

Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.… More