Exercise Builds a Calmer Brain
We’ve known for a long time that exercise reduces stress … but new research on rats described in The New York Times is showing that exercise actually builds calmer brains. “It looks more and more like the positive stress of exercise prepares cells and structures and pathways within the brain so that they’re more equipped to […]
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The Hear and Now Project
Many of us could do with the benefits that come with regularly practising meditation – as it can help develop qualities such as calm, focus and compassion. And perhaps nowhere are these qualities needed more than in the hustle and bustle of modern city life. However as much as we may want to go and […]
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We Feel Fine Book
Lots of people I know will love this new We Feel Fine book. “Since August 2005, We Feel Fine has been harvesting human feelings from a large number of weblogs. Every few minutes, the system searches the world’s newly posted blog entries for occurrences of the phrases “I feel” and “I am feeling”. When it […]
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Bringchange2mind
Glenn and Jessie Close have launched a really interesting new mental health campaign called bringchange2mind. “1 in 6 adults and almost 1 in 10 children suffer from a diagnosable mental illness. Yet, for many, the stigma associated with the illness, can be as great a challenge as the disease itself. This is where the misconceptions […]
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The Mindapples blog has been a little quiet lately as Tessy and me have been super busy. We like to think our tweets are happy and interesting ( Thanks ArrivalEd for confirmation ) and we would like to invite you to follow us: Follow Mindapples| Follow Redjotter | Follow Tessy Watch this space for mindapples […]
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