Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
We can use the shadow imagination as a mechanism for uncovering our future power. When we’re introduced to how bad things could get, we’re at a choice point. We can turn away, we can dive into the waters of the worst-case scenario and allow them to drown us, or we can touch the suffering that’s possible and remind ourselves of our own abilities. We... See more
How to Embrace Shadow Futures with Mindfulness
Mindfulness and
Explaining Neurochemistry & Emotions: An Interview with Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.
Jamie Whealneurohacker.com
The most interesting debate about leadership, then, is between those (like Machiavelli) who believe that leaders make (and overcome) history, and those (like Marx, and like the author of King David’s story) who believe that history makes (and constrains) leaders.
Moshik Temkin • Who are the leaders in our heads – and how did they get there? | Aeon Essays
The study found that mindfulness helped the nurses experience fewer negative emotions and less rumination — repetitive negative thinking.
Claire Smith • New Research Reveals How Mindfulness Improves Your Sleep
in times of intense stress or adversity, future-oriented thinking such as hope may be more effective than mindfulness in sustaining positive mindsets and action-oriented outcomes such as engagement.
Work‐related resilience, engagement and wellbeing among music ...
As we train our sights on what we oppose, let’s recall the costs of surrender. When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We abet the acceleration of a social media gyre that everyone admits is making life worse. We accept the
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Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds
medicalxpress.com
Comparing VR to non-VR breathing interventions, there were no significant differences in overall mental health, stress, anxiety or mood, nor in HR or HRV. There was no evidence that participants liked VR breathing interventions more than non-VR, nor would use them more in the future. These results suggest that there is no evidence that VR breathing... See more
Raymond Ostelo • Virtual Reality Breathing Interventions for Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials - PubMed
greater inquisitiveness motivated people to slow down, be patient and invest in experiencing the winding path to resolution.