Meditation is perhaps the best kept secret when it comes to personality change. Those who meditate regularly and prioritize their practice reap rewards that are completely unknown to the average person.
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Psychological Necessity: The Cornerstone of Change
Change happens when choice disappears. Until change becomes the only viable option, we will retreat to realms of comfort and predictability; we will remain victims of diffuse desire versus champions of change.
Panic Attack Prevention and Survival Guide
If you deal with panic attacks, you are not alone. Approximately 11% of people in the US will experience a panic attack each year, and for many, it’s a regular occurrence. Fortunately, there are ways you can reduce your risks of having a panic attack, as well as ways to make any panic attacks you do have easier to handle.
Why self-reflection is destroying your personal growth: A neuroscience perspective
Look, I wish I could tell you that you’ve been doing the right thing by self-reflecting. Truth be told, there’s nothing I love more than sitting with a cup of tea, pen in hand, ready to scribble whatever discursive thoughts arise onto a crisp new page. If you’re human, from the moment you wake up,Continue reading “Why self-reflection is destroying your personal growth: A neuroscience perspective”
How Meditation Loosens the Grip of the Self: Neural Correlates of Self-Centeredness and Self-Transcendence
Somehow, meditation changes both of these: over time, it quiets chatter of the monkey mind and shifts our stubborn physiological bias. Quite like magic. Except, it’s long-term magic: meditation erodes and weakens the strength of our negative thoughts, cognitive dissonances, and painful longings.
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