Try Being Mindful!

How often do you practice Mindfulness? Being completely in the moment and aware of all your senses and emotions? You just might want to increase your practice of it. A new study conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman found Mindfulness can help relieve chronical inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, IBS and asthma. If you have never tried being Mindful here is some methods from the Mayo Clinic.

How is Your Willpower?

Hi Everyone!

How is your Willpower? Is it good for some things and not others? Does it get better at times and then weak at others?

In this episode of "This is Psychology", Dr. Norman Anderson, CEO of the APA, explains what Willpower is and some of the research which has found what influences Willpower and how to increase it. On the right side you will find the following links as well...

* What You Need to Know About Willpower: The Psychological Science of Self-Control (Look at the right side...more links!!!)

* Willpower, Finances & Spending

* Harnessing Willpower To Meet Educational Goals

 * Willpower and Living Healthy

Do You Chronically Procrastinate?

Hi Everyone!

It has been a while since I posted on the topic of Procrastination (Still Procrastinating? 8/21/11), so I thought I would post a new podcast I found which may provide some more researched information that can help you if you chronically procrastinate. What's the Hold Up: The Science of Procrastination is a 52 min interview with Dr. Joe Ferrari of the psychology department of DePaul University and Dr. Tim Pychyl of the psychology department at Carleton University. Now don't procrastinate watching it! :-)

Second Concussion Devasting Even After Clear CT Scan

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to post this new piece on Concussions which was posted today. Doctors recently published a case of a Second Concussion Being Devasting Even After CT Scan Was Clear! It is a short piece but goes along very well with the Concussion information in my courses. It also explains how teens brains are still maturing and can not handle the swelling adult brains can. I have this article linked on the Abnormal module now, so if you ever want to find it in the future you can find it there.