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How Are Zucchini, Weeds, and Negative Thoughts Alike?

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

How Are Zucchini, Weeds, and Negative Thoughts Alike?
Recently, for the first time, I planted zucchini in my garden. At first I thought people had  exaggerated... But now I have discovered something. You may check your garden in the afternoon and see some small...

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How Dynamic Pricing Can Train Us To Shop Smarter

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How Dynamic Pricing Can Train Us To Shop Smarter
Dynamic pricing can generate unintended consequences by changing the behavior of customers, according to a new paper.

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4 Steps To Get Kids Into The Flow Of Learning

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Written by: U. Melbourne

4 Steps To Get Kids Into The Flow Of Learning

New research outlines a four-step plan to develop students’ connection to their learning environment and achieve an ideal state for learning: “flow.”

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Toxic Masculinity in Modern Society

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Written by: Ashley Morgan

The Problem With Toxic Masculinity Is That It Assumes There Is Only One Way Of Being A Man

Toxic masculinity remains a pervasive issue, impacting both men and women in various ways. While traditional views of masculinity often glorify aggression and dominance, contemporary discussions, spurred by movements like Time's Up, challenge these norms and call for a more inclusive understanding of masculinity that allows for emotional expression and vulnerability.

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Secrets and Lies: A Barrier to Authenticity and Peace of Mind

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Written by: Susan Campbell, Ph.D.

Secrets and Lies: A Barrier to Authenticity
A good way to let go of unconscious beliefs and to see yourself more honestly is to examine the secrets you keep from others. Consider this: the fact that you have secrets is the same thing as affirming, "If people really knew me, they wouldn't accept me".

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Secrets and Fears for Authentic Living

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Written by: Susan Campbell, Ph.D.

Secrets and Lies: A Barrier to Authenticity

Exploring the secrets we keep can reveal unconscious beliefs and fears that hinder authenticity. By sharing these secrets in a safe environment, individuals can experience healing and acceptance. Exercises designed to confront and integrate these fears can foster transparency and promote deeper self-acceptance, ultimately leading to a more genuine way of living.

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What Makes You A Man Or A Woman?

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Written by: Jenny Graves

What Makes You A Man Or A Woman?
There are many cultural and social factors involved in making a baby into a man or a woman. But biologically speaking, sex starts when you’re just a tiny group of cells in your mother’s uterus.

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A Few Basic Principles to Change Bad Habits to Good Ones

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Written by: Guy Joseph Ale

Changing Bad Habits to Good OnesWhen we learn a new skill and continue to practice it, our brain cells establish connections that solidify that new activity in our muscle memory and in our body. That’s how later on we can do that activity repeatedly without paying attention to it. The flipside of this is that to unlearn a habit that’s become ingrained in us we have to demolish that network of connections

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How Our Gambling Brain Decides When To Double Down

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Written by: Chanapa Tantibanchachai

How Our Gambling Brain Decides When To Double DownOur most recent run of luck influences our high-risk choices at the poker table or in our everyday lives, a new study suggests.

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A Behaviorist’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions

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Written by: Rebekah Boynton and Anne Swinbourne

A Behaviorist's Guide To New Year's Resolutions

Every year you set out determined to stick to your New Year’s resolutions. But year after year you fall off track and quickly abandon them. So why are resolutions so hard to keep?

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How Not To Be Afflicted by Unseen Forces

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Written by: David R. Hawkins M.D., Ph.D.

How Not To Be Afflicted by Unseen Forces
We may expect great transformations throughout human culture, as mankind becomes more responsible for its knowledge, and thus its deeds.

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The Bad News On Human Nature, In 10 Findings From Psychology

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The Bad News On Human Nature, In 10 Findings From PsychologyIt’s a question that’s reverberated through the ages – are humans, though imperfect, essentially kind, sensible, good-natured creatures?

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How People With OCD Get Stuck In A Loop Of Wrongness

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Written by: Kara Gavin

How People With OCD Get Stuck In A Loop Of WrongnessA study of hundreds of brain scans sheds light on abnormalities common to people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Why The Vast Majority Of People Fib To The Doctor

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Written by: Nardy Baeza Bickel

Why The Vast Majority Of People Fib To The DoctorBetween 60 and 80 percent of people surveyed have not been forthcoming with their doctors about information that could be relevant to their health, according to a new study.

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Paralyzed With Fear: Why Do We Freeze When Frightened?

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Written by: Rachael Sharman

Paralyzed With Fear: Why Do We Freeze When Frightened?Most people are probably familiar with the classic fight or flight response to a feared stimulus.

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Can Physics Explain The Motions Of The Panicked Crowd?

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Written by: Sidney Perkowitz

Can Physics Explain The Motions Of The Panicked Crowd?When people come together in a crowd, physical and emotional connections define their movement, state of mind and will to act. Understanding crowds can help us manage the panic caused by a terrorist attack

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Genes Do Shape Our Behavior But It’s Complicated

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Written by: Kevin Mitchell

Genes Do Shape Our Behavior But It’s ComplicatedMany of our psychological traits are innate in origin. There is overwhelming evidence from twin, family and general population studies that all manner of personality traits, as well as things such as intelligence, sexuality and risk of psychiatric disorders, are highly heritable

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Archetype: The Tyrant

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Written by: Stuart Wilde

Archetype: The TyrantWhen it comes to people, there are only about a dozen life stories in the whole world, and each archetype has its own obvious characteristics.

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What Works For Me: Persistence

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

What Works For Me: Persistence
There are numerous things that make our life "work" for us. Some of these are things we learned along the way. And of course, there are things that make our life "not work so well". One thing that has worked for me is persistence.

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Are We Literally What We Think?

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Written by: Julie K. Staples and Daniel Mintie

Are We Literally What We Think?
All day every day we experience things: physical sensations, emotions, and thought patterns. Most of our experience we fail to observe. While having an experience we don’t notice it. While this is well and good when it comes to sensation in our feet or many other aspects of living, failure to observe certain parts of our physical, emotional, and cognitive experience...

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How Antisocial Kids May Learn It From Their Parents

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How Antisocial Kids May Learn It From Their ParentsLess parental warmth and more harshness at home can affect how aggressive children become and whether they lack empathy and a moral compass, according to a new study.

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