Month: May 2016

  • A life of hunger: How appetite changes in our 30’s through our 60’s

    A life of hunger: How appetite changes in our 30’s through our 60’s

    Just yesterday we were able to stick to three square meals like a civilized human being, but today some animal urge inside is making us devour everything in sight. Yes, it can often feel like our appetite changes on a day-to-day basis. Hunger is the result of a complex mix of hormones, physical activity, sleep […]

  • How safe is to take Melatonin Pills to help us sleep?

    How safe is to take Melatonin Pills to help us sleep?

    The National Sleep Foundation points that insomnia can be caused by psychiatric and medical conditions, unhealthy sleep habits, specific substances, and/or certain biological factors. In fact, researchers recently have begun to think that this condition might be related with the brain having trouble to stop being awake. The brain has a wake cycle and a […]

  • Mindfulness tips to cope with a modern emotion trigger: Social Media

    Mindfulness tips to cope with a modern emotion trigger: Social Media

    We’re all self-critical—here’s how to become aware of the emotions we’re courting on these new interactive platforms Our need to be social can backfire on social media, when we accidentally activate the comparing mind, which is a source of much unhappiness. Of course, this can happen offline, too. But the toll looms larger online, with […]

  • Are We Born Racist?: New Insights from Neuroscience and Positive Psychology

    Are We Born Racist?: New Insights from Neuroscience and Positive Psychology

    Where do our prejudices come from? Why are some people more biased than others? Is it possible for individuals, and society as a whole, to truly defeat prejudice? In these pages, leading scientists, psychologists, educators, activists, and many others offer answers, drawing from new scientific discoveries that shed light on why and how our brains […]

  • TIPE: The key to bringing positive education to traumatized students

    TIPE: The key to bringing positive education to traumatized students

    Recent statistics in the US show that over 40% of students are affected by trauma. The Trauma Informed Positive Education (TIPE) model aims to connect and prepare trauma affected students to understand and apply positive education to their own lives in school and beyond. A new project is recently being undertaken at the Centre of […]

  • New York Hotels join the Green Movement

    New York Hotels join the Green Movement

    Seventeen notable New York City hotels have committed to getting greener Marquee properties like the Waldorf Astoria New York, Grand Hyatt New York, Loews Regency New York and the Peninsula New York recently joined the NYC Carbon Challenge, a program Michael R. Bloomberg started as mayor in 2007 with the city’s universities to reduce their […]

  • How to listen to pain

    How to listen to pain

    Humanity is intertwined. We walk side by side on a pursuit of happiness that sometimes take us along paths and experiences that challenge our beliefs, knock us down and makes us want to quit and leave it all. Feelings like pain and fear of rejection usually come along when we don’t succeed. In a fast-running […]

  • Yoga may have health benefits for people with asthma

    Yoga may have health benefits for people with asthma

    A new Cochrane Review, published in the Cochrane Library today, suggests that yoga may have a beneficial effect on symptoms and quality of life in people with asthma, but effects on lung function and medication use are uncertain. Asthma is a common chronic disease affecting about 300 million people worldwide. The many typical symptoms of […]

  • 5 easy ways to boost well-being in the class

    5 easy ways to boost well-being in the class

    From the director of the International Positive Psychology Network (IPEN), Emily Larson, here are five evidence based ways to promote well-being in children for educators and parents. What Makes You Happy Drawings/Photos Activity Directions Have students get into small groups and reflect for a few minutes on what makes them happy – an easier way […]

  • The Joy of learning: A Manifesto on nourishing the mind

    The Joy of learning: A Manifesto on nourishing the mind

    “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”. – Margaret Mead Tony Pfeiffer has an undergraduate degree in business and a master on community leadership. His work experience ranges from accounting, management, ministry, non-profit programming, training, coaching, and teaching. He acknowledges […]