Tag Archive for: wellbeing
Video: Mastery Practices That Improve Health & Wellbeing
In this video presented at The Marin Center For Independent Living, you will learn how important it is to always accept the diagnosis but not the prognosis. You will learn about the research that shows how to cultivate happiness by learning…
In Your Own Hands – New Study Assesses Benefits of Cognitive Pain Relief Methods
Every Monday, my blog post “In Your Own Hands” is where I’ll be featuring articles I find interesting or that I think are a good resource to help you take charge of your health. What articles have you read recently that caught your attention?…
Video: Finding Meaning and Purpose in Life
Our happiness, health, and wellbeing are all improved when we find ways to live with meaning and purpose. We can achieve this by working toward a goal, regardless of whether we ever achieve the goal. Meaning and purpose are also achieved when…
In Your Own Hands: Healthy Tips for Distant Disaster Stress
Every Monday, my blog post “In Your Own Hands” is where I’ll be featuring articles I find interesting or that I think are a good resource to help you take charge of your health. What articles have you read recently that caught your attention?…
Video: Curiosity for Health and Wellbeing
Curiosity drives us to acquire useful information, to find solutions to challenges, to solve mysteries--it's one of the things that motivates us to get out of bed every morning and be excited to start a new day. It's important to have curiosity…
Video: The Danger of Cognitive Fusion and the Solution
We all tend to get upset over neutral events that happen to us all day because we assign a false attribution to the event. We can think it through and realize that we have mistakenly attributed something negative to the otherwise neutral event.…
Video: Mindfulness-Based Behavioral Change | Part 2
In this discussion, we explore the various aspects of mindfulness practice. It is comprised of a formal sitting meditation practice as well as countless informal practices. Virtually every activity throughout the day can serve as an informal…
Video: Be the Master of Your Life
Mastery & wellbeing refers to a resilient approach to life with self-efficacy. It reduces emotional distress, empowers individuals, creates hope, improves physiological and psychological functioning. People with mastery & wellbeing work…
Video: How the Mind Affects Health
The mind has profound effects on physiological functioning and health. Emotional distress causes physiological stress and dysfunction, which, when chronic, eventuates in disease. In this discussion, we also address the healthy physiological…