Science of Mindlessness and Mindfulness

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March 28, 2016 a project of ServiceSpace Events don't cause stress. What causes stress are the views you take of events. - Epictetus - Science of Mindlessness and Mindfulness Ellen Langer, a psychology professor at Harvard, defines mindfulness as the simple act of actively noticing things, which can bring increased health, competence, and happiness. Her provocative, unconventional studies prove that it's possible to become physiologically younger through a changed frame of mind. She has suggested for decades what neuroscience is pointing to now: that our experience of everything is formed by the words and ideas we attach to them. { read more } Be The Change Experiment with changing your mindset about some of your activities. For example, try thinking of some jobs as "play" and some games as "work." COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From How To Retrain Your Brain With Three Words The Dogs that Protect Little Penguins This Is Your Brain On Scarcity 7 Keys To A Good Death The Top 10 Happiest Countries Ten Ways to Set A Positive Tone For the New Year Seven Ways to Help High Schoolers Find Purpose DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 167,201 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More