May 31, 2016
Cortisol plays an important part in a healthy metabolism, the formation of memory and the body's treatment of inflammation. It is wonderfully efficient. It even gets the body ready to face a threat or run from that very same fear.
All good stuff. However, when the body is flooded with Cortisol it has anything but a...
May 30, 2016
Joy comes from living an intentional life. If you think about the times when you were the most harried, out of balance, it came from simply responding to stimulus that were thrown at you. You were responding but not actively making choices based on what was best for you.
I bring this up because many times people eat...
May 27, 2016
JOHN VESPASIAN is the author of seven books about rational living, including "When Everything Fails, Try This" (2009), "Rationality Is the Way to Happiness" (2009), "The Philosophy of Builders: How to Build a Great Future with the Pieces from Your Past" (2010), "The 10 Principles of Rational Living" (2012), "Rational...
May 26, 2016
ZEN monks and Buddhists have been using meditation for centuries. They have come to understand from long ago that it has the ability to unleash the power of not simply the mind but the soul as well. While meditation does have a very spiritual aspect about it there is also a very scientific reason as to why it enhances...
May 25, 2016
We have all experienced our brain working at its optimal level. We remember when we have absorbed knowledge from books and classes. We can remember when our brains were optimized to remember names and dates. Conversely, we can remember when our brains were fuzzy and unable to process even the simplest information. ...