Decontamination of patients following oral ingestion of toxic substances is rarely effective in improving the outcome of poisoning. If the mind of numbness is disjointed and disturbed, the mind of awakened soma is far happier. It's easy to understand why you might convince yourself that hanging in there is better …

They're afraid of going on record with a vote--and if you had these bills voted on, and there was no record for who voted for what, I think you would see a dramatic difference in the laws in the state. Skeptics often ask questions that others are afraid to ask …

Imagine it is a year in the future and you have had your best year ever. Stay cool: don't explode or issue ultimatums before attempting to find common ground. The following graphic illustrates the concept of true Heat and false Heat. Now that she was more relaxed, the kids were …

My focus is to use insights from neuroscience to unhook sex from reproduction and, indeed, from pleasure. The first step in covert sensitization is learning progressive muscle relaxation and then shorthand muscle relaxation, from article 5. The JueYin is an opening in the mountainside where there is a passageway. Patients …

Free radicals are highly reactive and attack other cells, causing damage to tissues and negatively affecting lipids, proteins, and DNA. As someone who thinks about my environmental footprint a lot, I was glad that he didn't have to feel bad about one of his favorite activities. It threatened the sacred …

These boundaries remain in place and are renegotiated with suggested oversight of a professional. After applying toner, always remember to moisturize within a minute so that your skin can hydrate immediately. They would be left with nothing to do but boring old reading or drawing. (Conveniently, I had not planned …

How did (or can) it help you to think of each emotion as a wave? When I first met Jeffrey, his pain levels were somewhere between an eight or ten on a daily basis. He could find her navigator style, with minimal communication, lack of immediate reaction to his problems …

Be aware of the possibility of server and network limits. This sense of the therapeutic interview as the place where one can talk directly about concerns as they are felt, appears to be a significant characteristic of the experience. NDEs are typically prompted by events causing severe brain impairment, such …

The life experiences you've had, and what you have done with them, have made you who you are. Your mind will quietly slow down and stop its normal chatter. Steve Johnson, a community organizer, told me how Portland, Oregon, came to be such a beacon for urban agriculture and sustainable …

Even before the sixties, we had discussions about controlling our own destinies, said Irmgard Wessel, a friend of the Dames and wife of a Yale pediatrician. The mental model of stocks and flows is a visual illustration of their cause-and-effect relationship. The thick canopy allowed only shade-loving mosses to survive …

Remember that people see your actions, not your intentions, so regardless of whether or not it's your intention to put a barrier between other people and de-escalation, when you unrealistically demand that they feel any other way than they actually do, you are in fact adding to their obstacles rather …

Chances are, it'll be subtle but definitely there. Along with professional support, I like to know the quality of personal support you've got at home. The first kind of reassurance is the I believe in you kind. Have you ever experienced an overwhelming fatigue at the end of a busy …

All of it feels personal, but that feeling can be shifted with the right perspective. Think of it like inertia, according to Newton's first law of motion. When I hit close to that mark--on a warm August afternoon in a picturesque New England town--I figured I was in happily-ever-after territory …

While many of the situations described earlier may be mysterious at first or unconscious, in situational depression it's usually clear why you're depressed. The importance of your therapist's training should be equally matched with the level of comfort you feel in sessions. We carry the belief that the amount of …

Must you be torn by every situation you encounter? But once you have written them down, they become possibilities in your mind. Like most things in life, we seek the shortest route to get the results we want, which means we remove as many steps in between. In the one …

The following is the Psalm that stirred up the gift of God: If you have items in your home that you don't love and don't need, and you're not keeping them out of guilt, chances are you're keeping them just in case. Occasionally, one might have the impression that something …

Be patient and allow them to do things on their own, even if it takes longer. While others can help us remember our courage, we sometimes discover it entirely on our own. If I had listened to you, I wouldn't have kept trying. If trust influences people's tendency to be …

However, the fact is that whether at work or outside work, we rarely do bring our full mental acuity to what we're doing. If you aren't aware specifically of the talents you bring to the game, how can you ever develop them to serve others? To reduce the risk of …

It is very essential that the said diversion of attention be done well as the success of the mission is dependent on it. Shoot, you pick the task, professional or personal. Sometimes it's difficult to know the right thing to say, whether it's to convey solidarity, sympathy, or support. The …

With that in mind, they become their own therapist, excluding the need for another specialist. The first half of this article describes what deliberate practice is, why it works as well as it does, and how experts apply it to produce their extraordinary abilities. When he learned about how psychotic …

Many great and creative minds of history have made a practice of voracious note taking as a way of sorting their thoughts and processing their experiences. We adapted this particular ritual for our first miscarriage, using elements from a beautiful Japanese ritual for lost pregnancies, called Mizuko Kuyo (mizuko means …

The daily recommendation for men under age 70 is 600 International Units (IU) of vitamin D and 1000 milligrams of calcium, and for men older than 70 the recommendation increases to 800 IU and 1200 milligrams, respectively. I too can become a strong and brave person myself. The result is …

I honestly believed that until I was about 26 years old. When a colleague greeted them cheerfully, they responded grumpily, with the result that the colleague felt rebuffed and avoided them for the rest of the day - an outcome that neither of them really wanted. Interestingly, however, further increases in …

A large part of the reduction in overall brain volume across your lifespan will be due to reductions in gray matter volume. Delaigue cuts left, and looks for a split second as though he's used the ref to screen himself from an imminent tackle, then sidesteps and opens the way …

At the end of the presentation, Briona and Stan don't look at you, and they are first to leave the room. You can always keep improving through practical strategies consistently put into action. When you have finished, gently blow out your candle and imagine that you are fully releasing all …

But occasionally the rabbi and the man diverge, because the truth is, I am not always personally aligned with what religious law has to say about life and death. But what happens when a person feels incapable of living up to the group's standards of value? He has been married …

You're going to end up showing yourself the heartbreak and a broken ego as you lay back trying to fix it. So, being aware of the kind of thoughts going through your mind makes sense. Howie contends that although he would like to do these things, his back problem prevents …

Even in the midst of any experience you can access the experiencer by a simple shift of your attention. If you eat this dessert, your emotions will be content, but your body is likely going to need a rest from fat and sugar for a few days. Violent crimes still …

A colleague of mine referred to this as getting slimed. The vial contained thousands of white blood cells. Our job is not to guide our girls into becoming a mini-me. Keep imagining yourself in the interview until you are happy with your own performance. It's my fault for trusting John …

When the mom leaves the room, they cry and protest. Expecting the best creates a psychological environment where anything is possible. Were you surprised that the path to the most success in that scenario involved stepping outside and getting rain soaked? Imagine being in a crowded auditorium where everyone there …

As your children grow they need to develop motor skills, to explore the environment and interact with family members. There is a really big difference between the two, and when desperation rules, you are more likely to get the opposite of what you desire. Ultimately, attaining consensus can be a …

LSD exerts its neurochemical effects on our brain's serotonin system. When there's a negative, you need to believe there'll be a positive right behind it. You imagine that if what you fear happens on stage in front of hundreds of people, your self-image, self-value or ego will go from hero …

He is past chairman of the board of directors for Dr Helen Caldicott's Nuclear Policy Research Institute, and past member of the Marin Health Council, an advisory to the Marin County Board of Supervisors. The next mental model creator we'll learn about is a scientist whose discoveries have prevailed since …

Now this happens often in a person's adolescent years and many times teachers and parents get confused and they will say, 'Isn't this a part of teenage? If my father's flaws were all I ever learned about how to live as a husband and a father, the cycle would never …

This approach helps your child feel like they have a say - like their voice is heard and not invalidated. This time, it was not through direct contact but through bacteriophage viruses. We feel that a fried egg would go beautifully with a dusting of truffle, simply because of the prosaic …