August 2010
40 posts
amandalynferri:
thegooglymoogly:
Bulletproof -...
tesslynch:
belle & sebastian — the boy with...
Good Dad, Good Coping Skills Later (Psych Central) →
psychotherapy:
Men who have fond childhood memories of their dads have better coping skills when dealing with stress as an adult, according to new research.
A good relationship with Mom helps reduces psychological distress, too, but the relationship with Dad seems key in a man’s ability to cope with everyday hassles such as traffic and financial pressure, says Melanie Mallers, PhD, an assistant...
gbabuts:
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs...
raremediumwell:
“You’ll Have Time” - William...
Sadness response strengthens with age (Science... →
psychotherapy:
As people grow older, sad films seem sadder.
In a recent study, people in their sixties felt sadder than people in their twenties did after viewing an emotionally distressing scene from a movie. This heightened emotional response to sorrow may reflect a greater compassion for other people and may strengthen social bonds, researchers propose.
The finding is an important...
E pur si muove! →
bestofwikipedia:
The Italian phrase “Eppur si muove” means ‘and yet it moves’. Legend has it that the Italian mathematician, physicist and philosopher Galileo Galilei muttered this phrase after being forced to recant in 1633, before the Inquisition, his belief that the Earth moves around the Sun. It is occasionally used in modern speech to indicate that although publicly someone who is in a...
thebronzemedal:
La Roux ~ Bulletproof (acoustic)
Staying Busy Translates To Being Happy (Psych... →
psychotherapy:
An interesting new study suggests people who are extremely active are happier than people who sit idle.
The finding may explain why people confess to being so incredibly busy in today’s society.
“The general phenomenon I’m interested in is why people are so busy doing what they are doing in modern society,” says Christopher K. Hsee, of the University of Chicago. He co-wrote the...
Life-Awakening Books: Results
literarylovers:
*Thank you everyone who submitted to this project. I will definitely be looking into some of these books, especially Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy because I’ve been wanting to read him.
**The Popular Ones: The Bell Jar, East of Eden, Brave New World, The Handmaid’s Tail, One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Separate Peace, The Great Gatsby,The Journals of Sylvia Plath…a lot of...
The Enthusiasm Gap and You
robertreich:
A friend whom I’ll call David raised a ton of money for Democrats in 2008 and now tells me they can go to hell. He’s furious about the no-strings bailout of Wall Street, the absence of a public option in health reform, financial reform that doesn’t cap the size of banks or reinstate the Glass-Steagall wall between investment and commercial banking, and a stimulus that was too small...