Check out the new series of articles on CNN under “The Chart.” In this series, Dr. Charles Raison writes weekly on the link between mind and body. Here is an article on CNN linking mental health to physical pain. Visit CNN’s site weekly for updates!
We all battle from stress and anxiety through our hectic lives of balancing work, social life, responsibilities, and home life. A little bit of stress can actually catapult us into action, and motivate us to achieve a lot with our careers, or personal motivations, etc. However, too much worrying and stressing can negatively affect us…
Lately, I’ve been coming across many individuals who feel that the spark of life has diminished and all that’s left behind is the tiny bit of smoke from the flame that once burned so fierce. If you find yourself relating to the lyrics recited by The Edge in U2′s hit 90′s song “Numb”, you may…
Recently, I traveled to Copenhagen in Denmark to explore the Scandinavian culture. The city is beautiful, clean, and pristine. While there, I noticed a phenomenon that carries through in every place I’ve ever been to in the world that has bodies of water that permeate through the city. While taking a canal tour, we noticed…
We’ve all heard of road rage, and at times, although it’s hard to admit, we’ve all fallen culprit to having it. So what is this ‘subway rage’ that I’m writing about? Well, have you ever found yourself muttering under your breath or feel your blood pressure rise as people refuse to utilize the space within…
With all of the relationship dating help and advice books out there, one can often become overwhelmed with where to go and what to look for when looking for answers on the mysteries of the dating world. Why not keep it simple? Can we actually revert back to our childhood for the answers to one…
Earlier this week, I posted a video showing people how our perceptions of beauty are slanted as the media manipulates and distorts models in pictures to give women everywhere a false sense of aspiration on physical appearance. I found it interesting that yesterday on Oprah, celebrities opened up about their personal struggles in regards to…
The University of Texas at Austin, my home for 4 years of my undergraduate career, suffered a terrible tragedy yesterday, which I’m sure you have heard or read about in the news. A gunman opened fired and then killed himself in the PCL library on campus. The incident sent the campus into a tailspin of…
Hats off to my colleague Jasmin from Jasmin Balance for finding this video and sharing it with the world. This video highlights the very reason we have unrealistic expectations of beauty in society today. Let this be a reminder to check our false perceptions, expectations, and materialism at the door. Enjoy!
People respond to social situations, dilemmas, and life events very differently from each other. Some people may take a situation, analyze all the possible outcomes very carefully before deciding to act, while others jump right into the thick of any situation and see where the roller-coaster takes them! There is no right or wrong way…
