Ready For Happiness From Your New Year Resolutions?
You have a couple of days to round up your New Year resolutions. Hopefully the ones you want will be ones that will help you clean up your act or bring success, satisfaction and happiness into your life.
In this article, we will be be looking at ones that will increase your happiness. Lots of researchers all over the world have been studying how we can have more happiness in our lives. The scientists have found many ways of doing this. I have picked four of them for these reasons:
1) Because they are easy to start and keep up.
2) The researchers have tested them and have proved that they work.
3) Doing these types of things have been found to have very important side effects. They help you to stay healthier, and they help you to live longer.
4) Also, following this programme is guaranteed to make you lots of friends!
Right, here are the areas I want you to think about:
a) Giving. The act of giving is very powerful. You can prove this to yourself very easily. Keep your eyes open for people in the street who are collecting money. Charity workers, street musicians or even beggars. Watch the people who donate money. As they walk up they have a certain look on their face. After they give the money, as they walk away, you’ll see their faces change. Obviously the act of giving has given them a good feeling. Just try this experiment and see for yourself. Now I’m not only talking about giving money. You can give of yourself, your time and your caring. Visit the sick. Phone somebody who is living on their own. Give your unwanted goods to charity shops. When you’re in at a supermarket check out and the person behind you only has a few items, let them go first. Watch their face change! Try to put some thinking into this. Give things, give kind acts, give kind words. Give and THINK about giving before, while and after doing it. Research shows that just THINKING about giving can have almost as much good effect on your mood as actually giving.
b) People who are unhappy spend too much time thinking about themselves. What has happened in the past, what they want but can’t get and what will go wrong in the future. You must make a resolution to change this. But HOW. To keep this post short; I would suggest that you go to http://ping.fm/SwgnJ There are nearly 150 blog posts there that will teach you how to start getting more happiness into your life.
c) Start helping people. When somebody tells you about a problem, don’t just listen to them, don’t start telling them about your problems, give them real help. Here are some Magic phrases:
“What can WE do about it?”
” Let me have a word with them!”
” I’ll go and see them!”
” I’ll come around and give you a hand to do it!”
So there you have three resolutions that will bring you a lot of happiness and a lot of friends.
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Tuesday 27 December 2011
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Self Help For Happiness!
Everybody wants more in their life. More Love, Fun, Excitement, Happiness, Laughter, Peace. I want them all, you want them all, we all want them all. So what goes wrong? Well, most people don’t know HOW. So they go about it the wrong way. They focus on the wrong things. They keep thinking about, talking about and dwelling on how unhappy, how lonely they are or how stressed out they feel. They are focused on looking at life this way.
People who have studied the Law Of Attraction know that what you focus on, you get. So why focus on unhappiness, loneliness or stress? You must make changes in the methods of thinking that you use. You must focus on what is going well for you, what makes you happy, things that you enjoy. If you are one of The Happy People, you will have your plans set out for all the upbeat things that you are going to do. That is where you must be focusing. You will know the sort of things that you enjoy. You must always be using more ways to do more of them, ways to do them more often and ways to get even more enjoyment from them. Then the Law Of Attraction will bring those things into your life.
When you are talking to people, start talking about upbeat things. If they keep on talking about downbeat things, you must refuse to get involved. Talk about upbeat things. Every time they go back to downbeat talk, bring it back to positive talk. This is an NLP technique called a Pattern Interrupt. Do not use this technique too obviously. It can be very powerful and it will lose you friends if you do not do it gently. Do not argue with them, just keep moving back to positive things to talk about. After some practice you will become expert at doing this.
As one of The Happy People, your main plan is to be as happy as you possibly can, to help others to be happy and to absolutely refuse to be talked into a downbeat mood. Your aim is NOT to let people talk you into a negative mood, your aim is to talk other people into a more positive mood. Make them feel better for talking to you. PLUS. Making them feel happier will make YOU feel happier.
Are you one of The Happy People? If not go to http://ping.fm/tsX68 Click on Follow and share this with a friend. Make them happy too. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
Everybody wants more in their life. More Love, Fun, Excitement, Happiness, Laughter, Peace. I want them all, you want them all, we all want them all. So what goes wrong? Well, most people don’t know HOW. So they go about it the wrong way. They focus on the wrong things. They keep thinking about, talking about and dwelling on how unhappy, how lonely they are or how stressed out they feel. They are focused on looking at life this way.
People who have studied the Law Of Attraction know that what you focus on, you get. So why focus on unhappiness, loneliness or stress? You must make changes in the methods of thinking that you use. You must focus on what is going well for you, what makes you happy, things that you enjoy. If you are one of The Happy People, you will have your plans set out for all the upbeat things that you are going to do. That is where you must be focusing. You will know the sort of things that you enjoy. You must always be using more ways to do more of them, ways to do them more often and ways to get even more enjoyment from them. Then the Law Of Attraction will bring those things into your life.
When you are talking to people, start talking about upbeat things. If they keep on talking about downbeat things, you must refuse to get involved. Talk about upbeat things. Every time they go back to downbeat talk, bring it back to positive talk. This is an NLP technique called a Pattern Interrupt. Do not use this technique too obviously. It can be very powerful and it will lose you friends if you do not do it gently. Do not argue with them, just keep moving back to positive things to talk about. After some practice you will become expert at doing this.
As one of The Happy People, your main plan is to be as happy as you possibly can, to help others to be happy and to absolutely refuse to be talked into a downbeat mood. Your aim is NOT to let people talk you into a negative mood, your aim is to talk other people into a more positive mood. Make them feel better for talking to you. PLUS. Making them feel happier will make YOU feel happier.
Are you one of The Happy People? If not go to http://ping.fm/tsX68 Click on Follow and share this with a friend. Make them happy too. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
Monday 19 December 2011
Meditation Stops You Being Unhappy, Angry or Aggressive!
Have you ever had a moment of rude awakening. A friend says to you: You are always moaning. Or angry. Or aggressive.
You immediately splutter some sort of denial. Later on you think to yourself: How could they say that when it’s just not true.
But is it true or not? How will you ever know?
In order for you to get true love, peace and happiness in your life, you have to find out who you are really. How can you work on getting rid of your unhappiness, anger or aggression if you don’t believe you have them?
Well you can work on this sort of problem in two steps:
1) You can use an NLP technique called ‘Going to third person’. You go over the scene in your mind again but you act like a spectator. You imagine the scene again but you are standing a few feet away watching yourself and your friend talking. Just as if you were were watching a video recording of the scene. You watch and listen to everything again. You can then judge if you were being unhappy, angry or aggressive. If you were then use step 2.
2) Start meditating more. If you don’t meditate, start meditating. The right type of meditation will allow you to go to third person. You will then be able to be away from your actions but still mindful of them. As you continue to meditate, you will drift further and further away from your unhelpful actions. This is called stretching the cords of attachment. Eventually they stretch so far that they break. And all those unhelpful behaviours will vanish into the distance just like a balloon with a broken string on a breezy day.
I love to add NLP techniques to my Zen Meditation because they make it easier to understand, easier to do and gives better results.
Join The Happy People at http://ping.fm/0NXWa Click on follow. Share this with a friend. Help to make the world a happier place.
Have you ever had a moment of rude awakening. A friend says to you: You are always moaning. Or angry. Or aggressive.
You immediately splutter some sort of denial. Later on you think to yourself: How could they say that when it’s just not true.
But is it true or not? How will you ever know?
In order for you to get true love, peace and happiness in your life, you have to find out who you are really. How can you work on getting rid of your unhappiness, anger or aggression if you don’t believe you have them?
Well you can work on this sort of problem in two steps:
1) You can use an NLP technique called ‘Going to third person’. You go over the scene in your mind again but you act like a spectator. You imagine the scene again but you are standing a few feet away watching yourself and your friend talking. Just as if you were were watching a video recording of the scene. You watch and listen to everything again. You can then judge if you were being unhappy, angry or aggressive. If you were then use step 2.
2) Start meditating more. If you don’t meditate, start meditating. The right type of meditation will allow you to go to third person. You will then be able to be away from your actions but still mindful of them. As you continue to meditate, you will drift further and further away from your unhelpful actions. This is called stretching the cords of attachment. Eventually they stretch so far that they break. And all those unhelpful behaviours will vanish into the distance just like a balloon with a broken string on a breezy day.
I love to add NLP techniques to my Zen Meditation because they make it easier to understand, easier to do and gives better results.
Join The Happy People at http://ping.fm/0NXWa Click on follow. Share this with a friend. Help to make the world a happier place.
Sunday 18 December 2011
Meditation Stops You Being Unhappy, Angry or Aggressive!
Have you ever had a moment of rude awakening. A friend says to you: You are always moaning. Or angry. Or aggressive.
You immediately splutter some sort of denial. Later on you think to yourself: How could they say that when it’s just not true.
But is it true or not? How will you ever know?
In order for you to get true love, peace and happiness in your life, you have to find out who you are really. How can you work on getting rid of your unhappiness, anger or aggression when you don’t believe you have them?
Well you can work on this sort of problem in two steps:
1) You can use an NLP technique called ‘Going to third person’. You go over the scene in your mind again but you act like a spectator. You imagine the scene again but you are standing a few feet away watching yourself and your friend talking. Just as if you were were watching a video recording of the scene. You watch and listen to everything again. You can then judge if you were being unhappy, angry or aggressive. If you were then use step 2.
2) Start meditating more. If you don’t meditate, start meditating. The right type of meditation will allow you to go to third person. You will then be able to be away from your actions but still mindful of them. As you continue to meditate, you will drift further and further away from your unhelpful actions. This is called stretching cords of attachment. Eventually they stretch so far that they break. And all those unhelpful behaviours will vanish into the distance just like a balloon with a broken string on a breezy day.
I love to add NLP techniques to my Zen Meditation because they make it easier to understand, easier to do and gives better results.
Join The Happy People at http://ping.fm/NzJEj Click on follow. Share this with a friend. Help to make the world a happier place.
Have you ever had a moment of rude awakening. A friend says to you: You are always moaning. Or angry. Or aggressive.
You immediately splutter some sort of denial. Later on you think to yourself: How could they say that when it’s just not true.
But is it true or not? How will you ever know?
In order for you to get true love, peace and happiness in your life, you have to find out who you are really. How can you work on getting rid of your unhappiness, anger or aggression when you don’t believe you have them?
Well you can work on this sort of problem in two steps:
1) You can use an NLP technique called ‘Going to third person’. You go over the scene in your mind again but you act like a spectator. You imagine the scene again but you are standing a few feet away watching yourself and your friend talking. Just as if you were were watching a video recording of the scene. You watch and listen to everything again. You can then judge if you were being unhappy, angry or aggressive. If you were then use step 2.
2) Start meditating more. If you don’t meditate, start meditating. The right type of meditation will allow you to go to third person. You will then be able to be away from your actions but still mindful of them. As you continue to meditate, you will drift further and further away from your unhelpful actions. This is called stretching cords of attachment. Eventually they stretch so far that they break. And all those unhelpful behaviours will vanish into the distance just like a balloon with a broken string on a breezy day.
I love to add NLP techniques to my Zen Meditation because they make it easier to understand, easier to do and gives better results.
Join The Happy People at http://ping.fm/NzJEj Click on follow. Share this with a friend. Help to make the world a happier place.
Why Are So Many People So Unhappy?
The level of happiness has been going down over the last two years. It has been going down since 2009 and this decline has got worse in the first half of 2011.
The University of Vermont researchers studied over 46 billion words used in Twitter tweets. The study showed that the words used showed an increase in depression and a drop in happiness.
How about you? Are you as happy as you used to be? If not, what can you do about it? All the research indicates that happiness is strongly linked to the amount of control that you feel you have over your life. Stress and depression are the enemies of happiness. They are often caused by feeling powerless. Your life is full of problems and you can’t do anything about it. A huge amount of the problems in peoples’ lives is caused by bad government. In the big picture there is very little that we can do about that. We are ruled by one corrupt government after another (UK). They control every aspect of our lives and increase their hold constantly.
There is not much that we can do about all that. Most people want more happiness. So why don’t they get more. Simply put you don’t know how to go about getting it. What you have to do is work harder at a personal level. You can do this by joining The Happy People at http://ping.fm/tyaBy There are 130 plus free articles there. They will tell you how to take control of the happiness in your life. Click on Follow. Share the link with your friends in person and on line. Make them happier too. A good way for you to be happy is for you to have happy friends. Help to spread the message of Love, Peace and Happiness. Tommy.
The level of happiness has been going down over the last two years. It has been going down since 2009 and this decline has got worse in the first half of 2011.
The University of Vermont researchers studied over 46 billion words used in Twitter tweets. The study showed that the words used showed an increase in depression and a drop in happiness.
How about you? Are you as happy as you used to be? If not, what can you do about it? All the research indicates that happiness is strongly linked to the amount of control that you feel you have over your life. Stress and depression are the enemies of happiness. They are often caused by feeling powerless. Your life is full of problems and you can’t do anything about it. A huge amount of the problems in peoples’ lives is caused by bad government. In the big picture there is very little that we can do about that. We are ruled by one corrupt government after another (UK). They control every aspect of our lives and increase their hold constantly.
There is not much that we can do about all that. Most people want more happiness. So why don’t they get more. Simply put you don’t know how to go about getting it. What you have to do is work harder at a personal level. You can do this by joining The Happy People at http://ping.fm/tyaBy There are 130 plus free articles there. They will tell you how to take control of the happiness in your life. Click on Follow. Share the link with your friends in person and on line. Make them happier too. A good way for you to be happy is for you to have happy friends. Help to spread the message of Love, Peace and Happiness. Tommy.
Saturday 17 December 2011
Get Happier AND Stop Stress In One Go!
How do you do that? Read this report: Megan E. Piper, Ph.D., from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, led a group that examined 1,504 people. Some of these people were to stop smoking, the rest were to keep smoking. The people were tested one year and three years later using quality of life (QOL) indices. Simply put, this means that they were asked about how happy they feel about things in their lives.
Those who had stopped smoking, reported higher levels of happiness than those who still smoked. And more important this was still going on at the three year stage. The non-smokers were still happier than the others. They also reported less things were causing them stress than the smokers.
So if you want to stop stress, feel happier AND get loads of health benefits, stop smoking! And join The Happy People. Go to http://ping.fm/01Fuz Click to follow and share this post with a friend. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
How do you do that? Read this report: Megan E. Piper, Ph.D., from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, led a group that examined 1,504 people. Some of these people were to stop smoking, the rest were to keep smoking. The people were tested one year and three years later using quality of life (QOL) indices. Simply put, this means that they were asked about how happy they feel about things in their lives.
Those who had stopped smoking, reported higher levels of happiness than those who still smoked. And more important this was still going on at the three year stage. The non-smokers were still happier than the others. They also reported less things were causing them stress than the smokers.
So if you want to stop stress, feel happier AND get loads of health benefits, stop smoking! And join The Happy People. Go to http://ping.fm/01Fuz Click to follow and share this post with a friend. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Prisoners Find Personal Peace Through Meditation!
Convicts can find inner calmness through quiet meditation. A new programme in Puzhal Prison, India, shows great progress in calming the convicts down. It is reported that after attending meditation classes the most troublesome prisoners were reported to feel calmer and behaved better than before.
You should meditate. Join The Happy People at http://ping.fm/njHdo Click on Follow. Share this message with a friend. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
Convicts can find inner calmness through quiet meditation. A new programme in Puzhal Prison, India, shows great progress in calming the convicts down. It is reported that after attending meditation classes the most troublesome prisoners were reported to feel calmer and behaved better than before.
You should meditate. Join The Happy People at http://ping.fm/njHdo Click on Follow. Share this message with a friend. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
Get Out There, Get Socializing And Get Happy!
A new Gallup poll, shows that people under 30 years of age need at least six hours a day of face to face mixing with other people. This amount makes them feel 20% happier about life. As people get older, this figure drops. When people reach sixty, they say they only need three hours of socializing in order to feel 20% happier.
My advice is to treat these figures as a bare minimum. Forget your age and forget 20%. Get out and and mix with people 24/7. All day, every day. Go for 100% happier! Join The Happy People, Go to http://happinessguru.wordpress.com Click follow. Share this message with a friend. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
A new Gallup poll, shows that people under 30 years of age need at least six hours a day of face to face mixing with other people. This amount makes them feel 20% happier about life. As people get older, this figure drops. When people reach sixty, they say they only need three hours of socializing in order to feel 20% happier.
My advice is to treat these figures as a bare minimum. Forget your age and forget 20%. Get out and and mix with people 24/7. All day, every day. Go for 100% happier! Join The Happy People, Go to http://happinessguru.wordpress.com Click follow. Share this message with a friend. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
Happiness NOW!What makes you happy? A wrestle with your dog when you come in? Your cat cuddling on your knee? Your favourite meal with a friend? A car drive on a quiet road? Your favourite singer singing that special song? Seeing some beautiful scenery with somebody you love? You should have a list of about 50 things that turn you on. Things that you can do with little effort. (As I’ve told you often, they should be written down.) Now start doing them.NOW! That’s right, NOW. KEEP doing them until I tell you to stop. Christmas is starting early this year. We’re not going to make Christmas Day the happiest day in the year, We’re going to make Christmas time the happiest MONTH of the year. All together now, every day, all day, let’s do it!
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Monday 12 December 2011
How To Have Holistic Happiness! Happiness must be Holistic. Yourself, the people around you and all of your actions must be based in producing happiness. You must do everything you can to be happier 24/7, you must do everything you can to make the people around you happier and you must do everything you can to make the world a better place. You may not succeed 100% but you can TRY. 100%. You MAY not get get 100% success but once you TRY 100% you’ll be amazed at the fun, enjoyment and good times you are going to get. Go for it TODAY!!!!!
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Sunday 11 December 2011
One in four, of the soldiers who were in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Some also suffer from depression and substance abuse related to PTSD. Meditation has already been recognized by the military as having a healing potential for PTSD.
A study partly funded by the Department of Defense found meditation training could benefit soldiers. The study of 48 soldiers found those who participated in an eight week mindfulness course, had better moods, memory, and emotional awareness than the ones without the training. One soldier who tried meditation said, “From the first time I did it, I knew it was what I would do for the rest of my life. It was the first time I felt quiet in my mind for five years.”
They have initiated ‘Operation Warrior Wellness’, a plan to teach meditation to 10,000 ex-soldiers.
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A study partly funded by the Department of Defense found meditation training could benefit soldiers. The study of 48 soldiers found those who participated in an eight week mindfulness course, had better moods, memory, and emotional awareness than the ones without the training. One soldier who tried meditation said, “From the first time I did it, I knew it was what I would do for the rest of my life. It was the first time I felt quiet in my mind for five years.”
They have initiated ‘Operation Warrior Wellness’, a plan to teach meditation to 10,000 ex-soldiers.
Start Meditating! Go to http://ping.fm/4N0JX and click follow.
Saturday 10 December 2011
Build Yourself A Bigger Brain!
The size of a London taxi driver’s brain changes when he is learning the quickest way around the capital, MRI scans reveal. This is a learning task that takes between two and four years.
Would-be taxi drivers have to learn 320 routes within a six mile radius of Charing Cross. This means learning and remembering 25,000 streets and 20,000 landmarks and places of local interest. They must know the quickest way to get from one place to an other and the names of the streets used.
Dozens of trainee drivers had MRI scans before and after they had completed this learning. These drivers were of mixed ages and education. The University College London team, writing in Current Biology, found brain parts linked to memory grew bigger. They said it proved the brain could adapt to new tasks, even in at any age.
So, what does this mean for us? It means that your brain doesn’t have to get weak and feeble as you age, it can get bigger and better! It means that we should always be learning new things, we should be giving ourselves new challenges and we should be forcing our brains to do harder and unusual things. Here’s a few that will get you started.
1)Get a spell checker on your computer.
2)Learn another computer function.
3)Start doing word and number puzzles, make sure you finish them by having a peek at the solutions and keep moving up to harder ones.
Try and come up with an exercise for us and send it to me. You could win a prize. You could become the best big brain builder on this blog! Join The Happy People. Go to http://ping.fm/dW4Rs and click the follow button. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
The size of a London taxi driver’s brain changes when he is learning the quickest way around the capital, MRI scans reveal. This is a learning task that takes between two and four years.
Would-be taxi drivers have to learn 320 routes within a six mile radius of Charing Cross. This means learning and remembering 25,000 streets and 20,000 landmarks and places of local interest. They must know the quickest way to get from one place to an other and the names of the streets used.
Dozens of trainee drivers had MRI scans before and after they had completed this learning. These drivers were of mixed ages and education. The University College London team, writing in Current Biology, found brain parts linked to memory grew bigger. They said it proved the brain could adapt to new tasks, even in at any age.
So, what does this mean for us? It means that your brain doesn’t have to get weak and feeble as you age, it can get bigger and better! It means that we should always be learning new things, we should be giving ourselves new challenges and we should be forcing our brains to do harder and unusual things. Here’s a few that will get you started.
1)Get a spell checker on your computer.
2)Learn another computer function.
3)Start doing word and number puzzles, make sure you finish them by having a peek at the solutions and keep moving up to harder ones.
Try and come up with an exercise for us and send it to me. You could win a prize. You could become the best big brain builder on this blog! Join The Happy People. Go to http://ping.fm/dW4Rs and click the follow button. Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Get Set To Really Enjoy This Christmas!
Christmas is coming soon and it will be a great time to bring some happiness to yourself and to others. Do not leave everything til the last minute. Plan what you’re going to do. Make a list of the presents you are going to buy and the people to get cards for. Don’t be mean. It only happens once a year. Put time into it. Think about it. A friend of mine used to post 200 cards out. He didn’t just buy a pack of cards. He used to pick most of them to have a special message for that person. He was also the same about presents. He went abroad a lot and would buy presents six months before Christmas. The message is clear. THINK about it. Don’t leave it until the last minute. He used to enjoy every minute of the preparation, the giving and the good feelings involved. Instead of getting that sinking feeling when you think about all the problems, get involved in the planning, the excitement and the festive spirit. Make this your best Christmas ever. Love,Peace and Happiness, Tommy. Join The Happy People at http://ping.fm/b5Cn1
Christmas is coming soon and it will be a great time to bring some happiness to yourself and to others. Do not leave everything til the last minute. Plan what you’re going to do. Make a list of the presents you are going to buy and the people to get cards for. Don’t be mean. It only happens once a year. Put time into it. Think about it. A friend of mine used to post 200 cards out. He didn’t just buy a pack of cards. He used to pick most of them to have a special message for that person. He was also the same about presents. He went abroad a lot and would buy presents six months before Christmas. The message is clear. THINK about it. Don’t leave it until the last minute. He used to enjoy every minute of the preparation, the giving and the good feelings involved. Instead of getting that sinking feeling when you think about all the problems, get involved in the planning, the excitement and the festive spirit. Make this your best Christmas ever. Love,Peace and Happiness, Tommy. Join The Happy People at http://ping.fm/b5Cn1
Sunday 4 December 2011
Happiest Place In The World!
They did a survey in India to find out where the people were happiest. Jaipur city was the winner.
An INCREDIBLE 96.8 %, yes 96.8 %, of the people living there said that they were HAPPY!
Reading that inspired this thought:
1) Are you the happiest person in your street? If not, start working on it, NOW!
2) Are you the happiest person in your gang? If not, start working on it, NOW!
3) Is your home the happiest home in in the street? If not start working on it. NOW!
Even if you never make, you will have a lot of fun. Trust me. I know about these things.
Love, Peace and Happiness, Tommy.
Saturday 3 December 2011
Friday 2 December 2011
Train Your Brain So It Makes You Happier!
Report from the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington DC:
The brains of happy people are tuned to to only pay attention to positive things in their life. When they look at their lives they only seem to notice the good things. This isn’t some sort of silliness. They are aware of the bad things, but tend to ignore them. Unhappy people, on the other hand, only pay attention to the bad things and ignore the good things. Because happy people notice and respond more strongly to joyful objects and events in their life, their increased sensitivity helps reinforce their happiness over time. Their ability to be happy gets stronger and steronger. So they tend to grow happier as they get older. For the unhappy, the exact opposite is true. Start training your brain to make you happier. Join The Happy People at: http://ping.fm/JqDXD
Report from the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington DC:
The brains of happy people are tuned to to only pay attention to positive things in their life. When they look at their lives they only seem to notice the good things. This isn’t some sort of silliness. They are aware of the bad things, but tend to ignore them. Unhappy people, on the other hand, only pay attention to the bad things and ignore the good things. Because happy people notice and respond more strongly to joyful objects and events in their life, their increased sensitivity helps reinforce their happiness over time. Their ability to be happy gets stronger and steronger. So they tend to grow happier as they get older. For the unhappy, the exact opposite is true. Start training your brain to make you happier. Join The Happy People at: http://ping.fm/JqDXD
Thursday 1 December 2011
Meditation Eases Post Traumatic Stress Disorder!
Early findings from the Oregon Health & Science University study show meditation has helped ease Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
Iraq War veteran Jeff Bounds, 46, of Vancouver says he “noticed a big difference” when he tried meditation. Bounds served two tours in Iraq. He was badly hurt, and spent more than a hear in the hospital. He said his PTSD was overwhelming at times.
“You’re always looking (over your shoulder). I still am (getting) nightmares, flashbacks,” Bounds said.
Bounds said classes to help with PTSD did not work, so in August, he enrolled in the small Oregon Health & Science University study. Bounds saidl meditation changed his life. He said it helps him daily “stay present in stressful situations.”
Many veterans come home from war with strong reactions to sudden noises.
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Early findings from the Oregon Health & Science University study show meditation has helped ease Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
Iraq War veteran Jeff Bounds, 46, of Vancouver says he “noticed a big difference” when he tried meditation. Bounds served two tours in Iraq. He was badly hurt, and spent more than a hear in the hospital. He said his PTSD was overwhelming at times.
“You’re always looking (over your shoulder). I still am (getting) nightmares, flashbacks,” Bounds said.
Bounds said classes to help with PTSD did not work, so in August, he enrolled in the small Oregon Health & Science University study. Bounds saidl meditation changed his life. He said it helps him daily “stay present in stressful situations.”
Many veterans come home from war with strong reactions to sudden noises.
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Good News ForYour Health! People who meditate may be able to use their brain in ways others can’t. They can tune out distractions and focus on the task at hand.A new study shows that experienced meditators have less activity in parts of the brain associated with daydreaming and distraction while meditating and in their day-to-day lives.
Researchers say this part of the brain, known as the “default mode network,” has also been linked to anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Alzheimers disease. The researchers are now looking at ways to use meditation for the prevention and treatment of these illnesses. The findings show that meditation plays a big part in keeping these illnesses at bay. The message is very clear meditate for better health.
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Researchers say this part of the brain, known as the “default mode network,” has also been linked to anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Alzheimers disease. The researchers are now looking at ways to use meditation for the prevention and treatment of these illnesses. The findings show that meditation plays a big part in keeping these illnesses at bay. The message is very clear meditate for better health.
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