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Practicing meditation has long been felt to have positive effects on your mental well-being, and now there is research to support the physiological gains from daily meditation. Harvard-affiliated researchers published their findings in the January 30, 2015, issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. Their study involved an experiment with 16 participants and a control group. The participants engaged in an 8 week-long mindfulness meditation program for weekly meetings and practiced meditation for an average of 27 minutes a day. All participants in the experimental group and in the control group received MRI brain scans two weeks before...

When something bad happens you have three choices.

You can either let it define you, let it destroy you

or you can let it strengthen you.

Washington D.C. has the Cherry Blossom Festival. Rochester, New York has the Lilac Festival. Communities all over the country celebrate the arrival of the blossoms and blooms. But for some, all this beauty makes them run for cover! Spring pollen allergies are the culprit. WebMD has several good tips to keep the allergens under control and hopefully offer sufferers some relief.

http://www.webmd.com/allergies/spring-allergy-tips

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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember.  Involve me and I learn.

-Benjamin Franklin     

Its Monday morning 7:30AM, everyone is rushing around getting ready for school, work, the day’s activities.  Your phone is buzzing with work e-mails; texts about soccer pick up, a reminder about a meeting and dance class tonight. Your daughter can’t find her homework and she reminds you that she needs her leotard clean for gymnastics. Your son needs his reading folder signed and did you remember he needs to be at school early for band practice today?

Does this sound familiar? For many families this has become a way of life. The amount...

Ever wonder why that certain social media post got so much attention? Can’t explain why you can’t help but click on that article posted on your Facebook feed? Is there an argument you cannot resist when you are killing time on Twitter? Recently, I saw this video that has made a dramatic impact on my social media use and focus. The creators of this video have outlined a great way to think about ideas and posts on the internet and how your mind gets manipulated by social media.  “If you want to maintain a healthy brain,...