Improv, Shrooms, and Neuroscience
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Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Warning: This post may read like a big, old mushroom trip.
Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Warning: This post may read like a big, old mushroom trip.
Talking about ourselves too much hurts our happiness—and can signal deeper problems.
Meditation has taken two divergent paths through the Western mind. For many, it’s a few quick, calming breaths, perhaps timed…
Meditation has taken two divergent paths through the Western mind. For many, it’s a few quick, calming breaths, perhaps timed…
In the Dhammapada, the Buddha taught that, “we are shaped by our thoughts, and we become what we think.” This sentiment…
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Reflections on meaning, meditation, and the evolutionary psychology of “doin’ it for the gram” Taylor Steelman 6 hours ago · 7…
Powerful scientific evidence from an addict turned brain scientist. Dec 15 · 11 min read I spent most of my life mindlessly…
Ever since I was a child, I was consumed by anxiety and tormented by my mind. As I got older, my anxiety got worse, and so did…
To really set you up for success, you must take time to align the five aspects of the body: nutrition, mobility, stress, rest…
Powerful scientific evidence from an addict turned neuroscientist. Sep 17 · 20 min read Ever since I was a child, I was…
Researchers in Italy have identified structural and functional differences in the brains of people with temporary and chronic…
Exploring the basics of meditation and why you should do it.. Jun 4 · 6 min read The word meditation seems to be everywhere…
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Apr 10 · 5 min read Meditation and mindfulness is being used more and more in therapy.
Photo by Arthur Lambillotte on Unsplash Told through the lens of an anxious addict turned neuroscientist Brian Pennie Mar 26 …
· 14 min read As a freelancer and then full-time remote employee, I’ve spent half my professional life outside of an office…
Tap into your hidden brain network that’s designed to solve the unsolvable Jan 29 · 4 min read Photo: Sam Edwards/ My patient…
Powerful evidence based on the personal experience of a former heroin addict who became a brain scientist Brian Pennie Jan 21 …
As our prosperity rises, our mental health is on the decline—and fast. Rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, addiction, and…
As our prosperity rises, our mental health is on the decline—and fast. Rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, addiction, and…
© SEAN MCCABE Lying in a room at Imperial College London, surrounded by low lighting and music, Kirk experienced a vivid…
If you’re going to get any sort of science done, an experiment needs a control group: the unaffected, possibly placebo-ed…
He's on a quest to get Washington to calm down Tim Ryan is not going to be House Democratic Leader in January.
Ronald Bailey Argues for Transhumanism at the Washington Post My fellow Americans should not get to vote on what enhancements I…
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