When I became interested in neuroscience, I bought the book written by Dr. Rahul Jandial, “Life Lessons from a brain surgeon.” I was surprised to learn that in the second year of Medical University, the students take an exam called Step…
“The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung argued that when we fall in love with someone, what we really fall in love with are the characteristics that are in us, but that, for whatever reason, we cannot access. This is what…
“WANT-TO goals reflect a person’s genuine interest and values (they’re “WHY”). We pursue these kinds of goals because of personal enjoyment (intrinsec interest), because of the inherent importance of the goal (identified interest), or because the goal has been assimilated into…
Last year, I thought I had Mindfulness figured out. It was 2011 when I learned for the first time about the concept of Mindfulness in Andy Puddicombe’s book, and I was hooked. In my quest to understand and practice it, I…
I met Rick Rubin for the first time while I was watching “The shop”, specifically the episode about hip hop artists. I noticed right away his calm presence, the luminosity in his eyes. Rick was present, and he exuded enlightenment. Only when…
Thirteen years after the book “EVOLVE YOUR BRAIN” was published for the first time, I started reading it. Thus, I became fascinated by Joe Dispenza’s idea that we are what we are thinking: “What we repeatedly think about and where we focus our…
I am fifty-two years old, and I am interested in the process of aging. Therefore I read books written by specialists who: – explain what is happening to our bodies while we are aging – describe the research done so far…
“In everyday life males and females alike are relatively silent about love. Our silence shields us from uncertainty. We want to know love. We are simply afraid the desire to know too much about love will lead us closer and closer…
When I think of Viola Davis, in my mind comes her image as Annalise Keating (the character she play in “How to get away with murder”), taking off her wig and showing herself vulnerable. For me it was a powerful image…
Men’s Minds “And I’m sure women probably wonder <<What are men thinking anyway?>> You really want to know what men are thinking? Because I can tell you what men are thinking. You know what we’re thinking? Nothing. We’re not thinking anything.…
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