The Double-Edged Sword of Distractions: How to Balance Your Coping Mechanisms and Foster Personal Growth

This weekend I found reading the book “Human development: A Re-education in Freedom, Love and Happiness”, by Patrick Whelan, an interesting framework to see Personal development and the herarchy of needs. The concept that stuck on my mind was how we devote our “attention” to many things that distract us form growing up and being … Read more

Change your mindset – TED Talk. An example of how you get better health

This is an amazing talk. The clarity and the example are great. She explores scientific results that show the influence of the mindset on the body, and how changing the subjective mindset produced different outcomes. Dr. Crum’s work is inspired in part by the placebo effect, and has implications that stretch far beyond the realm … Read more