Mindfulness and the acceptance of the unfair

For those of you that also read Eating Coach, you will already know what a huge proponent of Mindfulness Training I am. 

This article from Biosingularity, discusses how mindfulness training effects decision making -- moving away from the more emotional areas of the brain and increasing the ability of the brain to make a decision based on more rational information of the present moment.

Eating too much, impulsively buying things we can't afford, acting out because life isn't fair -- all of these seemingly hard to control impulses might be brought under better management with mindfulness training.

At best, it could change your life -- at worst, you've devoted some time to a undertaking that didn't pan out.  Might just be worth a try!

An unusual vomiting syndrome

Although it is unusual, cyclical vomiting syndrome is worth knowing about.  It is caused by the vomiting center of the brain being triggered -- it isn't a stomach issue at all!  It's unique aspects are:

• The attacks are sudden, with an abrupt start and end point
• The symptoms displayed during an attack tend to be similar to previous attacks
• Once the episode is over the patient quickly feels well again, as if she had never been sick at all

Interested to know more?  Check out this great article from Children's Hospital Boston!

 

Positivity

Here's a neat positivity test.  A couple of weeks ago, at BorgessAthlete, I talked about positive to negative interaction ratios and some of the research done by Marcial Losada on what it takes to have a team (athletic or work-related) flourish (or languish).

The same principles apply with the emotions you feel within yourself.  How did your day stack up to the goal positivity ratio of 3:1?  Take the test and find out.

Then....if you're not happy with the results and you realize you want more positivity in your life, check out this website from the Happiness Project.

Remember:  what you think is that which you create!  --make it GREAT!

How do you measure success? Perhaps it's time for a tune up.

What is success?

To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;

This is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought for the Day.....

“statis is achieved through dynamism… constant change is a form of equilibrium” --Gretel Ehrlich