The Optimist Living
Sheryl Sandberg: “You are not born with a fixed amount of resilience”:
Facebook’s chief operating office and the author of Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg gave a moving commencement speech and spoke about the sudden death of her husband Dave Goldberg on a vacation last year. She addressed a core theme of the optimism way of life: Resilience in the face of struggle and Read More...
We're better thinkers when we're feeling awe.
More than 4.5 million people visited the Grand Canyon in 2013. In the same year, worldwide revenues for Cirque du Soleil were close to $850 million. Fireworks displays, first developed in seventh-century China, are now featured in celebrations throughout the world at tremendous public expense. Read More...
Turmeric latte: the 2016 health drink
Turmeric is a spice that is one of the best inflammation fighters. It’s the main ingredient of curries. In a new report on food trends in the US, Google singled out turmeric’s ascent after searches for the spice increased by 56 percent from November 2015 to January 2016. Turmeric is now also Read More...
Food is the best medicine: Top items of the anti-cancer diet
Food is the best medicine. This ancient truth still needs to find much more acceptance in modern, technology driven, health care systems. There are easy dietary choices that can support health and fight and/or reduce the risk of cancer. Here’s a list of anti-cancer Read More...
A potion that fights inflammation and supports healthy aging
Turmeric is one of the healthiest and most powerful spices in the world. The main ingredient and most active compound in turmeric is curcumin. Curcumin is extremely powerful polyphenol and it can provide more than 150 therapeutic benefits, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant Read More...
Tips for falling back to sleep in 20 minutes or less
A third of us suffer from insomnia, but not all sleeplessness is the same. While some of us struggle to nod off at the beginning of the night, many more of us wake in the wee hours, watching the clock as we stress out about losing sleep. If you’re in the habit of waking up in the middle of the Read More...
Healthy aging is not luck: The 7 easy physical habits of people who age well
Aging gracefully in a healthy way is very much within reach of more and more people. Sure, growing older affects nearly every part of your body—including your hair, skin, heart, muscles, and more—but aging well may be as simple as adopting these 7 (mostly) easy everyday Read More...
Change the problem and a “new” solution will emerge
Here’s the problem: We are not really creative. Nobel Prize-winning research has shown that decision makers are subject to deeply held cognitive biases. Most problems are addressed by applying decisions people have made on similar problems in the past. So how do new solutions emerge? There’s a Read More...
Research shows that meditation improves relationships
Meditation can seem like a bit of a selfish activity. Yet, research shows that meditation is very effective in improving relationships. It curbs stress, for instance, and stress is a major disruptor of relationships. Meditation feeds positive emotions. That also supports relationships. And Read More...
Here’s an easy solution for your health: A simple standing desk
More and more research shows that sitting is the new smoking when it comes to health. People who sit less and never exercise have better health stats than people, who exercise on a daily basis but sit at a desk for 8 hours a day or more. The standing desk offers the elegant solution, and startup Read More...