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The participants in each group underwent weekly 1.5-hour sessions in their designated intervention method and daily home practice for twelve weeks; this was followed by another 12 weeks of home practice. Researchers then conducted follow-up assessments at the end of the 24-week study. The results indicated that all of the three methods of stress intervention contributed to the decrease in negative emotions and the increase in general well-being. Yet the group that practiced mindfulness exhibited a slightly higher level of improvement compared to the other two groups....

A: Since cave-boy first met cave-girl, partners have been trying to change each other. If only he or she liked dinosaur-knuckle stew, or would enjoy those William Shakespeare plays with me, or wanted to adopt a parrot. Or would learn to meditate. Sigh. So much relationship misery is caused by our attempts to fix our mate. But beware of the insidious if only. This thinking points to the fatal flaw in the scramble to live a pain-free life....

Dr. Teasdale, one of the pioneers in the development of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, presented this new model at the International Symposium for Contemplative Studies, held in Denver in April 2012. At the core of the model, a product of nearly twenty years of work, is the idea that the human brain/mind has two ways to process information. One of these, termed “propositional,” involves using concepts and conventional logic. In this mode we divide the world into categories and use comparisons to make judgments and decisions....

That may seem like a silly question, since by all expert accounts the mind is just what the brain does. The mind is the output—in thoughts, emotions, memories, and desires—of the electrical and chemical activity of the 100 trillion or so synapses in the human brain. So the question is akin to asking which you value more: the cool air that your air conditioner puts out or the unit itself. (I am writing this on a 96-degree day; substitute “warmth” and “radiator” if you are reading this in winter....

** We sat down with Stephen to discuss natural hair trends for 2021 and beyond, her top product recommendations, and what has been inspiring her lately. What do you see as the top natural hair trends coming up? One of the big trends coming would be micro links. A lot of the natural girls have found their balance; in the past, they’ve been told that you go natural and wear your hair natural and don’t do any type of color or chemical treatment....