The terms “mindfulness” and “meditation” are often used interchangeably, but different practices are known to emphasize cultivating unique abilities such as attention, compassion, and social skills. To date, research has yet to show whether changes in brain structure, stress physiology, attention and social behavior vary by the type of mindfulness training received. To answer this question, a team of researchers embarked on a large-scale study of the effects of 3-months of different types of mindfulness training....

Luckily, there’s a range of effective hair care products out there to help you deal with frizz and stop that semi-unmanageable pouf in its tracks. While some of these frizzy hair solutions won’t stop frizz overnight, when used over time, you’ll start to see some (and feel!) the difference in your hair. What Causes Men’s Frizzy Hair? Read on to discover our favorite men’s products for frizzy hair. 1. Dryness If you have naturally dry hair, then you’re typically more susceptible to frizz....

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....

To read the article “Mindfulness and ADHD: an Interview with Lidia Zylowska”, click here. And for more about mindfulness and ADHD here on Mindful.org, click here.

Mindfulness allows patients to disengage from this negative thought pattern through the “body scan” technique. Patients are asked to systematically pay attention to each region of the body. As this happens, the alpha rhythms that are responsible for the flow of sensory information to the brain fluctuate. In an interview with The Guardian, Kerr describes this fluctuation as a “sensory volume knob” that acts as a focusing skill that “regulates attention so that it does not become biased toward negative physical sensations and thoughts, as in depression”....

Led by researchers at the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education at Australian Catholic University, educators in 20 Australian schools volunteered to participate in a school-based study. Eighty-five teachers from 10 schools attended an eight-week mindfulness-based program. Another 100 teachers from 10 different schools did not. After eight weeks, teachers who’d practiced mindfulness reported less stress, better sleep, and more mindfulness, self-compassion, and ability to use thoughts to help regulate emotions, compared to controls....

You can thank our very own Diva Elizabeth for designing these beautiful Fall and Halloween Minute to Win it Games. I just get all giddy inside when I get to see the work she’s done! Get excited and go check out some of her other amazing printables on our site! Pumpkin Games Invite Get everyone on board with these Minute to Win It Halloween Games with this darling, pumpkin-patch inspired invite....

Show your husband you’ve missed him with this simple note and sweet treat! My husband was due to arrive home after being gone for a few days. We wanted to show him that we had missed him in a fun way. I picked up some donut holes from a local bakery, set them out on a plate, and wrote this quick note. Pretty cheesy but he loved it and knew we had really missed him....

Obviously, avoiding conversations that need to happen is a bad managerial step. But organizations aren’t the greatest at addressing difficult feelings like anger and jealousy, says Daniel Goleman, bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and Focus. Goleman suggests the best leaders are those who can get over something quickly, and help others get over something quickly, in order “to build a high bonding and cohesive state.” Negative thoughts and feelings have to be addressed up front—in other words, you should stop bottling up your anger....

Now, in a new study from the University of Zurich published in NeuroImage, scientists explore whether combining meditation with psilocybin—the chemical in magic mushrooms—may impact brain function and alter self-consciousness even after the high is gone. Understanding the Effects of Mushrooms In the University of Zurich study, 38 experienced adult meditators were randomly assigned to either a psilocybin or placebo control group. They then participated in a five-day, silent group meditation retreat....

This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. Your date begins with a tasting party! I set the scene by leaving this little invitation for James. I spied a downloadable template at Paper Crafts Magazine that I knew could be adapted to fit a Holiday theme. After creating the card base, I cut out some fun red paper to add to the drink shape and attached a little banner I made with a rubber stamp....

My Hair Resolutions for 2017 1. One last round of color. Hear me out. My hair is somewhere between balayage and ombre at this stage and my very-grown-in roots have me missing my natural brown color. Step one in this journey is to dye the bottom half of my hair to match my roots so I can settle into the new year without worrying about updating my blonde highlights. I am stepping away from the bleach and embracing my natural color and I couldn’t be more excited to be a full brunette again....

How to Care for Natural Hair: 7 Natural Hair Tips You Need Read on to learn more: When building a Black hair care routine, the first thing you’ll need to realize is one simple rule: No curl is created equal. There are different natural hair curl patterns. Also understand that your texture will likely differ from your besties— we all have beautiful heads of curls and need to take a unique approach to their care!...

The CD includes excercises to practice before and after meetings, how to cope with negative emotions and troublesome colleagues, and how to reduce stress and increase focus. For more on how mindfulness and the workplace can come together, read this article on Search Inside Yourself, a mindfulness-based training program that Bush helped start up at Google. Chade-Meng Tan, the founder of Search Inside Yourself, talks about the program here on our site....

The ability to feel what others feel and intuit their emotions from their body language, tone of voice, and other indirect clues is not only something that women are supposedly better at than men, but one that reflects (some researchers contend) hardwired sex-based differences in the brain. Among the cadre of scientists who study this, the empathy gap is considered strong evidence for “the essential difference” between female and male brains, namely, that female brains are good at sympathizing and male brains at using logical thinking to classify and analyze the world....

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Ask Your Kids After School “How was school today?” “Good.” “What did you do?” “Ummm… I don’t remember.” If that conversation is sounding a little too familiar, then you are going to love today’s post. We teamed up with our talented Diva Designer, Crystal from A Well Feathered Nest to bring you a fun and easy way to open up the communication with your kids! Introducing our… Printable After School Question Cards...

If you want to know more, read on to learn why you need to add this coconut hair product to your routine now: Hair Care Must-Have: Coconut Oil & Ylang Ylang 3-in-1 Benefit Oil We’ve waxed poetic about how the Love Beauty and Planet brand is vegan and saving our precious earth one product at a time with small acts of love. That’s enough for us to be obsessed with the brand but what makes us even more obsessed is the efficacy of the products....

Pumpkin decorating is a fun tradition that brings me back to my childhood! Where I grew up, we had a creative neighbor that organized a yearly pumpkin decorating party – complete with a contest and prizes! Every year we would bring a pumpkin to the party and have fun decorating in a unique way. At the end, there were winners and prizes! Now, you can have your very own pumpkin decorating party!...

One of their tips is to work to build a girl’s confidence and leadership skills as a way to help them combat gender biases they may encounter. Often, girls don’t feel comfortable with public speaking for fear of being judged or being seen as “bossy,” which is a common gendered criticism of outspoken females. In order to counteract this fear, parents can show girls a wide variety of positive role models and actively encourage girls to feel confident and comfortable with their own voice....