MASK The Magazine

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“Some of the methods I use to calm the chaos is I just try to change my mindset. I do this by understanding that there are some things you can control and some things you can’t. I try to control what I can control. I definitely use music to calm myse

MASK The Magazine

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Q: Is it true that weed can mess up your mind? – Jared, 8th grade, Henderson, Nevada A: Jared, yes it does. Research has reported the use of marijuana during the teen years negatively impacts brain structure, volume and function; quality of white mat

WHO

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You are mentally tired and restless, concentrating on your immediate duties and familiar tasks may be difficult or confusing. You are not inclined to discipline your mind or focus on practical matters unless there is an element of risk-taking involve

Girlfriend Australia

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It could just be that you’ve grown apart and they are hella distant. Let them go and wish them well. “Chances are you didn’t do anything wrong,” says Kim. “You never know what’s going on in the other person’s mind. Perhaps they have changed or are go

India Today

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5 PATHWAYS TO LOWER MENTAL STRESS 1. WORKING (IT) OUT MANPREET SINGH, Rudrapur The start of 2020 for Manpreet Singh, 32, had been joyous. He had taken a group of tourists to Thailand and Vietnam in January and his travel company, Four Seasons Holiday

TIME

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IF YOU PUT PEOPLE IN BRAIN SCANNERS and give them something delicious—say, wine or chocolate—the reward centers of their brains light up. In other words, it’s making them feel good. But if you promise them a delicious item in the future, there’s no r

Womankind

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It’s common knowledge that a deeper connection with nature is good for our health. Nature provides, not just in the food we eat but mentally and spiritually. Being ‘connected’ to nature, it seems, makes us happier. In his book The Biophilia Hypothesi

WHO

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You are mentally tired and restless; concentrating on your immediate duties and familiar tasks may be difficult or confusing. You are not inclined to discipline your mind or focus on practical matters unless there is an element of risk-taking involve

What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

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One possible reason for the mood-enhancing effects of fascia therapy is that your fascia contains receptors for endocannabinoidssubstances produced by your body that have biological effects similar to marijuana.1 One study showed that after subjects

Woman

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Massage is also a way of channelling your legal inner drug habit. The touch and pressure on nerve cells promotes a rush of endorphins, as well as hormones dopamine and serotonin. No partner? No problem. Some nice smelly oil, comfy sofa, something riv

You South Africa

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Communicative Mercury moves into your sign, freeing up words and loosening your tongue. Whether you want to charm yourself into someone’s heart, show your compassion or share your concerns, it’s a good week in which to verbally express your feelings.

WHO

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Steve ‘Commando’ Willis might appear to have a hard exterior, but the ex-army officer showed a softer side when talking with WHO this week. Still keeping up his daily fitness regime, Willis says he makes time in his day to “just breath” and focus on

The Atlantic

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I couldn’t say these things during a traditional ceremony, but these aren’t traditional times.

RECOIL OFFGRID

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Although survival is undeniably a physical challenge, the mental aspect is often even tougher to overcome. The most obvious mental challenges occur in the heat of the moment — for example, struggling to maintain focus, stay calm, and surmount hopeles

MASK The Magazine

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“Some of the methods I use to calm the chaos is I just try to change my mindset. I do this by understanding that there are some things you can control and some things you can’t. I try to control what I can control. I definitely use music to calm myse

Mega Man

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“I am disciplined. I am focused. I am healthy.” Confidently written in a journal entry one Thursday morning last March, these self-affirmations were much-needed pick-me-ups for a then troubled Ben Wintle. And why wouldn’t he need all the positive rei

Fashion Quarterly

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November 22 to December 21 December is a big month for you as you say the final goodbyes to a past version of yourself and mourn what once was. Take the time to clear the slate mentally and emotionally, so you’re ready to step into a fresh iteration

POPSUGAR

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Americans are basically terrible at taking time away from work. Whether it's because we just don't have enough paid time off to plan a real vacation or because we think the world will end if we step away from our desks for more than a day, either way

The American Poetry Review

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If in time the book-boxes in the cellar liftedout of your mind and garnished mine, what I would seemost is the meshing of the universe, not even,as tradition from Sappho to Euclid calls it, lovebut another sprite more broken up as if mathematical—one

Architectural Digest India

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Living with death is an odd experience. Awareness of the physical non-existence of a loved one colours almost every experience. One can accept and adjust, but the void remains. And it is funny how the human mind adapts to living with this lacuna. Som

Woman's Own

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Make time for a heart-to-heart with your partner and you’ll discover something important is on their mind. Enjoy an adventure and don’t dwell on the past. Being enthusiastic about fresh ideas could see you reach new heights. Business plans will expan

The English Garden

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Which have been the most satisfying projects you have worked on during your career? You become immersed in each project and I’ve been lucky enough to work on only those things that I completely believed in. But having a smallholding – Franklin Farm,

WellBeing

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n 1 the established set of attitudes held by someone 2 a mental attitude or inclination Anaïs Nin’s famous adage, “We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are”, reveals a lot about someone’s mindset. When your mind is open to possibilities

Journal of Alta California

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In 1976, Joan Didion wrote, famously: “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking.” It’s an assertion I planned on borrowing until I realized it does not apply to me. The fact is that I write not to find out what I’m thinking but simply to confir

Manhattan Institute

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Paul Hollander, Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, died last week at 86. He was a remarkable man. By age of 24, he had experienced more history than most of us would see in several lifetimes. He was born in 1

MEGA

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“I am disciplined. I am focused. I am healthy.” Confidently written in a journal entry one Thursday morning last March, these self-affirmations were much-needed pick-me-ups for a then troubled Ben Wintle. And why wouldn’t he need all the positive rei

Psychologies

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Our restless, racing and untethered thoughts are often described as the ‘monkey mind’. In Buddhism, there is a word in the Pali language especially dedicated to describing this – papancha. The monkey mind swings from thought to thought. As we seize o

Pick Me Up Special

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To celebrate National Writing Day on 26 June, we’re here to encourage all of you to pick up a pen and get those words out. It doesn’t have to be the next best-selling novel – even just keeping a journal will set your creative side free... Freelance

Men's Health Australia

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THE RETURN to the office (eventually!) might be good news when it comes to watercooler gossip and post-work beers, but settling back into your (hot) desk has a few unexpected downsides. While our homes might be full of domestic distractions – dishes

Literary Hub

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I read once that every time we learn something new, neural pathways form in our brains, physical proof that we have been amazed or surprised or shocked by something. Knowing little about the the brain, I have always imagined that each of us carries i