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Source: “The Miracle of Mindfulness,” Thich Nhat Hanh
Chapter 1: The Essential Discipline
The essential discipline is to be undivided. While doing a thing, one should be fully attentive to that thing. Multi tasking undermines this essential discipline. The essential discipline consciously acknowledges and dismisses awareness of every thought and action.
Chapter 2: The Miracle Is [...]
Source: “Authentic Happiness,” Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., Chapter 5
Gratitude Survey
(Michael McCullough and Robert Emmons)
1 = Strongly disagree – 7 = Strongly agree
I have so much in life to be thankful for.
If I had to list everything that I felt grateful for, it would be a very long list.
When I look at the world, I [...]
Lecture 15 – A Person in the World of People: Morality
Professor Bloom provides an introduction to psychological theories of morality.
Students will learn how research in psychology has helped answer some of the most central questions about human morality. For instance,
which emotions are "moral" and why did these moral feelings evolve?
What factors guide [...]
Lecture: Yale: Paul Bloom: The Development of Thought
Lecture 5 – What Is It Like to Be a Baby: The Development of Thought
This lecture explores issues and ideas related to the branch of psychology known as cognitive development.
It begins with an introduction of Piaget who, interested in the emergence of knowledge in general, studied children [...]
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist, author, co-founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. and teacher with a lifelong interest in the intersection of psychology, neurology, and Buddhism.
He is first author of Mother Nurture (Penguin, 2002) and co-author (with Rick Mendius, M.D.) of a book-in-progress titled The Awakening Brain. Dr. [...]
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