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Compassion is a powerful tool for reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. Research shows that practicing compassion can positively impact health and well-being, increase social connectedness, reduce pain, and and increase positive emotions and feelings of well-being. Neuroscience research indicates that cultivating compassion strengthens the anterior cingulate cortex of the …
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Are you a chronic worrier, or do you know someone who is? Worry is a form of anxiety that is focused on negative predictions about the future. These fears may be real or imagined and can include personal issues like health and finances or broader external issues like pollution or politics. Most of us worry from time to time. The positive function of worry is to help us avoid …
Stress can be defined as strain or pressure. It is part of all of our lives. Stress can be seen as positive and healthy when it challenges us and helps us better our performance and improve ourselves. It can help us to learn and to grow. Excessive stress, however, depresses the immune systems and leads to problems with anxiety and other negative emotions. Here are 5 hints for …
