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"Why Self-compassion Is More Important for Psychological Well-being than Self-esteem" with Kristin Neff
Kristin's research shows that self-compassion offers all of the psychological benefits of self-esteem with none of its drawbacks. In fact, research indicates that by caring for ourselves compassionately we are more motivated to learn from our mistakes, grow, and reach our full potential.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-06-09
- 00:59:45
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"A New Vision of Aging" with Tom Pinkson and Sue Steele
Join Psychologist Tom Pinkson and Psychotherapist Sue Steele as they explore how issues of conscious aging impact their lives and their work with clients. They lay the foundation for some ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 01:00:12
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Nina Lynn Meyerhof
Nina Lynn Meyerhof, EdD, President and Founder of Children of the Earth, has made a life of advocating for children and youth. As her vocation, she served as the Special Education Coordinator for a ten-school district in southern Vermont. Dr. Meyerhof has extensive background in the needs of all children, with Master of Arts degrees in both Special Education and in Counseling and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Psychology. She also holds a doctorate in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration from the University of Massachusetts at which she developed a self-esteem model to be used in schools. The co-author of Conscious Education: The Bridge to Freedom, she is recognized as an innovative educator committed to global responsibility through authentic learning. Having received many awards for her work from The Mother Theresa Award to the Citizen's Department of Peace Award to The International Educators Award for Peace, Nina continues daily to focus on altering world views for creating a better future.
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Self-Compassion: The Key to Psychological Well-Being
Although the Western drumbeat has been to improve your life by focusing on self-esteem, Neff asserts that in many ways, self-compassion does a much better job—not only for you but for those around you.
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My Inner Space
My Inner Space by Payam Ghassemlou MFT, Ph.D. Everyone has the potential to find the doorway to his or her inner space and can knock on its door until ... -
Why do we fear change or transition?
Have you felt powerless around the need to make certain decisions? Has the fear of change or transition created concern, or an adverse effect on your life? If so, you ... -
The Chakra System - A Bridge Between Neuroscience and Neurotheology
Part iii of Neuroscience Meets Neurotheology The universe is an interactive matrix of the intelligent energy we call consciousness. Everything that experiences a physical existence must be made up of ... -
How Giving Improves Your Health and Heals a Wounded World
If the art of holiday giving is starting to feel a little more contrived this year, a little more commercial, then the science of giving has some news to bolster your holiday spirit...
- Noetic Research
- Personal Well-being
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Self-Directed Neuroplasticity: A 21st-Century View of Meditation
The field of contemplative neuroscience is exploding, in tandem with the explosion of knowledge about brain science in general. People know twice as much about the brain today than they did in 1990, and science knows a hundred times more today than it did in 1990 about what happens in the brain when people engage in contemplative practices.
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The Hidden Gifts of Helping
Not too long ago, we thought of the body as a machine and the brain as some sort of computer that ran the show. But much recent research indicates that the brain is essentially a social organ with its cells and pathways wired for empathy, for experiencing the joys and sufferings of others as if they were our own. Our brain, our hormones, and our immune system are an intimately related care-connection system.
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The Mind’s Own Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation
Scientific study of meditation has flourished over the past several years, summarized in this excerpt from a new book of groundbreaking conversations between the Dalai Lama and leading researchers from both Eastern and Western traditions.
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Transforming Our Worldview
Transforming Our Worldview Neuroscience Meets Neuro-theology Part II What does worldview transformation really mean and how do we accomplish it? When we talk about transforming our worldview we are talking ...