Positive Interactions Vital to Pre-K Learning Sep. 9, 2013 — Positive interactions in a pre-kindergarten classroom may be equally or more important to the future…
Sticking with It :: Sharon Salzberg :: Tricycle
A friend invited me out to lunch one day and in the course of the meal offered the following confession: ‘‘I’ve been meditating for about…
Fixing Stove Hoods To Keep Pollution Out Of The Kitchen : The Salt : NPR
Great article from NPR on indoor air pollution in home kitchens and how many range hoods work at about 15% effectiveness. Meanwhile, for we…
Diverse Gut Microbes, A Trim Waistline And Health Go Together : Shots – Health News : NPR
[all text quoted from NPR.com] Scientists have discovered new clues about how microbes in our digestive systems may affect health. European researchers found that the…
Tonight’s weekend reflection: What healthy looks like :: Brave Writer
My friend Sage, MFT, just found this on Facebook. I’m reposting it here for everyone who is a parent and for anyone who has ever…
Interview: Penelope Lewis, Author Of ‘The Secret World Of Sleep’ : NPR
From NPR Fresh Air website: What happens in our brains while we’re asleep? That’s one question neuroscientist Penelope Lewis is trying to answer. She directs…
Gut feelings: the future of psychiatry may be inside your stomach | The Verge
Greenblatt’s solution might strike us as simple, but he’s actually targeting a vast, complex, and mysterious realm of the human body: around 90 percent of…
23 Signs You’re Secretly An Introvert
I’m not a secret introvert: I’m out proud and sometimes loud. This has some good info in it from Sophia Dembling, author of “The Introvert’s…
Psychologist Mary Pipher on America’s Biggest Social Taboo | Psychology Today
This is a GREAT interview with Mary Pipher about what she describes as America’s biggest social taboo: Climate change. Here is just a taste:…
Sleep deprivation in teens linked to poor dietary choices
June 20, 2013 — Well-rested teenagers tend to make more healthful food choices than their sleep-deprived peers, according to a study led by Lauren Hale,…