Richard Davidson lists what he calls the "Six Emotional Styles"; do you see yourself here?
Davidson—whose work studying meditation and the brain at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds has been discussed here on Mindful.org—talks about his book, The Emotional Life of Your Brain, co-authored with Sharon Begley. He also goes into some detail about his team’s research on meditation and how we might adapt and respond to life’s emotional “slings and arrows.”
Most of us want to avoid uncertainty, but the latest scientific research is showing that uncertainty may be essential for our overall well-being. Here’s how mindfulness can help us unlock its beneficial potential.
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Research has demonstrated that cultivating self-compassion—learning how to be kind and supportive to oneself—can act as a shield for teenagers against the negative impacts of social media, trauma, depression, and various other challenges. While self-compassion is not a magical solution, it can help alleviate some of the difficulties that adolescents encounter on a daily basis.
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Line Goguen-Hughes is a writer and editor and former assistant editor at Mindful.
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