Most contemporary psychological research into the regulation of the emotions has focussed on how to control and modulate the emotions after they have flooded the mind. What seems to be missing is the recognition of the central role that heightened awareness and clarity of mind – the “mindfulness” of buddhism – can play in the […]
Author Archives: Jwalant Swaroop
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Jun
Jun
You are driving in the rain, listening to nice music and suddenly a song breaks the spell and throws you in the middle of a painful memory. Same can happen while watching a movie or just sitting in a café with your friends. A song, a familiar looking voice or person, or even a smell […]
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Jun
Jun
Almost inevitably, each day, someone around us will hurt us. It could be a friend, colleague or our partner. They will forget to buy the right groceries at the store or not appreciate the hand made gift we gave them or simply, be rude to us for no fault of ours. Life is not a […]
We All Have Mental Health Download the accompanying teacher toolkit from https://www.org It’s free! We All Have Mental Health is an animation designed to give young people aged 11-14 a common language and understanding of what we mean by mental health and how we can look after it. It has been created for young people in […]
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Mar
Mar
Nature or Nurture is a basic question. Something that we have got by nature is unchangeable. Like our height are pretty much genetic and cannot be determined by external forces. But what we speak english or French is part of experience that we gain by nurturing. The bigger question whether grit is genetic has long […]
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Feb
Feb
Lights out and screen on? Finishing up the last bit of that survey report, running after a dopamine rush of likes on Facebook & Instagram, binge-watching a hot favourite series – there are so many things one can do in the night apart from actually doing what the dark has been created for – sleep. […]
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Feb
Feb
I ask this question to myself from where do I get all the negative emotions, As a human being I have never asked for them but still they exist in me. But from where and how ? Fear breeds greed, hate, jealousy and anger. Then what is the fear? The fear is always of the […]
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Jan
Jan
When things do not go as we planned, we try our best to change the situation for the better. At least that’s what we like to tell ourselves. However, research on learned helpless shows that if we believe that the situation is out of our control then we give up and simply accept whatever comes […]
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Jan
Jan
Being aware of your breathing in a simple thing you can do anywhere, anytime to induce mindfulness. There are number of ways you can focus on your breathing- you can start by being aware that, like the ocean waves your breaths come and go. Each time you breathe out, you can let go and release […]
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Jan
Jan
The modern life we live today can be sometimes overpowering. We have smartphones, tablets, desktops computers and TVs in our faces all day long. We’re now connected to the rest of the world 24/7. This is great, but it also has its disadvantages. We spend so much time looking at screens instead of real people, put […]