However, new findings from a research team in the Netherlands suggest that even a small amount of mindfulness meditation can help calm our hyperactive minds and improve our sleep. “With growing pressures at work coupled with smartphone technology, it is really difficult to ‘switch off’ because you continue to receive work-related messages in the evening,” says Ute Hülsheger, an associate professor of work and organizational psychology at Maastricht University and the lead author of the study....

the spending conversation isn’t really about money the spending conversation isn’t really about money The first thing to remember when you begin a conversation about spending differences with your spouse is that “conversations about money aren’t actually about money.” The Gottman Institute elaborates on this idea in countless articles and even talks about this idea briefly in their podcast, Small Things Often. In short, conversations about money are ACTUALLY conversations about our deepest dreams, desires, and core needs as humans....

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She explains how, for example, getting more sleep and meditating are fantastic ways to reduce stress and train the brain to have more willpower. She also says people need to slow down and investigate why they think certain things: To read posts from her blog, “Heart & Mind,” here on Mindful.org, click here.

We’ve all witnessed someone choke under pressure, and while it may seem like a high-profile phenomenon, it can also happen to us in everyday life—whether we’re trying to nail a job interview, pass an important exam, impress a new date, or give a successful presentation. So why do we panic under pressure? And what can we do to stop it? In this video from TED-Ed, educator Pen-Pen Chen explains why pressure causes us to panic, and how we can conquer it....