Here’s this week’s ZenDuel roundup — 9 items across Mindfulness & Meditation, Mental Health Research, Habits & Wellbeing.
Table of Contents
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The TLDR
- Mindfulness & Meditation: The Predictive Shadow
- Mental Health Research: Depression may shut down the brain’s ability to make new neurons
- Habits & Wellbeing: What Is Meditation: Its Origins, Benefits, & Practical Tips
Mindfulness & Meditation
The Predictive Shadow
Our brains are prediction machines trying to keep us safe. But over time, we can wind up habitually choosing the relative safety of assumption over the risk of uncertainty. Mindful contributor Cathering Swett examines… Mindful
The Breathscape Practice for Cultivating Mindfulness
A 20-minute meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn to allow you to tap into your capacity to be in touch with your experience, and be awake and aware with no agenda other than to be awake and aware. Mindful
Mental Health Research
Depression may shut down the brain’s ability to make new neurons
A major study found that adults with depression show disrupted production of new neurons in the hippocampus, potentially weakening the brain’s ability to separate new experiences from painful memories. The researchers… ScienceDaily
Habits & Wellbeing
What Is Meditation: Its Origins, Benefits, & Practical Tips
What is meditation, and what is it good for? It took nearly a decade of knowing about meditation for me to embrace it. As a student of positive psychology, I could rattle off a list of its benefits, tell you about its… Positive Psychology
From the blog this week
Free Printable Weekly Habit Tracker (Half-Letter PDF)
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How to Build a Family Habit Tracker Kids Will Actually Use
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How to Stop Doomscrolling and Protect Your Mental Health
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How to Set Boundaries With Your Parents as an Adult
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How to Make Any Boring Task Mindful with Habit Stacking
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