Big Think
Creatine, a popular exercise supplement, might help treat depression
3 min · · Athletes often use creatine to boost performance and aid muscle recovery. Accumulating evidence suggests it could also help with depression. · Shared by 839
Lifehacker
What Kind of Burnt Out Are You? (And Why It Matters)
4 min · · Different types of burnout require different solutions. · Shared by 305, including Eric Bailey
The New Yorker
A Neuroscientist’s Poignant Study of How We Forget Most Things in Life
4 min · · An efficient memory system, Lisa Genova writes, involves “a finely orchestrated balancing act between data storage and data disposal.” · Shared by 181, including Barry Ritholtz, Doug Sundheim, Daron Larson, Amy Cuddy, PhD, Howard Getson, cecile noemie
Brain Pickings
The Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love
6 min · · An ancient antidote to our greatest vulnerability from the great Buddhist teacher and Zen elder Thich Nhat Hanh. · Shared by 125, including Warren Whitlock, Charles Duhigg, Stephanie A Kowalski, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
Aeon+Psyche
How to think about pleasure
18+ min · · Weirdly hard to define, much less to feel OK about it, pleasure is a tricky creature. Can philosophy help us lighten up? · Shared by 250, including Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), cecile noemie, Gabriele, Massimo Pigliucci
Darius Foroux
Success Is Your Enemy If You Want Happiness
2 min · · Always keep pushing yourself. Because your enemy, success, is right around the corner trying to seduce you into getting comfortable. · Shared by 242, including cecile noemie
The Guardian
Cheer up! The happiness guru on how to feel better
8 min · · Meik Wiking is a world expert on what makes us feel happier. So, is there a simple fix? · Shared by 176, including Tim, Todd Kashdan, The Psychologist
Zapier
Work-Life Balance May Have More to Do with Your Personality Than Your Job
12+ min · · Work-life balance—or work-life integration—is a hot topic right now. There are dozens of articles published every week about it, and everyone has their own opinions on how to achieve it. Even… · Shared by 23, including Chris Kresser, cecile noemie
CNET
How to be happy, according to science
8 min · · Here's what the research says about the things we can do every day to improve our happiness, even during immensely challenging times like the coronavirus pandemic. · Shared by 86, including Amber Mac, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Marinel Bijmolt🤓, cecile noemie
The New Yorker
Burnout: Modern Affliction or Human Condition?
Summary · 9 min · · As a diagnosis, it’s too vague to be helpful—but its rise tells us a lot about the way we work. · Shared by 481, including Randy Deutsch, Anne Helen Petersen, Austin Kleon, cecile noemie, Christina, Andrzej Jóźwik, Miguel Angel Escotet, Timothy Caulfield, Stephanie A Kowalski, Timothy Lomauro, getAbstract, Steve Silberman, Mark Kaigwa, Essaadi
Aeon+Psyche
Suicide in Medieval England was not simply a crime or sin
4 min · · Like the slow engraving of an imprint on stone: compassion and care for those struggling with suicide in medieval England · Shared by 74, including cecile noemie
The School of Life
Emotional Scepticism
11+ min · · The outcome of any concerted attempt of self-knowledge could be presumed to be a deep understanding of ourselves. But strangely, the real outcome is really rather different. It appears that the more… · Shared by 139, including Luminous Kaleidoscope, cecile noemie
Inc.
Want to Calm Your Anxiety in Just 8 Minutes? Neuroscience Says Take a Deep Breath and Listen to This
3 min · · I'm not saying it lasts forever. But if you've got eight minutes and a phone or computer, give it a try. · Shared by 104, including Real Marsha Wright®, cecile noemie, Howard Getson, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Aeon+Psyche
Frantz Fanon and the crisis of mental health in the Arab world
6 min · · Where is Frantz Fanon’s postcolonial ‘new man’ to be found in the persistence of psychiatric institutions in the Arab world? · Shared by 64, including Carly, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Vaughan Bell, Jason Silva
The Cut
‘How Can I Make Peace With the Life I Have?’
4 min · · It’s okay that you feel unsatisfied right this moment. It doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It just means you’re a person. · Shared by 8