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Everyday mindfulness
Being caught up in our mind is what causes most of our struggles in life. #mindfulness — Everyday Mindfulness (@mindfuleveryday) August 27, 2015
An American epidemic
http://mashable.com/2015/07/26/gun-violence-american-epidemic/ I started working as an activist to prevent gun violence in December 2012 after the devastating shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in which a 20-year-old man shot and killed 20 children and six adult staff. I felt I could no longer sit idly by as this epidemic ravaged my country — especially after…
Hypersexuality is a common side effect of sexual trauma
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-ripley/sex-after-trauma-psychology-behind-my-promiscuity_b_8587064.html Hypersexuality is a common side effect of sexual trauma (as is avoiding sex altogether). I didn’t know this at the time I wrote that piece. During that period of my life, I wasn’t just, “taking a guy home from the party because I wanted to.” I was actively going on Tinder and looking for…
Myths about mindful meditation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-a-francis/10-misconceptions-about-mindfulness-meditation_b_8119328.html 1. All meditation is pretty much the same. This was the biggest source of confusion for me when I was learning how to meditate. I didn’t realize that there were several different forms of meditation, such as Transcendental Meditation, guided imagery, and contemplative meditation. And each has different goals. What I did was try…
Snapchat filters enable survivors to speak freely on camera
https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/using-snapchat-s-filters-to-conceal-interviewee-identities/s2/a654554/ The complex face-mapping software used by Snapchat allows users to transform their appearance with a range of filters, and turn themselves into a dog, a lion, or a fire-breathing dragon, for example – usually seen as features designed to entertain. But this technology can have “serious applications for journalism,” Omar told Journalism.co.uk. He found…
Australian nurse tests negative for #Ebola
Quarantined Australian nurse tests negative for #Ebola: http://t.co/OsSRgV49P0 #Australia pic.twitter.com/vR2nBUs1CY — Stuff.co.nz News (@NZStuff) October 9, 2014 Sue Ellen Kovack presented herself to the Cairns Hospital on Thursday afternoon after complaining of a fever. She had previously been in Sierra Leone treating Ebola victims in a hospital. In a statement, Queensland Health chief health officer…