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Five Surprising Ways Exercise Changes Your Brain

By Kelly McGonigal — 2020

Moving your body is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your mind.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

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We Don’t Just Need to Connect—We Need to Reconnect

Rekindling dormant ties can bring unexpected benefits to our lives.

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There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing

The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

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'Magical Thinking': Nature’s Way of Dealing With Trauma

A 3-year-old survived a 9-story fall and some wonder if a miracle took place.

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Author Jonni Pollard Talks About His New Book and Finding True Fulfillment and Purpose

Anxiety, conflict, self-doubt, disconnection, lack of purpose or fulfillment—if we’re honest with ourselves, for many of us, these are common experiences.

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Reconnecting with Friends Can Help You Feel Less Regret

Research shows there’s a mental limit on how many people we can feel deeply connected to; federal data indicates most Canadians have a squad of around five close friends and the famous “Dunbar’s Number” theory suggests 150 friends is the cap for our social networks.

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Emotional Detachment: What It Is and How to Overcome It

Emotional detachment is an inability or unwillingness to connect with other people on an emotional level. For some people, being emotionally detached helps protect them from unwanted drama, anxiety, or stress.

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An Expert Explains Why You Feel So Lonely All the Time

We're living in what you might call an epidemic of loneliness. Recent research has shown that many of the people we feel close to probably don't reciprocate the feeling.

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Feeling Numb: What You Need to Know

It is not unusual to feel emotionally numb after or during a very stressful event. A person may also notice a temporary feeling of dissociation or disconnection from the body and the outside world.

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How I Stopped Feeling So Lonely and Disconnected

My whole existence could be described in two words: inadequate and lonely. I remember one day walking down the hall in school. I was so tense that I couldn’t seem to walk straight. I felt like I was a prisoner in my own body and mind. There was me, and then the rest of the world.

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Signs You're Disconnected from Your Body + What to Do About It

I know what it's like to feel disconnected — not only from yourself, but from others and the world. It's a painful place to be. I've lived with that nagging sense of things being not quite right. I've felt the restlessness of wanting more from life, without knowing exactly what I was looking for.

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