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Kelly McGonigal



Kelly McGonigal, PhD, is an American health psychologist, lecturer, yoga practitioner, and author. She is known for her work translating discoveries in psychology and neuroscience into popular self-help strategies, most notably regarding the unexpected benefits of stress. She is a strong advocate of yoga, meditation, and self-compassion for physical and mental health.

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Researcher Kelly McGonigal Is Teaching a Generation How to Embrace Stress

Meet O’s first visionary for 2020: Research psychologist, McGonigal, who’s transforming scientific data into wisdom.

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How to Create a Sankalpa

The yoga tradition offers a refreshing alternative to the New Year’s resolution: the practice of sankalpa, or resolve.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe simple act of staying still is part of what makes meditation willpower training effective. You’re learning not to automatically follow every single impulse that your brain and body produce.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageMeditation is not about getting rid of all your thoughts; it’s learning not to get so lost in them that you forget what your goal is.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThese three skills—self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matters most—are the foundation for self-control.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageNeuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills, including attention, focus, stress management, impulse control, and self-awareness.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageChasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe development of willpower—I will, I won’t, and I want—may define what it means to be human.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen we’re stressed, our brains persistently mis-predict what will make us happy.

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