Recreational Meditation Part 2: How it Helps
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. In Part 1 (posted 4/27), I described myths about meditation – that you have to do…
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THE BRAIN KEEPS THE SCORE, OR, WHY YOU OVERREACT TO YOUR BOSS/PARTNER/KID/STRANGER IN THE NEXT CAR
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. There is a Buddhist story about a man steering a boat on a river in the…
INTRO TO MINDFULNESS-BASED, ASSISTED, SELF STUDY
“To study the Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, to forget…
Talkin’ Teen Sex Part 2
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. Well, it didn't take long for me to nix the Sinclair Institute DVD idea. For one…
Talkin’ Teen Sex Blues
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. The Guttmacher Institute tells us that 13% of teens have had sexual intercourse by age 15,…
POSITIVELY RIDICULOUS
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. There's a word for constant, unmitigated happiness about your life: denial. Barbara Ehrenreich skewers the positive…
Meditation: The Spiritual Practice To Find Love
VISUALIZING LOVE by Neil Selden 4/10 Talk about the power of visualization! Yearning for the warming and healing presence of…
Really? We’re Still Discussing This?
By Margie Nichols, PH.D. Our colleague James Cantor, Ph.D., published a CNN article showing physiological evidence that gay men are…
Sex And Lies: The Truth About Sexual Fantasies
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. Two weeks ago I was at a sex research and therapy conference where multiple speakers extolled…
OUR FIRST POST
By Margie Nichols, Ph.D. We're off to a good start. I'll be writing on "EXPANDING MIND" about general issues of…