In the award winning and very inspiring, short film by Kurt Kuenne, Validation (see YouTube video below), not only is the value of validation and acknowledgment explored but also how highly contagious smiles are and how some smiles just can't be faked. What is a smile...

06 December, 2017

In 2001, a major cell phone company BT Cellnet commissioned researchers at a UK social research centre (SIRC), to verify if gossip was good for one's health. If gossip was good for you, then SMS messages, Twittering and talking with friends on our cell phone,...

06 December, 2017

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to a report in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that training in mindfulness meditation and communication alleviated psychological distress and burnout experienced...

06 December, 2017

Reflexology Foot Massage for Headache Do you want to relieve your headache or migraine pain in a few minutes? Try this ancient foot massage technique and watch your pain fade away. Reflexology is a simple technique performed on the hands and feet, that can be traced back...

06 December, 2017

These online oracles are more than computer generated quips. They are insightful, supportive and encourage understanding and awareness. Enjoy these websites and let them help you on your journey! The Zap Oracle "The Zap Oracle," written by Jonathan Zap, a high school English teacher, photographer, philosopher and author...

06 December, 2017

"Sometimes, a hug is all that we need." Juan Mann started the Free Hugs Campaign simply because he needed cheering up one day in 2004 when he had to leave London and return to his hometown of Sydney with only a bag full of clothes and...

01 November, 2017

In an April 23, 2014 press release, “A key to enjoying massive online photo files may be giving up some control, researchers say” researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK, present the results of a 14-month study of a new device called...

01 November, 2017

According to a study conducted at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University (MNI), listening to music we love stimulates production of the pleasure chemical, dopamine, in our brain Music appears to have no biological/survival value and unlike other more physically rewarding stimuli like...

01 November, 2017

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBNLWkCY2s&feature=youtu.be"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The great magician and conjurer, Harry Houdini died on Halloween on October 31st in 1926. The numerous movies and books published about his enigmatic life generally mention that he spent a good deal of time trying to contact...

01 November, 2017