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Every week, Dr. Justin Altschuler writes a post that provides new insight and perspective into the familiar parts of life, helping readers live a healthy, happy, meaningful life.
Doc’s Thoughts Broaden your perspective. Live a happy, healthy, meaningful life. Subscribe to Doc's Thoughts When people are first learning to meditate, I often provide a little warning: meditation is just a synonym for paying attention, while it is simple, it is not easy. This is why we meditate, to cultivate the skill of being attentive. Our minds’ tendency is to wander, and working to remain present and attentive takes effort. At the beginning of meditation, maintaining attention is...
Doc’s Thoughts Broaden your perspective. Live a happy, healthy, meaningful life. Subscribe to Doc's Thoughts We have a tendency to think of things in binary terms—on or off, yes or no, true or false, good or bad. In reality, though, most things are better thought of as existing on a spectrum—even things that we do not often think of as that way. This can be challenging because the belief structures that we use to navigate life are often framed in binary terms. All-or-nothing thinking is a...
Doc’s Thoughts Broaden your perspective. Live a happy, healthy, meaningful life. Subscribe to Doc's Thoughts Think about the people who have moved humanity forward over the past 200 years—the individuals who made a meaningful, lasting contribution to the world. Who belongs on that list? Perhaps Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, or Nelson Mandela for their leadership; Marie Curie or Albert Einstein for their scientific discoveries; Mark Twain or Gabriel García Márquez for their literary...