Would you like to live longer?
On several occasions I’ve explained that when we stop giving meaning to the moment-to-moment events in our lives, we can virtually stop having the negative feelings that cause our stress and emotional suffering. I’ve also discussed the fact that minimizing your stress can literally improve your physical health. In this post I’ll go one step further: I will show you how reducing your stress can actually have you live years longer. An article in Time explains how stress decreases life span A recent issue of Time (February 23-March 2, 2015) has several articles on aging and longevity. One of the [...]
“Reality” isn’t as clear-cut as it appears
Before you conclude that something that you didn’t want to have happened actually happened and now there’s nothing you can do about it, hold on for a moment because maybe it didn’t really happen. This statement might seem confusing so let me give you a few personal example. I promise it will be crystal clear by the time the post is over. I thought I saw that the flight had departed I was changing planes at an airport not too long ago and my first flight arrived late. As I ran to the gate for the connecting flight, I saw [...]
