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How poor mental health drags refugees to the social periphery. Doctors without borders.

  If a person is not healthy enough to make sense of the past and accept reality, regain control of their future and finally enjoy life, this person is very likely to drift to the social periphery, develop feelings of worthlessness, resentment and despair, perceive the environment as hostile and eventually respond in the same manner.   The mental health situation in the asylum seekers’ … Continue reading How poor mental health drags refugees to the social periphery. Doctors without borders.

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You can adopt habits at any stage in life. Period.

…if you start adopting emotional hygiene, and you start to pay attention to emotional wounds, you’ll start to realise that you can thrive and get productive and be happy, and you can get much more out of life throughout all the years you live.   Dr Guy Winch, PhD, is the charming TED speaker, who reminded over 2.5 millions of viewers how important it is … Continue reading You can adopt habits at any stage in life. Period.

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The way we love. The why we love. Dr Helen Fisher.

… the same brain region that becomes active when you crave heroin, or cocaine, or alcohol, or nicotine, or food, or gambling also becomes active when you are madly in love. Dr Helen Fisher is a biological anthropologist, a Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute, a member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Internet dating … Continue reading The way we love. The why we love. Dr Helen Fisher.

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Kimi Werner: Happiness is having your own sense of belonging

…I had to bite its brain, since my hands were tied in its tentacles, to kill it and by the time I did I was topless and covered in squid ink. That was pretty weird. I first watched Kimi’s Ted talk and fall in love. That was a couple of years ago. Then I had to wait for many months to get a hold of … Continue reading Kimi Werner: Happiness is having your own sense of belonging

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A Life or Death matter

  Mark knows life. Mark knows death. He’s contemplated both. Mark Henick has  dedicated his life from an early age to opening minds and creating change, drawing from his personal experience with suicide and self-harm. His TEDx talk on suicide is amongst the top 50 most watched in the world. Mark is currently a member of the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and … Continue reading A Life or Death matter

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Andrew Solomon: The experience of depression tends to be bad where people don’t feel that they are able to communicate with one another

  Andrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on psychology, politics, and the arts; and an activist in LGBTI rights and mental health, as well as one of five parents to four kids. His book The Noonday Demon, 2000, won the 2001 National Book Award (US), was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, and was included in The Times list of one hundred best books of the decade. His Far from … Continue reading Andrew Solomon: The experience of depression tends to be bad where people don’t feel that they are able to communicate with one another

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Prof. Dan Ariely: Economic improvement without psychological perspective won’t help

Professor Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics, currently teaches at Duke University and is the author of the bestsellers Predictably Irrational and The Upside of  Irrationality. His  TEDx lectures have over 12 million views and counting. Prof Ariely is the founder of The Centre for Advanced  Hindsight.  His work has been featured in a variety of media including The New York Times,  Wall Street … Continue reading Prof. Dan Ariely: Economic improvement without psychological perspective won’t help

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A generation of life-long learners in times of explosive over-population

“Education allows you to upgrade yourself – intellectually, emotionally, professionally. Imagine living in a society where everyone is always able to „updgrade“ themselves.  I think more and more of us will become life-long learners and build a portfolio career – re-skilling and up-skilling as we go. This innovation is great news for a planet with explosive growth in population. But providing education can be costly and … Continue reading A generation of life-long learners in times of explosive over-population

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Ecosexual is the new sexual

Breathing is sex. Life is sex. Death is sex. Annie Spinkle is sex. She’s been a NYC prostitute and a porn star for 20 years. She is a founder of the Post Porn Modernism and the rapidly growing global Ecosexology movement. She is also the first porn star to earn a Phd (BFA at School of Visual Arts in NYC). Today Annie Sprinkle is a widely renowned sex educator … Continue reading Ecosexual is the new sexual

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Michael Stokes: It’s not the subject that matters, it is how the subject is presented

Michael Stokes. You know Michael. You were recently shocked by his photoshoot of naked American veterans who have lost limbs in the Middle East. (see photos below) Michael is a fine art photographer with a twist of eroticism. His first veteran amputee photoshoot was in 2012 with the 26-year-old U.S. Marine Alex Minsky. A year later, after the shoot went viral, other veterans approached Michael to be photographed. All … Continue reading Michael Stokes: It’s not the subject that matters, it is how the subject is presented

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