MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'awe'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343202&cid=t_141333_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F13%2F5-ideas-for-cultivating-a-sense-of-wonder%2F Reverb 10 is an annual end-of-year project that helps readers reflect on the old year via a series of prompts. One of 2010′s prompts was “How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year?” This question made me think about cultivating wonder in our lives all the time, from the old year into the new. Wonder is a magical word, I think. And it’s a word that needs more exploration. We need to explore wonder more often, because as adults, many of us lose our sense of wonder in life. It gets buried under piles of bills, deadlines, responsibilities and housework. Maybe you think you’re too old, too mature or too sensible to have a sense of wonder. According to Dictionary.com, wonder means to admire, to be amazed, to be in awe, to marvel. It means something strange or s... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343202 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:28:08 +0100 4343202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676724&cid=t_141333_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F18%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-june-18-2010%2F I was away earlier this week because my mom was in town. And in a few days, it will be Father’s Day. Spending all this time with my parents has made me aware of a lot of things. For one it’s given me the opportunity to see them in a new light. Not one of admiration or awe, but something a bit more realistic. I saw them as two separate people who tried to do the best they could in the situation that they were in. I then saw myself as my own individual who tries the best that I can with whatever things come my way. Funny how learning to accept my parents as imperfect has helped me to accept myself for my own imperfections. Seeing them and celebrating this coming Father’s Day are just a reminder to me that we can only do the best we can and that doing so is enough. I think t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676724 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:43:10 +0100 3676724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149115&cid=t_141333_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F06%2Fthis-emotional-life-why-does-religion-make-people-happier%2F Harvard psychologist and bestselling author Daniel Gilbert has teamed up with Vulcan Productions and the NOVA/WGBH Science Unit to create a multimedia project called This Emotional Life . This 3-part documentary ends tonight on PBS. Featured in the third episode is Dr. Edward Diener, who has studied happiness across cultures and has pinpointed some universal reasons that people are happier. One is religion. I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Diener. Question: Why does religion seem to make people happier? Dr. Diener: Many studies find that religious people on average are happier. But since not all religious people are happier, and not all religious beliefs seem to lead to happiness, we have to search for the “active ingredient” in what aspect of religion might increase feel... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149115 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:54:06 +0100 3149115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2789044&cid=t_141333_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F12%2Fmoving-out-of-emotional-captivity-are-you-the-driver-or-the-driven%2F In his book “Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds,” Victor M. Parachin tells a Japanese tale about how powerful our emotions can be, and how we must manage them, not vice versa. He writes: A Japanese samurai warrior visited a Zen master, seeking answers to questions that had plagued him for some time. “What is it you want to know?” asked the Zen master. “Tell me, sir, do heaven and hell exist?” “Ha!” laughed the Zen master in a contemptuous tone. “What makes you think you could understand such things? You are only an educated, brutish soldier. Don’t waste my time with your ridiculous questions.” The samurai warrior froze in shock. No one spoke to a samurai that way. It meant instant death. Increasing the tension, the Zen master ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2789044 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:17:04 +0100 2789044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1652338&cid=t_141333_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Flyrica-lightens-up-dtcwise.html First, there was the suffering, sighing woman in the first DTC (direct to consumer) ad for Lyrica, a drug being marketed by Pfizer for the treatment of fibromyalgia, a painful syndrome that is not well understood. Here's the woman in that ad (see "Women Need More Love, Less Drugs"):Then there was the "battered-woman" fibromyalgia disease awareness ad that attempted to portray how sufferers felt by showing bruised images of a woman who says something like "maybe if people saw me this way, they will believe that fibromyalgia is a real medical condition" (see "Battered Woman Imagery in Pfizer's New Fibromyalgia Ad"). I was not able to capture an image of the woman in that from my TV, so I used the following image to illustrate my point:The newest DTC ad for Lyrica is considerably LIGHTER in t... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1652338 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:47:00 +0100 1652338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=811836&cid=t_141333_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchanneln.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fpositive-praise.html title Emotions That Praise Others and Change the Selfdescription "Jonathan Haidt discusses his research on three rarely studied emotions in the field of positive psychology: moral elevation, admiration, and awe. Positive psychology is the scientific study of positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions."producer Boston Collegefeaturing Jonathan Haidtformat Real Video or mp3date 30/03/06 length 01:51:36link http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3467Tags: webcast brain psychology positive_psychology awe praise (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=811836 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:31:00 +0100 811836