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 'change yourself'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:32:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490880&cid=t_232488_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fself-change%2F These meditations may help in times of need. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ~Carol Burnett, American actress~ - “Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.” ~Lord Thomas Dewar~ - “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” ~Gail Sheehy, author~ - “One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.” ~Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa~ - “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ~Charles Darwin~ - “They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ~Andy Warhol~ - See also 15 Points for ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490880 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:19:48 +0100 3490880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2293094&cid=t_232488_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2Fza3hUNGhoPw%2F (Alvaro's note: one of the most common enemies of getting quality cognitive exercise is being on "mental autopilot". I recently came across an excellent new book, titled The Daily Trading Coach: 101 Lessons for Becoming Your Own Trading Psychologist, by trading performance expert Dr. Brett Steenbarger, which explicitly calls for addressing the "mental autopilot" problem in his Lesson 4. Even for those of us who are not traders, Dr. Steenbarger advice provides excellent guidance for peak cognitive performance. Dr. Steenbarger graciously gave us permission to share with you, below, Lesson 4: Change Your Environment, Change Yourself. Enjoy!). Human beings adapt to their environments. We draw on a range of skills and personality traits to fit into various settings. That is ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2293094 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:56:58 +0100 2293094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1960640&cid=t_232488_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F14%2Fyou-can-only-change-yourself%2F One of life’s hardest lessons to learn is that you can only change yourself. Some people spend inordinate amounts of time and energy upset, angry, or frustrated by other people’s thoughts and behaviors. But to what end? You can rail against the rain or feel sanguine about the snow, but there’s not a whole lot you can do about it. Why should we, by default, believe we can change another person’s — an independent, thinking self just like us — behaviors and thoughts with just a few choice words? If you think about it for a minute, it sounds kind of ridiculous. Yet we don’t think about it when we have an emotional reaction to someone else’s behavior or words. We say things like, “How could they say such a thing!” or “How can... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960640 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:38:42 +0100 1960640