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The reason we move more quickly when we're excited could be explained by dopamine.
People frequently walk a little faster without realising it when they are enthusiastic or eager. According to a recent study, the brain's reward system could be the source of this extra "pep." It seems that this mechanism modifies our level of activity based on whether positive events occur as anticipated or come as a pleasant surprise.
By Francis Damiabout an hour ago in Families
Rewriting unpleasant childhood experiences can help people feel less afraid of failing.
Have you ever been reluctant to start something new because you thought you wouldn't succeed? That fear begins in childhood for a lot of people. A critical remark made by a parent or instructor might linger for years. Those recollections may eventually develop into a profound fear of failing.
By Francis Damiabout 2 hours ago in Families
WHEN SILENCE SPEAKS.
There is a kind of silence in children that does not feel peaceful. It feels heavy, almost charged, as if something unspoken is filling the space between their small bodies and the world around them. As adults, we are trained to listen for words, to expect explanations, to believe that if something is wrong, it will be said aloud. But children do not always work that way. Many of them do not have the vocabulary for what they are feeling, and some of them, especially when something truly painful has happened, do not feel safe enough to try.
By Yolanda Cristobal a day ago in Families
My Mother Learned to Text at 63
My mother got her first smartphone at sixty-three because the flip phone finally betrayed her. “It swallowed my message,” she said, holding it up like evidence in a courtroom drama. “I wrote to your aunt Shazia that the biryani needed more salt and now it says ‘Message Failed.’ How can a message fail? It had all the ingredients.”
By Fawad Ahmada day ago in Families
March is here.
Here we are in another new month. Looking at the calendar already has dates that must be kept, in this month it has it up and down. It starts with many birthdays to be celebrated and then it turns to darkness with people that passed away in my family as it gets smaller and smaller every year.
By Terri Rosalla day ago in Families
