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Secret to old age: live like a happy old nun!

May 4th, 2008 | By Richard | Category: Advice, Blog and Mind

The undo effect is a recent article in COSMOS magazine Discussing the amazing relationship between longevity and expressive writing in youth on a study of 180 Nuns.

They found that “Positive emotions can undo the cardiovascular effects of negative ones, they may also reverse the attention-narrowing effects of negative feelings: broadening our perspectives, rather than limiting them”

Three generations ago, 180 young women wrote brief essays describing why they wanted to become nuns. Years later, a team of psychological researchers came across these spiritual autobiographies in the convent’s archives. What they discovered is simply astonishing…



Is there such a thing as mantuition?

May 3rd, 2008 | By Richard | Category: Advice, Blog and Mind

This astonishing ability of men to throw their whole lives down the swanny after a moment of indiscretion, loss of control and loss of reason has been the demise of many a good man.



Fast food ordered in Manhatten, processed in Bombay!

May 2nd, 2008 | By Richard | Category: Addict, Advice, Health and body

Life is seemingly moving at an increasing pace these days. Fast cars, fast track travel, fast women and fast food. We are getting lazier, tired quicker and often eating healthily is the last thing on our minds when we return home after a long hard day slaving away for a pitence.
Now even fast food is [...]