Are You Raising Nice Kids? 5 Ways To Raise Them To Be Kind

kids-playing nicely

Earlier this year, I wrote about teaching empathy, and whether you are a parent who does so. The idea behind it is from Richard Weissbourd, a Harvard psychologist with the graduate school of education, who runs theMaking Caring Common project, aimed to help teach kids to be kind.

Show Me the Love: How to Stop Self-Judgment.

self-judgement

Do you judge or criticize yourself? Does it sabotage your happiness, success, or well-being? Self-judgment is a learned habit. Thus, luckily it can be unlearned. We picked it up at some early age from family, advertising, religion, or a cultural lineage carried on sometimes for generations. After years of non-love for ourselves, that may not be so easy. The secret is letting go of our non-love, but how is this done?

Meditation Beats Dance for Harmonizing Body and Mind

Meditation brings the body more in tune with the mind than does dance, according to a UC Berkeley study.
Meditation brings the body more in tune with the mind than does dance, according to a UC Berkeley study.

The body is a dancer’s instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that professional ballet and modern dancers are not as emotionally in sync with their bodies as are people who regularly practice meditation.