We Can’t Measure The Benefits Of Mindfulness Until We Decide What It Is:You’ve probably heard of mindfulness. These days, it’s everywhere, like many ideas and practices drawn from Buddhist texts that have become part of mainstream Western culture.

It didn’t matter what we officially called it, my psychiatrist said as he looked up from his notepad. What I had was “worry in search of a mission”. ….. 

anxiety and OCD

This is not another “learn to communicate and cuddle and watch sunsets and play with puppies together” article.  

These ‘toxic’ relationship traits are healthy

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life/these-toxic-relationship-traits-are-healthy-20160105-gm02cf.html#ixzz3wSThwYak 
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                        HAPPINESS IS LIFE IS VERY MUCH ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR PRIVATE AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS:  TRUE PRICE OF HAPPINESS

Too many of our laws have been drafted to manage public panic rather than to manage dangerous child sex offenders. 

Think twice before demanding harsher sentences for child sex offenders. 

How should we sentence sexual fiends, monsters and perverts? Arie Freiberg

I remember the joy of hip hop, maybe it was the hip-hop spreading the joy.  Psychiatrists claim hip hop music can help in depression: Music to the ears

First base for teenagers may now be sexting: 

Sexting the new foreplay for teens

Australian high school students’ sexual habits has revealed “sexting” online and via mobile phone is so widespread….parents to accept as a form of “modern day courtship”

Read more: I wanna sext you up: teens shun bedroom for online romance

How come the bad seems to stick with us more than the good?  here is a thought from a neuropsychologist : Positive Thinking is Wasted on the Brain

Affairs are something which has traditionally been viewed in one way.  What often sits behind the affair is more varied:  read on..  Can An Affair Save Your Marriage?