Mindfulness

Between a siren and stressful news: How to strengthen mental resilience at home

The news and the sirens activate the body in a prolonged survival state. A mindfulness expert explains how it is possible to regulate thoughts, reduce stress and create emotional stability at home.

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Proven ways to reduce ADHD symptoms

Three proven ways to reduce ADHD symptoms without medication

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A mindful Sukkot: Finding peace in the present moment

Reichman University

Reichman University students create wellness tech - from mindfulness to AI, for life at home


Mindfulness: Is freeing yourself harder than parting the Red Sea?

Mindfulness involves releasing attachment to our thoughts and emotions, rather than becoming entangled in them and seeing them as personal traits. 

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People, including Israeli leaders, have difficulty making decisions, taking responsibility - study

Research on decision-making has shown that when people are making decisions, they have to evaluate their options over time because they often don’t immediately know what to do.

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Nitzanim launching emergency initiatives to support Israel amid war with Hamas

The organization is assisting Israeli nonprofits that are providing support to displaced communities.

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Yom Kippur: Mindfulness and self-compassion on the Day of Atonement - opinion

Be patient and kind to yourself. Practicing patience and kindness toward oneself can often lead to being more patient and kind to others as well.

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Heading mindfully into the High Holy Days

Perhaps, if you haven’t already begun, this too can be your time to begin in earnest to focus on yourself, your values, and your needs.

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Can practicing mindfulness support daily emotional processing? – study

“Mindfulness benefits individuals’ present experience, and might directly promote higher-level processing of emotions," the researchers wrote in their study.

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Understanding human nature


Rabbi Pinto: “Thoughts create reality. Think good things; good things will happen”


A common mistake: What really causes us to do good deeds?


Watch: How can we guarantee a better life for ourselves

How can we guarantee a better life for ourselves? The method: Balancing the heart and the mind. How can one do that? Watch what Rabbi Pinto has to say.