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Negative Affect, Emotional Acceptance, and Smoking Cessation
This article describes recent theoretical developments and empirical findings regarding the role of negative affect (NA) and emotion regulation in nicotine dependence and smoking cessation.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- December 1, 2007
- 10 pages
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"Bridging the Science of Emotion with Contemplative Traditions" with Margaret Kemeny (sample)
This teleseminar journeys to the frontiers of stress and healing with Dr. Margaret Kemeny, who is Professor of Psychiatry and director of a joint PhD program in Health Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience between the UCSF and UC Berkeley campuses. She talks with host Marilyn Schlitz, identifying the links between psychological factors, the immune system and health.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-11-04
- 00:03:00
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Taking in the Good course (class 5 of 8)
Filling the Hole in Your Heart
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Week 5 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class deals with how losses and wounds affect us. Key “antidote experiences” for disturbances in the brain’s avoiding, approaching, and attaching systems. How to pair positive and negative experiences to heal distress and dysfunction.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-11
- 01:37:18
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Essential Shifts Interview: Dean Radin
In the view of IONS Senior Scientist Dean Radin, we’re in the midst of an epochal transition from a world steeped in fear and hysteria to one that’s, well, a bit less fearful and hysterical. This insightful and entertaining interview focuses on the shift from a mechanistic model of science to one based on quantum interconnection, drawing upon the latest research on the effects of minds on other minds, as well as the environment.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-05-15
- 00:21:21
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Intention Downloads Interview: Larry Dossey
In this discussion with Marilyn Schlitz, Dr. Dossey cautions us about the current popularity of books and movies that promote intention setting for purely self-centered reasons.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:26:33
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Intention Downloads Interview: John Hagelin
In this interview, quantum physicist and former Presidential candidate John Hagelin explains the difference between intention and consciousness, which opens the door on a fascinating discussion of how spending time in deep meditation in the “nuclear” level of thought can multiply the efficacy of intentions.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:23:12
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Intention Downloads Interview: James O'Dea
In his deeply heartfelt and poetic style, James contrasts a more materialistic understanding of intention with the summoning of purpose in a life such as we witness with a Mahatma Gandhi. His discussion connects intention to such concepts as Flow, Aikido, the Tao and the transmission of love from one heart to another.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:28:50
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Morphic energies.
Each and every moment in time has its own place in our own personal history's, which is to say that it can affect everyone at one point or another ... -
Before We Can Change Direction We Need to STOP THE WORLD: - 3-Day Moratorium 9/22-24 on ALL NEWS for Cosmic Convergence
STOP THE WORLD FOR COSMIC CONVERGENCE & CHANGE OF DIRECTION! “Join the 3 Day Moratorium on All negative News.” Dr. Carl Johan Calleman and organizers of the Lothlorien Peace Festival in ... -
Education/Telecourses/Taking in the Good
Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself Rick Hanson, PhD Already Registered? — Jump to Registered Course Member Section » An 8-week course with Rick ... -
Thought Balloons
No one ever mentioned thoughts in medical school, or throughout my residency training. Come to think of it, the term was rarely mentioned during my years with the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Mind, mindful, mind-body, yes. But no professorial lecture or class discussion on what actually constitutes our thoughts...
- Noetic Research
- Personal Well-being
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The Mind’s Own Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation
Scientific study of meditation has flourished over the past several years, summarized in this excerpt from a new book of groundbreaking conversations between the Dalai Lama and leading researchers from both Eastern and Western traditions.
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Orchids and Dandelions: The Emerging Science of Emotional Sensitivity
People are sensitive—some more apparently so than others—and how those sensitivities affect one's health is becoming a topic of increased scientific scrutiny.
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Nothing Is Forever
The creation stories of science and religion are similar; in both traditions, something amazing happened – the universe came into being!
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The Chakra System - A Bridge Between Neuroscience and Neurotheology
Part iii of Neuroscience Meets Neurotheology The universe is an interactive matrix of the intelligent energy we call consciousness. Everything that experiences a physical existence must be made up of ... -
About/News@IONS/"The Lost Symbol"
IONS and the Science Behind The Lost Symbol Intuition, ESP, quantum entanglement, and other extraordinary phenomena are part of a normal day’s research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences ... -
Neurotheology: The Crucible of Religion
Are spiritual experiences a by-product of brain chemistry, or do they reflect contact with a higher source? Such questions are the focus of an emerging field of scientific study that is finding common ground between the spiritual and the secular.
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The Emerging Global Mind
Webby Awards founder Shlain believes the Internet is synthesizing the two hemispheres of our brain while calling us to join a global revolution with immense transformative potential. She explores this potential—and the impact of the loss of her father, acclaimed surgeon-author Leonard Shlain—in her new film, Connected.
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Self-Compassion: The Key to Psychological Well-Being
Although the Western drumbeat has been to improve your life by focusing on self-esteem, Neff asserts that in many ways, self-compassion does a much better job—not only for you but for those around you.