What does curiosity feel like? It feels good.And what happens when we get curious? We start to notice that cravings are simply made up of body sensations -- oh, there's tightness,t...

When the prefrontal cortex goes offline, we fall back into our old habits, which is why this disenchantment is so important. Seeing what we get from our habits helps us understand ...

Now, she moved from knowledge to wisdom.She moved from knowing in her head that smoking was bad for her to knowing it in her bones, and the spell of smoking was broken.She started ...

I'Il give you an example. In my lab, we studied whether mindfulness training could help people quit smoking. Now, just like trying to force myself to pay attention to my breath, th...

Maybe in our teenage years, we were a nerd at school, and we see those rebel kids outside smoking and we think, 'Hey, I want to be cool.' So we start smoking. The Marlboro Man wasn...

点击跳转第一部分We, who live indoors, have lost contact with the moon, still it tugs at our minds. If we unexpectedly encounter the full moon,huge and yellow over the horizon, we a...

There is a hill near my home that I often climb at night. The noise of the city is a far-off murmur. In the hush of the dark I share the cheerfulness of crickets and confidence of ...

This reward-based learning process is called positive and negative reinforcement, and basically goes like this. We see some food that looks good, our brain says, 'Calories!...Survi...

We can't choose what will happen in life, but at least we can choose how to face it.生活中会发生什么，我们无法选择，但至少，我们可以选择怎样面对。The most difficult time, don't alw...

There are two most dazzling lights in the world,one is the sun, and the other is the appearance of our efforts.世上有两种最耀眼的光芒，一种是太阳，一种是我们努力的模样。No matter h...

When I was first learning to meditate, the instruction was to simply pay attention to my breath, and when my mind wandered, to bring it back. 当我第一次学习冥想的时候，得到的指示就...

Don't go around proclaiming your heart,you're not the only one in the world with a story, and don't go around proclaiming your pain, no one will empathize with it.We must seize wha...

We can't choose what will happen in life, but at least we can choose how to face it.生活中会发生什么，我们无法选择，但至少，我们可以选择怎样面对。Do not miss your heart when you lo...

When you don't expect anything,everything turns out to be smooth.Be generous, live a good life, and good luck will surely bump into you.当什么都不期待的时候，反而一切变得顺利了，落...