Exercise has similar effects as antidepressants & therapy. The more intense, the greater the antidepressant effect.

“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It’s gratefulness that makes us happy.” — ​Brother David Steindl-Rast

Exercise is an antidepressant. A new meta-analysis of 26 randomized controlled studies found that both aerobic and resistance training significantly reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety, often rivaling standard treatments like medication and therapy. Although both modes

John Burn-Burdoch is one of the journalists doing the most to help us understand the massive changes to society, consciousness, and now personality in the smarphone era. This report is astonishing. He brings a lot out from behind the paywall: John Burn-Murdoch

There is no difference between exercise & medications in reducing depressive symptoms.

Brilliant!! Love it!! So true!! Did I mention brilliant??

Fabulous new TED talk from Lenore Skenazy. She shows that the cure for rising anxiety among kids and rising anxiety among parents is the same: Let kids develop competence through independence, and through (device-free) unsupervised play, as they used to ted.com/talks/lenore_s…

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It's amazing how much you can accomplish if you start without needing anyone else's opinion.

Switching your mindset from "I can't" to "I'll learn" is life-changing.

When you go for something “like your life depends on it” - you tend to get it. So most of life is just figuring out the thing you really want. And once you do, don’t hold back.

If you're struggling, don't give up. Things will get better. 👊🏾

This quote fundamentally changed my life: "To understand is to forgive" - Pascal It's hard to hate someone up close. Including yourself.

Of all the psychological tendencies of human beings, avoidance is the greatest scourge.

What a privilege to be tired from work you once begged the universe for. what a privilege to feel overwhelmed by growth you used to dream about. what a privilege to be challenged by a life you created on purpose. What a privilege to outgrow things you used to settle for.

Call me old fashioned, but often when people say ‘less’ they really should say ‘fewer’.

If it’s doable, then you can do it. There’s nothing more to winning than that.

Believe that things can suddenly and miraculously change in your favor.

Here's yet another study showing that kids who get smartphones earlier have worse mental health as teens. So what's the right age for a first smartphone? I'd say its whatever age you want them to cut back on sleeping, reading, exercise, and socializing. I advise not doing that

"What would this look like if it were easy?" is such a lovely and deceptively leveraged question. It’s easy to convince yourself that things need to be hard, that if you’re not redlining, you’re not trying hard enough. This leads us to look for paths of most resistance, often