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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Alcohol is often discussed separately from other drugs, but as you'll discover in this lecture, alcohol affects the human body in many of the same ways. Take a close look at your brain on alcohol to explore dependence, withdrawal, and genetic susceptibility. Then review several treatment options for alcohol abuse.
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
For many people, social situations are stressful. But our social relationships can also promote physical and psychological health. Here, learn what role social media plays in how we view relationships, understand the idea of universal irrationality, and appreciate the healing power of experiencing awe and the importance of physical touch.
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bonura leaves you with skills to learn from the stress in your life. Discover why it's important to feel a sense of purpose; how the frequency of positive experiences you have is more important than their intensity; and why it truly is important to appreciate the small things.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
All trauma, whether caused by a single event or prolonged exposure to a traumatic pattern, affects our physical body and our mind. Trauma causes specific changes in the brain and even in the genetics of reproduction. Learn why, without help, the mind and body can get stuck in the loop of the sympathetic nervous system's trauma response. And how, with appropriate help, the mind and body can heal.
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Get a powerful toolkit for dealing with the stress of life-and-death situations while you're still cultivating a long-term approach to stress management. Exercises you'll learn including breathing strategies to stay centered, staying happy in order to regain a sense of self-control, and avoiding the dangerous cognitive distortion of catastrophizing.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Human beings are wired for connection to others; our initial cognitive development depends on physical touch, and our "mirror neurons" teach us how to be human based on our interactions with others. Learn how to develop quality connections with others, connections that will help you thrive and increase resilience. Your instructor shares the inspiring stories of two individuals who did just that.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
You'll thoroughly enjoy this enlightening conversation between your instructor and Suzi Landolphi, a well-known leader in the post-traumatic growth movement, who currently works with combat veterans as a PATHH Guide (Progressive and Alternative Training for Healing Heroes). Just as trauma can be transmitted to successive generations, so can post-traumatic growth.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Resilience, one of the most important skills we can master, is essential to navigating life successfully and reaching our fullest potential. As we each go through our own hero's journey, we venture through life's trials and tribulations, but also through its beauty and rewards. Learn how to identify and evaluate your personal strengths, and how they will help you on your own hero's journey.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
We've been socialized to believe positive emotions are good and negative emotions are bad, but that is far from the truth. Our emotions are simply our individual responses to the situations we experience; we can accept, pay attention to, and learn from all of them. Explore some coping mechanisms for regulating your emotions, which some scientists see as the single most vital aspect of resilience.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This practice will guide you through the steps of preparing for sleep. You'll learn how to focus your attention on the good things that happened during your day as you start to settle in. You'll enjoy relaxing all parts of the body (front, back, and sides), getting rid of tension wherever you're carrying it. The guided meditation at the end of the practice might lead you directly into sleep.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Award Winning Short Film. Learn how the body and brain function, observe how we can dispel the stigma of mental health and see how your mental health impacts a community. This highly sensitive suicide prevention film contrasts how childhood experiences affect perspectives in adulthood. Learn the reasons for addictions, self-loathing and why we cannot get what we think we need while, at the same time, widen the context how we look at ourselves, others...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explore emerging techniques for stress management based upon up-to-date scientific understanding of how stress works. These include biofeedback to better understand and control your physiological response to stress), art therapy (for emotional healing), visualization of desired outcomes, and eye movement desensitization (to work through trauma).
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bonura introduces you to a range of alternative care strategies that have proven benefits for stress management. These include spending time outside in nature, the mind-body technique of self-hypnosis, a fatigue-combatting diet, acupuncture, and massage.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn activities available to help you cope with depression, observe how much is waiting for you and see how fun and recreation can elevate your mood. A short film designed to show the vast amount of activities that are open to you when you choose. Processing problems is very important and so is interaction and exercise. An outstanding program dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging...
55) Finding Safety
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When we feel unsafe, our brains become stuck in the response of the sympathetic nervous system and we have very little access to higher cognitive functioning. Learn how to increase your number of protective factors, increasing your feeling of safety and your resilience. The goal isn't to eliminate the risk of danger, but rather to have as much control over it as possible.
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Relaxing is a mindset you carry with you. First, consider the physical and mental health benefits of taking a vacation. Then, better appreciate the smaller stress-reduction strategies of hot showers, and occasionally sleeping in. Finally, explore the idea of work sabbaticals and unstructured time.
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Start the course with a reversal of common perspective: that stress is actually correlated with having a sense of meaning in your life. Along the way, learn a more holistic definition of stress, explore the idea of a stress continuum, and learn the difference between major traumas and everyday irritants.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Those who can process their trauma can move forward to become stronger, wiser, and more resilient. Using Harriet Beecher Stowe as a fascinating example, you'll learn how post-traumatic growth can lead to improved personal strength, the opening of new possibilities, spiritual change, and greater appreciation for life. We can become more resilient because of, not despite, adversity.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
We often think of sleep as simply what's left over at the end of the day. But to the contrary: Healthy sleep patterns can transform your life with improved physical and mental health, better memory, and even increased longevity. Learn how to prepare your bedroom, your body, and your mind for high-quality sleep, and the many ways in which your phone can both hinder and help you achieve that goal.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Addiction touches us all. What happens when your brain is on drugs? Discover the neural mechanisms that underlie the behaviors of addiction, and see how drugs and activities like gambling can hijack the brain and lead to behavioral problems. Understanding addiction can motivate an addict to seek treatment, and can lead loved ones to see the addict in a new way.
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