Linda BovermanJun 28, 20183 minMeditation Doesn’t Just Make Us Feel Better--It Changes Our BrainsMEDITATION CHANGES OUR BRAINS “…we can actually deactivate areas of the brain that rev up when we experience the automatic negative thoug...
Linda BovermanJun 28, 20183 minUncovering Happiness is Easier than We Think“Our worst bad habit is our thinking.” Elisha Goldstein Elisha Goldstein’s book, Uncovering Happiness – Overcoming Depression with Mindfu...
Linda BovermanJun 28, 20183 minHow our Mindsets Prime our Brains–for Better or Worse–Part 1Everywhere I look whether it is in psychology, education, human potential, neuroscience, the social sciences, and even economics, researc...
Linda BovermanJun 28, 20183 minBoost Happiness the Scientific WayJennifer Senior in her Ted Talk, For Parents, Happiness is a very Tall Bar, says we cannot make our children happy. I agree. BUT… we ca...
Linda BovermanApr 12, 20183 minWHY KIDS DON'T THINK DEEPLY AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO ABOUT ITScientists are saying fewer and fewer children know how to think deeply. They believe this is because we connect to one another—or not. ...
Linda BovermanApr 12, 20182 minHow our Mindsets Prime our Brains–for Better or Worse–Part 2We need to stop saying how smart they are, how talented they are, or even how lazy they are. Dweck’s research has shown that praising abi...
Linda BovermanSep 30, 20172 minHow Spanish Immersion Made Me Look At Language Learning DifferentlyHere are my top 10 Elements of Experience I learned from my trip to San Miguel. This summer, after only nine Spanish classes, I spent thr...
Linda BovermanApr 13, 20173 minMillenials Need our Help! #CommunicationWhy are Millennials committing more suicide, have lower self-esteem, are less resilient, and exhibit poorer face-to-face communication s...
Linda BovermanNov 8, 20163 minCreating Tribes for our Children” I would not play so many video games if I had kids to play with.” A twelve-year-old student These are the words I heard as two students...
Linda BovermanOct 15, 20162 minWhat is Neuroplasticity?They now know that if we “exercise” our brains they can stay young–and even grow more fit!–our whole life long. “We have the power to cha...
Linda BovermanOct 5, 20164 minOur Thoughts: to Believe or Not to Believe?Do our thoughts make us react in a complaining, victimized, despondent or static way? Do they interpret normal sadness, even disappointme...