How memory plays us: Elizabeth Loftus
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video […]
5 Easy Ways to Make Any Marriage Better
Source: Time BY Anthea Levi / Health.com There’s no way around it: A happy relationship takes hard work. And in his new book The All-or-Nothing Marriage ($28, amazon.com), psychologist Eli Finkel tells you what […]
The Case for ‘Thoughts and Prayers’—Even If You Don’t Believe in God
Source: The Atlantic BY KATELYN BEATY Many Americans seem eager this week to see the phrase “thoughts and prayers” die a good platitude’s death. After the worst mass shooting in U.S. […]
The psychology behind spending big
Source: BBC News By Tiffanie Wen 9 October 2017 If you could afford it, would you ever splurge $10,000 on a pair of headphones? What about some other indulgence? Would […]
Five ways science can improve your focus
Source: BBC News By Caroline Williams 25 September 2017 The internet is bursting with advice on how to concentrate amid a sea of distractions. But many of them are either […]
Where Psychiatric Care Is Scarce, Religious Institutions Are Stepping In
Source: Huffington Post “We don’t have the resources to meet the demand through the public system of care. I wish we did.” By Lindsay Holmes, Beth Shelburne 09/20/2017 05:46 am […]
The Pope’s Shrink and Catholicism’s Uneasy Relationship with Freud
Source: The New Yorker By James Carroll September 8, 2017 Why was the news that Pope Francis once saw a Jewish psychoanalyst so surprising? Photograph by Donatella Giagnori / Camera Press […]
Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program
Source: Amazon By Sharon Salzberg Thousands of years prove it, and Western science backs it: Meditation sharpens focus. Meditation lowers blood pressure, relieves chronic pain, reduces stress. Meditation helps us experience […]
The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt
Book by Omnia El Shakry The first in-depth look at how postwar thinkers in Egypt mapped the intersections between Islamic discourses and psychoanalytic thought Read the introduction of the book: Psychotherapy and […]
Pope Francis Says Therapy Helped Him ‘Clarify Some Things’ Earlier In Life
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Pope Francis recently disclosed that he once attended therapy for six months to help him “clarify some things” in his life. The pontiff […]
Psalm 23 – A psalm of David: A Message of Hope
A psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,a]”>[a] I will fear no evil, […]
Ibn Sirin: Islamic Dream Interpretation: Seeing ‘river’ in your dream
A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched https://t.co/AHTev2hfQo via @wordpressdotcom — TheMuslimTimes (@TheMuslimTimes2) July 17, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times: […]
Can Buddhist Practices Help Us Overcome The Biological Pull Of Dissatisfaction?
Source: NPR By Terry Gross Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so. Wright points out […]
Frustrated with your spouse? These scientists suggest a specific kind of prayer
Epigraph And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous. It is such as will […]
The Muslim Times’ Collection of Articles on Exorcism: A Glowing Reason for Need of Our Science
‘Spiritual abuse’: Christian thinktank warns of sharp rise in UK exorcisms Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who is the Guardian’s religion correspondent. She was previously Jerusalem correspondent, foreign editor and […]
‘Spiritual abuse’: Christian thinktank warns of sharp rise in UK exorcisms
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who is the Guardian’s religion correspondent. She was previously Jerusalem correspondent, foreign editor and home editor Report by Theos says vast majority of exorcisms […]
Bad At Throwing Stuff Away? Take a Photo First
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan / Real Simple Jun 29, 2017 Whether you’re downsizing, clearing out your garage, or simply aspiring to live a more Marie Kondo lifestyle, decluttering your home can be […]
The science is in: God is the answer
Epigraph: It is only in the remembrance of God that the hearts can find comfort. (Al Quran 13:28/29) Source: Macleans By Brian Bethune and Genna Buck Research shows kids raised […]
Ted Talk: What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days — from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting […]
Open-minded people have a different visual perception of reality
Source: Quartz WRITTEN BY Olivia Goldhill Psychologists have only begun to unravel the concept of “personality,” that all-important but nebulous feature of individual identity. Recent studies suggest that personality traits […]