How Can Mindfulness Help Shyness? Mindfulness is the awareness that grows from being present in the unfolding moments of our lives without judging or trying to change anything that we experience. It’s a friendly and curious awareness that we all have, though we may not experience it very often because we are so rarely present with and accepting of things as they are. Problematic shyness and social anxiety is inherently self-critical and rejecting, whereas the nature of mindful awareness is compassionate and accepting....

How long do you usually stay upset after these events? An hour? A day? A week? We constantly face rejections big and small in our everyday lives, but some people regain their calm more quickly than others. A new study provides preliminary evidence that the way we respond could be determined by how mindful we are and traced to a specific part of the brain. In their study, the researchers recruited 40 undergraduate students to answer surveys about their mindful awareness: how receptive and attentive they typically are to events and experiences in the present moment....

Let us introduce you to Priscilla Quaye—better known as Curlcilla on Instagram—who we recently stumbled upon when we were checking out her Sunday hairstyling routine on Yahoo Style Beauty’s Instastory, and the results had us wanting to know more. Priscilla has managed to get the shingling method down to a science! We decided to pick her brain to learn her secrets. This is the method behind what some of us may call the shingling technique madness....

And it’s not just casinos that have been affected by technology – sports betting, lotteries and even bingo have all been transformed by the latest innovations. The internet has made gambling more accessible than ever before. In the past, if you wanted to gamble you had to either go to a land-based casino or buy a lottery ticket from a shop. Nowadays, all you need is an internet connection and you can gamble from the comfort of your own home....

Returning to the Field Within Returning to the Field Within I always believed in that field, but I didn’t know it was for me. And if it hadn’t been for one difficult decision 23 years ago, I wouldn’t be standing here. One quiet morning when everyone was asleep in the house, with one suitcase in hand, we tiptoed down the staircase to the car. My husband was dropping off our two-and-a-half-year-old son and me at the Delhi International airport....