Remember Mona Lisa and her enigmatic smile? What was she thinking about? There is something puzzling about a smile. In fact, much more than you would have thought. Apart from the obvious feel-good effect that we experience, research has shown that smiling (& laughing) have a number of positive impacts on health and wellness. Smiling… Continue reading And Now Smile
Category: Video
Language as a Window into Human Nature
This talk by psychologist & linguist Steven Pinker dives into the arcane dimension of language as a window into Human nature. For Pinker, the brilliance of the mind lies in the way it uses just two processes to turn the finite building blocks of our language into infinite meanings. The first is metaphor: we take… Continue reading Language as a Window into Human Nature
Changing Education Paradigm
Although this is not directly about NLP or Hypnosis, I could not resist posting this enlightening video where education maverick Ken Robinson describes the changes needed to our existing education paradigm, i.e. how children are trained to think. Particularly listen for his analysis of, not what issues plague our modern public education system, but HOW… Continue reading Changing Education Paradigm