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Wisdom

When we hear the word wisdom, most of of think of the qualities of reflection, compassion, and cognition. We think of a type of knowledge ...

Air Date: April 14, 2014

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Contagious stress: How to keep from taking it in and passing it on

We all find ourselves yawning, laughing, or stressed when those around us do.That’s because we are all affected by the emotions th ...

Air Date: April 7, 2014

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Night Eating Syndrome & obesity and depression

We hear so much about what we should eat and how it will make us feel better. But what if its actually the other way around- that when we ...

Air Date: March 31, 2014

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Feedback

Feedback for how we and what we are doing is everywhere. It can be direct, or indirect. It can be verbal, or non-verbal. It can come from ...

Air Date: March 24, 2014

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Focus: The hidden driver of excellence

Attention has come under siege, largely by technologies like email, texts, smartphones and the like. These invite the outside world to im ...

Air Date: March 17, 2014

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Life as a university of adversity

In his new book The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of ...

Air Date: March 10, 2014

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Mental Health

How others’ stories change our own

Whether we know it or not, hearing someone else’s story changes us. And telling our own story does even more. But the two together ...

Air Date: March 3, 2014

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New research in chronic pain

According to a report from the Institute of Medicine, Nearly one third of Americans struggle with chronic pain. That’s more than th ...

Air Date: February 24, 2014

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Happiness: The brain science

Research tells us the brain is wired to learn quickly from bad experiences, while ignoring good ones. Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson says ...

Air Date: February 17, 2014

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Sports psychology

With the Winter Olympics here, we’ve all got sports in our minds. But it is the mental fitness of professional athletes that allow ...

Air Date: February 10, 2014

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Love through a scientific lens: Our true capacity to connect

Positive emotions expert, social psychologist Barbara Fredrickson has some advice for all of us. It’s time to upgrade our view of ...

Air Date: February 3, 2014

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Super Bowl Sunday a good time for addicted gamblers to consider future

With New Jersey hosting its first Super Bowl ever, excitement has been growing across the state. Even more importantly, betting is alread ...

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The teenage brain

Any parent with a teenager can tell you that their child’s adolescent years can be confusing, anxiety-ridden, tumultuous. Even the ...

Air Date: January 27, 2014

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 A planetary nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.  Bochanski utilizes terrestrial and space telescopes to search for Earth-like planets. (Courtesy of NASA/ ESA/Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)

Astronomer John Bochanski talks asteroids, UFO abductions and Phillies baseball

In this week’s ‘So, What Do You Do?’, college administrator Kevin Brown asks astronomer John Bochanski about life on ot ...

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Faster and faster

We’re tethered to our smartphones, tablets and computers. We leave our phones in plain sight during bedtime stories, holiday gatherings ...

Air Date: January 13, 2014

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