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While in graduate school and mulling relationship problems, Marc Berman did something that felt faintly ludicrous: He walked up to an oak tree and started talking to it.
Society Needs a Doctor’s Prescription for Nature
Oliver Milman
Exercise: Who Am I Now? For a single conversation or even a whole day, try showing up for life as someone with no history, no narrative. Notice what it’s like to live without a story, without a preconceived idea of who you are and what’s happened to you. Drop “before now” and let there be only “now.” Notice who you are (or become) in the absence of a self-story. Notice how it feels to be free of your story on you.
Can't Stop Thinking
Nancy Colier and Stephan Bodian
Participants were also instructed to increase consumption of whole grains to a recommended three servings per day, as well as three servings per day of protein from lean meats, poultry, eggs, tofu and beans. In addition, they were told to get three servings of fish per week.
As for dairy, the recommendation was three servings per day, unsweetened. Participants were also instructed to consume three tablespoons of nuts and seeds per day, as well as two tablespoons of olive oil per day, and were advised to add in spices, including turmeric and cinnamon.
Changing Your Diet Can Help Tamp Down Depression, Boost Mood
npr.org
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