How Sleep Makes You Smart

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December 24, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. - William Shakespeare - How Sleep Makes You Smart About one-third of our lives are spent in reverie, and yet little is known about how sleep is linked to intellectual and emotional intelligence. Researchers are unravelling this mystery and are finding that sleep - especially deep sleep - confers emotional balance, opens us to learning, cements memory, and strengthens our ability to make meaning of facts and experiences. Sleep, as it turns out, is just as essential as eating for humans and for many other species. This article shares some of the latest findings that'll awaken you to the fascinating power of sleep. { read more } Be The Change Restore and rejeuvenate yourself by getting 7-8 hours of sleep tonight! COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy The Power of Introverts Offbeat Graduation Speech Gets Standing Ovation 10 Keys To Happier Living Manic Nation: Why We're Addicted to Stress 9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health 7 Essential Books on Optimism 5 Tips for Integrating Mindfulness In Daily Life DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 137,303 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Six Life Lessons from Leo Tolstoy

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December 23, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace You cannot travel the path until you have become the path. - Buddha - Six Life Lessons from Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy, the author of literary epics such as 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina', is most often thought of as one of the 19th century's greatest novelists. However, "few are aware that he was also one of its most radical social and political thinkers. During a long life from 1828 to 1910, Tolstoy gradually rejected the received beliefs of his aristocratic background and embraced a startlingly unconventional worldview that shocked his peers. Tracing his personal transformation offers some wise -- and surprising -- lessons for how we should approach the art of living today." { read more } Be The Change Take a lesson from Tolstoy to transform yourself, whether it's pausing from your work or daily routine to help somebody, or listening to someone whose views differ from your own. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love How to Change When Change Is Hard Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 The Power of Self-Compassion Relationships Are More Important than Ambition DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 137,183 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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How To Make Stress Your Friend

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December 22, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage. And when you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience. - Kelly McGonigal - How To Make Stress Your Friend Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Health psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive. If you believe that your body is energized and preparing you to take action, your physical stress response changes, with no negative effect on your heart. Watch this TED talk, in which McGonigal reveals a surprising mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others. { read more } Be The Change Consider re-thinking a long-held belief. What is the best mistake you've ever made? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy 10 Keys To Happier Living How To Trick Your Brain for Happiness The Joy of Quiet Nurturing Your Introvert-Extrovert Mix Learning How To Forgive 7 Ways to Make Happiness Last When Nothing Works DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 137,128 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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6 Boys, One Cop: A Story of Restorative Justice

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December 21, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. - Nelson Mandela - 6 Boys, One Cop: A Story of Restorative Justice In one of Frank Baum's Oz books, Dorothy winds up in prison in Oz and is treated to luxury, kindness and warm cookies. When she asks why, the guard says, "Why would we treat people meanly when we want them to be kind?" The prison system in the US often runs counter to this notion of kindness and rehabilitation. This article focuses on a town in Longmont, Colorado where restorative justice that promotes rehabilitation and creative sentencing is closing the gap on racism, and needless incarceration. It shares an inspiring real-life example of how this approach works. { read more } Be The Change It's easy to forget that there are prisons in your community, but take the time today to read up on the state of your local institution. Are there ways you can lend your voice to advocate for restorative justice? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love There's More to Life Than Being Happy Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness The Science of Love A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger Relationships Are More Important than Ambition DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 137,063 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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