Fear, In Evolution, Has A Special Prominence:

The Ability To Handle Stress Increases With The Practice Of Meditation. In A Culture Like Ours In Which Inner, Spiritual Growth Is Totally Neglected In Favor Of Materialistic Pursuits, We Might Have Something To Learn From The Hare Krishna Devotees' Meditational Practices.

People Who Are Optimistic See A Failure As Due To Something That Can Be Changed So That They Can Succeed Next Time Around, While Pessimists Take The Blame For The Failure, Ascribing It To Some Characteristic They Are Helpless To Change.

We Learn Best With Focused Attention. As We Focus On What We're Learning, The Brain Maps That Information On What We Already Know Making New Neural Connections

I Don't Think Focus Is In Itself Ever A Bad Thing. But Focus Of The Wrong Kind, Or Managed Poorly, Can Be.

But There Has Also Been A Notable Increase In Recent Years Of These Applications By A Much Wider Slice Of Psychotherapists - Far Greater Interest Than Ever Before.