Think Beyond Science - A Life Science and Wellness Blog

Meeting the Dark Within: How to Heal What You Hide The journey of self-awareness reveals uncomfortable qualities and emotions within us, termed the "shadow" by Carl Jung. Shadow work involves recognizing, integrating, and accepting these hidden aspects without judgment. Techniques like emotional awareness, feedback, and responsibility aid in transforming repressed traits into sources of strength, fostering personal growth and authenticity.

The journey of self-awareness reveals uncomfortable qualities and emotions within us, termed the "shadow" by Carl Jung. Shadow work involves recognizing, integrating, and accepting these hidden aspects without judgment.

The Nature of Cancer: Why Some Tumors Are Deadly The CDC suggests that “To lose weight, you must use up more calories than you take in. Since one pound of body fat contains approximately 3,500 calo-ries, you need to reduce your caloric inta…

Cancer is, improbably, a disease unlike any other we've faced. It is not an infection. It is not an autoimmune disease. It is not a vascular disease. It is not a disease of toxins. Cancer is derived from our own cells but develops into an alien species.

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The Evolution of the Mammalian Brain Our brains allow us to see things and make sense of what we are doing. They allow us to take action: to move purposefully and do things when we need to or want to. They allow us to hear: to interpr…

As human beings living modern lives, we also make decisions. The human brain is able to cope with decisions at various levels, ranging from deciding to sip a coffee to deciding to buy a house.

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Understanding Stress: Its Impact on Health and Disease One cannot really understand a disease in vacuum, but rather only in the context of another person suffering from that disease. Thanks to the revolutionary advance in our medicine, and public healt…

Allostasis is about the brain coordinating the body wise change, often including changes in behavior.

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Understanding Depression: Moving Beyond the Stigma Depression is a prevalent yet often misunderstood mental health disorder affecting millions globally, particularly in India. Cultural attitudes can obscure its emotional aspects, leading to physical manifestations of distress. Recognizing symptoms and the need for intervention is crucial. Empathy, awareness, and open communication are key for support and recovery.

Depression is a prevalent yet often misunderstood mental health disorder affecting millions globally, particularly in India. Cultural attitudes can obscure its emotional aspects, leading to physical manifestations of distress. Recognizing symptoms and the need for intervention is crucial.

It takes time to build mental strength and stamina. Just as we do not judge someone who is new to weight training at the gym if they cannot lift a certain weight, similarly, we should not judge those who have not been trained in building mental resilience.

The Impact of Social Media on Mental Well-Being The choices we make in life define our journey. Most things are out of our control, but how we react is always in our control. In life, we are sometimes trained to respond only in a certain way. Th…

To improve our mental metabolism, we must take that first step of labeling our emotions, dealing with our problems and healing our underlying issues. We all have different mental capacities and should not feel inferior if we cannot cope with mental anguish.

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But an adult, generally, will inhibit that reflex while quickly evaluating if there is a nearby place to set it down and avoid breaking the plate.

Understanding Early Cognitive Development in Infants From the day we are born, we are already able to form abstract, sophisticated representations. Although it sounds far-fetched, babies have notions of mathematics, language, morality, and even scien…

The network in the frontal cortex that organizes the executive system defines us as social beings. Let's give a small example. When we grab a hot plate, the natural reflex would be to drop it immediately.

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The Importance of Idleness for Brain Health Being idle is one of the most important activities in life. While our minds are exquisitely evolved for intense action, in order to function normally our brains also need to be idle–a lot of …

The resting-state network is involved in mind-wandering or daydreaming. The resting network actually becomes active when you are lying in the grass on à sunny afternoon, when you close your eyes, or when you stare out the window at work.

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Brain, Body, and Bliss: How Enlightenment is Within Reach Enlightenment transcends traditional spiritual pursuits, presenting itself as a biological potential within all. It is achieved through awareness and creativity, hindered by human emotions like fear and anxiety. Scientific findings link enlightenment to brain and mitochondrial health, emphasizing lifestyle choices that foster longevity and inner peace, enhancing our capacity for empathy and clarity.

Enlightenment transcends traditional spiritual pursuits, presenting itself as a biological potential within all. It is achieved through awareness and creativity, hindered by human emotions like fear and anxiety. Scientific findings link enlightenment to brain and mitochondrial health.

They know that distracting the driver is not a good idea, and they also suspect that he is temporarily deaf and will not hear what they say.

The Two Systems of Thinking: Intuition and Effortful Decision-Making When confronted with a problem–choosing a chess move or deciding whether to invest in a stock-the machinery of intuitive thought does the best it can. If the individual has relevant expertise…

Everyone has some awareness of the limited capacity of attention, and our social behavior makes allowances for these limitations. When the driver of a car is overtaking a truck on a narrow road, for example, adult passengers quite sensibly stop talking.

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Introns often contain regulatory domains for example, regions involving specific instructions in the splicing together of exons.

The Role of Genetics in Cognitive and Emotional Traits: Understanding Heritability and Human Variation The fundamental governing principles of biology are found in our genes. Human genetics is the study of the biology of inheritance and variability in our human species, and, therefore, neuropsycholo…

A gene consists of multiple elements, including sequences called exons that are transcribed into mRNA and transported out of the nucleus for processing into protein as well as sequences called introns that are not part of the mature mRNA.

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The Hidden Power of Emotions in Shaping Our Choices The post explores how vivid emotional experiences drive compassion and action, contrasting them with the vagueness of distant crises that often do not elicit significant responses. It discusses how emotions influence decision-making patterns and biases, emphasizing the importance of awareness to resist impulsive actions and ensure rational choices in personal and collective contexts.

The post explores how vivid emotional experiences drive compassion and action, contrasting them with the vagueness of distant crises that often do not elicit significant responses. It discusses how emotions influence decision-making patterns and biases, emphasizing the importance of awareness.

How Diverse Thinking Outperforms the Herd In contemporary decision-making, independent thought is crucial for enhancing group intelligence and avoiding systemic bias. While social proof can lead to herding behavior, decentralization empowers localized decision-making, promoting diversity and unique insights. Balancing autonomy with communication is key for fostering resilient and adaptive collective wisdom. Embracing independence strengthens shared decision-making.

In contemporary decision-making, independent thought is crucial for enhancing group intelligence and avoiding systemic bias. While social proof can lead to herding behavior, decentralization empowers localized decision-making, promoting diversity and unique insights.

A Journey Through the Gut: How Digestion Powers Our Life The human digestive system, particularly the intestines, is vital for converting food into energy. The small intestine's intricate design, with folds and villi, enhances nutrient absorption. Digestive processes start with chewing, and cooking aids digestion. A calm state post-meal is beneficial for optimal nutrient absorption, highlighting the system's remarkable efficiency.

The human digestive system, particularly the intestines, is vital for converting food into energy. The small intestine's intricate design, with folds and villi, enhances nutrient absorption. Digestive processes start with chewing, and cooking aids digestion.

Understanding the Role of Forgetting in Memory Memory involves a complex process of encoding, consolidation, storage, and retrieval, primarily facilitated by the hippocampus. Forgetting can be a natural part of memory function, not simply an ob…

Creating a memory takes place in four basic steps: Encoding. Your brain captures the sights, sounds, information, emotion, and meaning of what you perceived and paid attention to and translates all this into neurological language. Consolidation.

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The second strategy is the province of religion, which assures us that death is but a doorway to another world and that the most important opportunities in life occur after the lifetime of the body.

The first strategy leads to a life of conventional worldliness and distraction--we merely strive for pleasure and success and do our best to keep the reality of death out of view.

The Role of Mindfulness in Overcoming Suffering The four foundations of mindfulness—body, feelings, mind, and objects of mind—help cultivate awareness amidst life’s unsatisfactoriness. Mindfulness training distinguishes ordinary thinking f…

Most people seem to believe that we have only two ways to think about death: We can fear it and do our best to ignore it, or we can deny that it is real.
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As variable and dynamic as our spinning planet, the human body has a chemical climate that waxes and wanes with hormonal tides, and complex landscapes that shift with advancing age.

At their microscopic size, the body of another organism, particularly a macro-scale backboned creature like a human, represents not just a single niche, but an entire world of habitats, ecosystems and opportunities.

The Role of Microbes in Human Health The human body is a superorganism composed of our cells and an immense community of microbes, primarily bacteria, which outnumber our own cells ten to one. This microbiota enhances our biological f…

Since life began, species have exploited one another, and microbes have proved themselves to be particularly efficient at making a living in the oddest of places.

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How the Brain Grieves: The Neuroscience of Loss and Closeness The brain continuously predicts and adapts based on past experiences, shaping its understanding of reality. In grief, it struggles to update when a loved one is lost, misinterpreting absence for distance. Through gradual experiences, it learns to reconcile love's map with reality, ultimately finding acceptance and a path to healing.

The brain continuously predicts and adapts based on past experiences, shaping its understanding of reality. In grief, it struggles to update when a loved one is lost, misinterpreting absence for distance. Through gradual experiences, it learns to reconcile love's map with reality.

If you think back to school, you were taught that solids, liquids and gases are all different states of matter. The frequency of the vibrations at a molecular level defines what state they're in and how they appear to us.

Achieving Balance: The Key to Happiness and Growth Greatness transcends surface-level achievements, requiring purpose, humility, and happiness. True self-love balances acceptance and personal growth. The Law of Vibration asserts that reality corres…

What is the Law of Vibration?

To begin with, remember that everything is made up of atoms, and every atom is a little vibration. Therefore all matter and energy is vibrational by nature.

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3) bottom up: by allowing the body to have experiences that deeply and viscerally contradict the helpless-ness, rage, or collapse that result from trauma.

2) by taking medicines that shut down inappropriate alarm reactions, or by utilizing other technologies that change the way the brain organizes information; and