CWIL Readings
Picture Credit: Akshay Sriram, PGDM, 2021.
March 03, 2021
Article Published In : Youtube
How meditation can help you live a flourishing life, with Richard Davidson, PhD
Meditation practices date back thousands of years and are a part of nearly every major religion. However, in the past couple of decades, researchers have begun to use modern scientific tools to explore what is happening in the brain when people meditate and how meditation might benefit our mind and body. Richard Davidson, Ph.D., director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin and a pioneer in the scientific study of meditation, discusses what scientists have learned and how these ancient practices can help us flourish.
February 18, 2021
Article Published In : James Clear
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
Understanding the truth of a situation is important, but so is remaining part of a tribe. While these two desires often work well together, they occasionally come into conflict
November 24, 2020
Article Published In : Psychology Today
Making 2021 the Year of Wisdom
This article explains the benefits of becoming wiser as individuals and as a society.
October 23, 2020
Article Published In : Psychology Today
How Spirituality, Wisdom, and Mental Health Are Intertwined
Researchers add spirituality to an existing six-component wisdom index.
August 05, 2020
Article Published In : PSYCHE
How to find your mindfulness
With so many approaches to mindfulness, it can be difficult to know where to start. Explore these methods to find what suits you.
July 08, 2020
Article Published In : Knowledge
How Resilient Leaders Think?
Resilience as a career concept is having a kind of heyday, with good reason. Flung into alternative ways of working, both at home and in newly dangerous roles, people all over the world were forced into adapting to the pandemic and economic crisis while doing their jobs.
July 02, 2020
Article Published In : Aeon
Ashoka’s moral empire
Being good is hard. How an ancient Indian emperor, horrified by the cruelty of war, created an infrastructure of goodness
May 18, 2020
Article Published In : PsychCentral
How to foster ‘shoshin’
It’s easy for the mind to become closed to new ideas. Cultivating a beginner’s mind helps us rediscover the joy of learning
December 16, 2019
Article Published In : Human Parts
Giving Up Can Be Good for Us - Human Parts
It’s an important message for us even as adults, something you could even consider an “elusive obvious,” or advice that’s so pertinent, we almost overlook it. Even if your first attempts fail, it doesn’t mean your success is futile — it just means you have to keep going.
December 10, 2019
Article Published In : Psychology Today
9 Ways Your Emotions Influence Your Judgments
Individual decisions are best understood as the interactions between reason and emotion. When we are calm, slow rational thinking guides our decisions. However, strong emotions place a constraint on clear thinking.
