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Jan Chozen Bays, MD - physician and Zen teacher - has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate mindfulness as we go about our ordinary, daily lives. Exercises include: taking three deep breaths before answering the phone, noticing and adjusting your posture throughout the day, eating mindfully, and leaving no trace of yourself after using the kitchen or bathroom. Each exercise is presented with tips on how to remind yourself and a short life lesson connected with it.

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better - and thus, we don't like to talk, or even think, about the extent of our selfishness. This is "the elephant in the brain".

Welcome to The Elephant! An interview and storytelling podcast investigating up-and-coming solutions to one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change. Supported by Climate-KIC

Shooting an Elephant describes the experience of the English narrator, possibly Orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in Burma. Because the locals expect him to do the job, he does so against his better judgment, his anguish increased by the elephant's slow and painful death. The story is regarded as a metaphor for colonialism as a whole, and for Orwell's view that 'when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys'.

As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption - even murder and genocide - generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. In Lying, bestselling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie.

Completely revised and updated to tackle today’s issues, the 10th Anniversary Edition not only explains what framing is and how it works but also reveals why, after a brief stint of winning the framing wars in the 2008 elections, the Democrats have gone back to losing them, and what can be done about it. In this powerful new volume, George Lakoff delves into the issues that will dominate the midterm elections in 2014, the coming presidential elections, and beyond.

RIGHT cheek, LEFT cheek, two ass cheeks pretending they are meek while they wet their beaks,bunch a creeps.

Rogue Elephant traces the radicalization of the Republican Party over the past 50 years, arguing that its subordination to Donald Trump was not an anomaly, but rather the culmination of processes at work for decades. Providing a new perspective on figures from Newt Gingrich and George W. Bush to the Tea Party and Donald Trump, it shows that the party's lurch to the far right was the product of a volatile mix of a disorganized party structure and a divided and fractious class of American business owners.

Journey back to 1884 with Professor Treves as he shares captivating narratives from his medical practice, including his profound experience with Joseph Merrick, famously known as the Elephant Man. This engrossing book of memoirs not only tells the tale of Merrick, exhibited in a shop near the London Hospital, but also delves into the intriguing world of medical science during the Victorian era through various case studies. Follow Treves as he brings Merrick from the shop to the London Hospital and transforms his life, to his untimely demise in 1890.

In late 1971 John Lennon left London behind and moved to New York, eager to join a youth movement rallying for social justice and an end to the Vietnam War. Lennon was quickly embraced by radicals and revolutionaries, the hippies and Yippies at odds with the establishment. Settling in Greenwich Village, the heart of Manhattan's counterculture, the former Beatle was soon on the frontlines of the antiwar movement and championing a range of causes and issues.

Republican and Democrat dissent, with a growing hatred for the opposite party, has risen sharply like never before in our history. America is experiencing a political divide that intensified during the first year of President Trump’s administration. The political landscape has changed dramatically in the last decade and the Internet has played a massive role in this transformation. Experts reveal how social media, although a relatively new phenomenon, is being used maliciously to drive the nation apart.

According to legend, the elephant knows when the end is near. Rather than trying to stick with the herd and potentially slowing them down, the elephant heads for the elephant graveyard. Here he can not only die in peace, but his descendants can easily locate him and visit his remains in the future.Abuda is an old elephant, the human kind, who has retreated to his sacred place. Each episode, he reflects on life as he prepares for his death."They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and soar away, light ...

Where all the elephants in the room are welcome. But instead of ignoring them, or feeling tense and looking away; Here, we let them be. We let them make as much noise as they need to. We sit down and we welcome them to the table. Welcome to the Elephant Room.

This podcast is a supplement to our blog, The Glovebox. Offering an audio companion to our carefully curated and researched content about car insurance, cars, road safety, protecting your assets, and personal insurance best practices.

Dive into Mark Twains captivating tale, The Stolen White Elephant, published in 1882. The story whisks you away to the scene of an Indian elephants mysterious disappearance mid-journey from India to Britain, a gift destined for the Queen. New Jerseys local police department is thrust into overdrive as they scramble to unravel the enigma. Brace yourself for a tragic conclusion that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

In this series of podcasts, actor Libby McArthur, life coach Ross Hyslop and motivational speaker Anne Hughes talk about the things we hardly ever talk about. The things we refer to as, ‘The Elephant in the Room’. Each episode is jampacked with thought-provoking chat as our three deep thinkers attempt to unpack the obvious, important enormous life topics, questions, and controversial issues that all of us know about, but no one hardly ever mentions or wants to discuss, because it makes at least some of us feel uncomfortable. In this first episode the group analyse the issues surrounding ...

This touching tale set in colonial India explores the evolving bond between a boy and his elephant, Kari. Along with a playful monkey, they face challenges in the forest while learning about loyalty, nature, and the blurred lines between animal and human societies.

In a Black and White society, we discuss the Gray area.Join fearless filmmaker and multi-hyphenate, Yukatan, as he pushes the social hegemony on each episode. Over here, there won't be any arguing and trolling. This is a safe space for disagreements and understanding because time doesn't heal all, but healthy conversations do.Follow the social media pages to view the videos of each episode.IG: Yukatan_21Podcast IG: theElephantintheroom21

In un mondo pieno di voci famose, qui a The Pink Elephant raccontiamo quelle che non si sentono mai. Racconti sinceri, imperfetti, che forse un giorno ti faranno compagnia proprio quando ne avrai più bisogno🎙️✨

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