How Meditation Affects the Gray Matter of the Brain

David R. Hamilton, The Huffington Post, October 7, 2010Meditation has been found to make the gray matter area of the brain grow. Dr. David R. Hamilton writes for The Huffington Post about this and other positive effects of meditation on the human mind and...

The Healers of 9/11

Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, September 8, 2010Nicholas Kristof writes on the aftermath of September 11th and the response of a woman, Susan Retik, who pursued an inspiring response to the attacks – a crusade against poverty and illiteracy in...

The Art of Thinking Clearly Under Great Pressure

Paul Sullivan, The New York Times, September 3, 2010In his book, Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don’t (Portfolio, 2010), Paul Sullivan looks at the criteria that account for performance – including financial performance...