Darya Sinusoid

Darya’s love for reading started with fantasy novels (The LOTR trilogy is still her all-time-favorite). Growing up, however, she found herself transitioning to non-fiction, psychological, and self-help books. She has a degree in Psychology and a deep passion for the subject. She likes reading research-informed books that distill the workings of the human brain/mind/consciousness and thinking of ways to apply the insights to her own life. Some of her favorites include Thinking, Fast and Slow, How We Decide, and The Wisdom of the Enneagram.

How to Process Negative Emotions and Let Them Go

What’s the best way to deal with negative emotions? Why is it not a good idea to suppress or distract yourself from negative emotions? We all succumb to negative emotions from time to time, but avoiding them isn’t the most optimal way to deal with them. According to Lissa Rankin, the author of Mind Over Medicine, allowing ourselves to feel negative emotions in their full magnitude can help us process them faster. Here are some tips on how to process negative emotions and let them go.

Cultivating Spirituality: Why It Matters & How to Do It

Do you consider yourself a spiritual person? How does practicing spirituality improve one’s health and well-being? People who practice some form of spirituality are happier, healthier, and more resilient. That said, you don’t have to be religious to be spiritual. According to Lissa Rankin, the author of Mind Over Medicine, spirituality is simply finding and honoring what’s sacred for you. Here are some tips for cultivating spirituality.

The Importance of a Healthy Social Life & How to Have One

What role does your social life play in your health and well-being? Why is it important to surround yourself with the right people? Having a social life is an important factor in one’s mental and physical well-being. But it’s not just being around people that matters. To reap the psychological benefits of socializing, you must surround yourself with the right people. Here’s a look at the importance of social life and some tips for cultivating enriching and emotionally fulfilling relationships.

How Chronic Stress Affects Your Mental Health

7 Major Causes of Depression and Anxiety

Why are we so stressed as a society? How does chronic stress affect mental health? As a result of the fast pace of modern life, we endure a lot of ongoing, chronic stress. According to physician Lissa Rankin, the author of Mind Over Medicine, chronic stress stands behind the modern mental health epidemic of anxiety and depression. Here’s how chronic stress drives the mental health epidemic plaguing societies today.

Financial Scarcity Affects These 5 Areas of Your Life

What are the consequences of a lack of money? How does an insufficiency of financial resources affect other areas of one’s life? A scarcity of financial resources has overarching consequences for our whole lives. In their book Scarcity, behavioral science researchers Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir highlight five areas most affected by financial scarcity: health, parenting, memory, work productivity, and sleep. Here’s a look at the effects of financial scarcity, according to Mullainathan and Shafir.

Scarcity: Book Overview (Mullainathan and Shafir)

What is Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir’s Scarcity about? What is the key message to take away from the book? In their book Scarcity, behavioral science researchers Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explain how scarcities of time and money temporarily change our brains: They make us more efficient with a limited resource in the short term, but they also decrease our mental bandwidth, distorting the way we process information and make decisions. Below is a brief overview of Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir.

The 4 Poverty Alleviation Programs That Need More Attention

How does poverty affect one’s cognitive functioning? What are the psychological consequences of never having enough money? Poverty takes a huge toll on one’s cognitive capacity. Poor people are so preoccupied with stretching their money that they don’t have any mental bandwidth to focus on anything else. The cognitive effects of poverty should be tackled on the institutional level. Here are some recommended poverty alleviation programs from Scarcity.

How a Lack of Money Impacts Economic Decision-Making

How does a lack of money affect economic decision-making? Why are poor people more rational decision-makers? According to behavioral science researchers Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir, financial scarcity forces people to become experts at making a dollar stretch further. As a result, poor people tend to make more rational economic decisions. Here’s how a lack of money affects economic decision-making.

The 4 Parts of the Yogic Mind—Explained

How to Visualize the Life You Want to Have in 3 Steps

What are the four parts of the mind in yoga philosophy? How does the human mind become imbalanced? In yogic philosophy, there are four aspects of the mind: intellect, memory, identity, and awareness. According to yogi Sadhguru, most problems humans experience are the result of a disbalance between these four aspects whereby memory, identity, and intellect override awareness. Keep reading to learn about the concept of the yogic mind, according to Sadhguru.

How Your Thoughts Become Your Reality

How do your thoughts influence your life experiences? How can you harness the power of thought to manifest your desires? Your thoughts become your reality because what you think comes true in a very real sense. This is because your thoughts influence your actions and decisions, which in turn inform your life outcomes. Here’s how your thoughts become your reality and how you can channel your thinking processes to manifest the life you want.