Zindel Segal

Oct 16, 2024 | cerveauetpsycho.fr | Norman Farb |Zindel Segal

Ayant grandi dans la ville danoise de Copenhague, le chef cuisinier danois d’origine albanaise René Redzepi se rappelle avoir puisé son amour de la nourriture dans les étés passés en Macédoine quand il était enfant, avec la vie à la ferme et la cueillette dans les bois alentour. Malgré l’absence de technologie, « la vie là-bas était vraiment riche et épanouissante. Nous étions heureux », déclarait-il ainsi au média en ligne Haut de Gamme.

Sep 30, 2024 | theguardian.com | Norman Farb |Zindel Segal

Modern life seems designed to stop us from being alone with our thoughts and feelings. Our days are built from the bricks of work and play, mortared by media and intoxicants. It’s understandable: glimpses behind the curtain can be deeply uncomfortable. When we pause for a second, the mind too often gravitates towards our greatest sources of stress – be they troubled relationships or our own critical stories about ourselves.

May 30, 2024 | mindful.org | Barry Boyce |Zindel Segal |Norman Farb

Every one of us has likely had an experience of feeling “stuck” in a habit loop or mental state we wish we could change. Probably at multiple points, you may have wondered: Why is it so difficult to shift our perspectives and behaviors? Norman Farb and Zindel Segal are longtime researchers who study how cognitive training techniques like mindfulness affect mental health.

Mar 8, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Norman Farb |Zindel Segal

Having grown up in the Danish city of Copenhagen, chef René Redzepi recalls feeling dissatisfied with the fast-food world to which many city-dwellers were accustomed. He instead attributes his love for food to his summers in Macedonia, which were filled with farm life and foraging in the nearby woods. Despite the lack of technological sophistication, “life there was really rich and full. We were happy,” Redzepi told the webzine Haute de Gamme.

Jan 23, 2024 | bigthink.com | Norman Farb |Zindel Segal

Excerpted from BETTER IN EVERY SENSE by Norman Farb and Zindel Segal. Copyright © 2024 by Norman Farb and Zindel Segal. Used with permission of Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company. New York, NY. All rights reserved. Archimedes had a problem. Hieron II, the king of Syracuse, suspected that his new crown was not pure gold, so he charged Archimedes with finding the truth.