Wellbeing (Video)

Best-selling author Dr. Deepak Chopra explains the benefits of living presently as opposed to reaching ahead to the future, and speaks on the paradoxical notion that those who worry about time the most often have the least amount of it. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31177]

Dr. Grace Kuo discusses the personalized care each prescription represents in the emerging world of pharmacogenomics, and how your genetic makeup influences the efficacy of each drug you take. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31223]

Elissa Epel explains what a telomere is, what it does, and why it’s important to protect them from excessive stress. Series: "The UC Wellbeing Channel " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31224]

How does mindfulness and meditation improve health? Helen Weng, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, explains that training our internal mental lives can have positive effects on our minds, health, and relationships.

Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31008]

Deepak Chopra explores the meaning and role of the ego in our consciousness. Is it good or bad? The ego is our self-image, not our true self. It is characterized by labels, masks, images, and judgements. The true self is the field of possibilities, creativity, intentions, and power. We can go beyond the ego through self awareness - awareness of our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and speech. Thus we begin to slowly move beyond the ego to the true self. Deepak reads a beautiful poem by Rabindranath Tagore, entitled "Who is this?" which describes the ego as "my own small self." Can you go beyond your own small self, your ego, to discover your true self? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31288]

What is the relationship between sleep, brain health, and Alzheimer's disease? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31286]

What happens in your brain when you fall in love? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31283]

Margaret Chesney walks us through the powerful results of positivity, explaining how being a positive person can benefit both your physiology and your lifestyle, leading to decreased risk of health problems later on. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31221]

Dr. Kevin Barrows explains the difference between meditation focused on mindfulness and that practiced purely for relaxation, and describes how to two are also interconnected. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31337]

Dr. Mimi Guarneri, President of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, summarizes the current healthcare climate in the United States, arguing that shifting our focus from fixing bodies to fixing lifestyles would result in a much healthier society overall. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31196]