Word: mentalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...July at Camp Miniwanca in Michigan. Back then, I didn't have an angsty bone in my body. I'd sail on Stony Lake, pine away for Becca Cannon and nod along when Miniwanca staff tried to teach the camp's philosophy. The mumbo-jumbo about balancing the mental, physical, social and religious aspects of myself, living a "four fold life," only got between me and lanyard bracelet making. But recently, I've reconsidered. More than ever, I think I could use some mumbo and a pinch of jumbo to be somebody I like better...
Think of it as mental pre-season. The "Mind/Body Training to Maximize Your Potential" seminar (Mind/Body Medical Institute, 75 Mt. Auburn St.; 496-9005 or email mindbody@uhs.harvard.edu; intro sessions Oct. 5, 6, or 7, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.; classes Tuesday Oct. 12 to Nov. 16 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Wednesday Oct.13-Nov. 17 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Thursday Oct. 14 to Nov. 18 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.) features strategies to increase resiliency to the toughest class and the smelliest blockmate. Even better, $25 dollars is plopped in your Crimson Cash as a reward...
...Focusing on me, me, me, meditation is mental health's answer to a personal trainer. Open Mind Meditation's (UHS, 75 Mt. Auburn St., 2E; 495-9629; Oct. 5 to 19; free) variety of visualization, concentration and relaxation techniques conquer spastic daily routines on the way to inner peace and fulfillment. Classes are suitable for beginners...
...Maybe mental self-improvement is exactly what it implies: academic success. Rather than spend an entire semester battling an uninspiring, impossible course, pick the brain of your genius peers and get them to help you out. To find a tutor in a particular subject, the Bureau of Study Council provides super-smart undergraduate students (495-2581; $4 per hour; term-billable...
Kety was the first scientific director of the National Institutes of Mental Health, where he worked for 16 years prior to arriving at Harvard Medical School. He also served as the Director of the Psychiatric Research Laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital...