Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Any personal ability that helps an individual to cope with people, problems, situational changes, or stress. Life skills include adaptability, creativity, critical thinking, decision making; emotional intelligence, listening, negotiation, relationship building, and self-awareness.  

A type of insight-oriented therapy that focuses on conflict resolution. It is usually conducted with people near the end of their lives and is designed to allow them to come to terms with conflict with others, gain meaning from their lives, and die peacefully.  

A self-reporting instrument to measure personal fulfillment or contentment, especially with one’s social relationships, occupation, maturation, or aging. A total of five rating scales are used.  

A person’s attitudes about life (e.g., morale or relative wellbeing). It is sometimes used as a synonym for “successful aging.”  

The prolongation of life with healthful practices (e.g., regular exercise, balanced diet, abstaining from tobacco, and limiting consumption of alcohol).  

Relating to the spleen and pancreas.  

Softening of the spleen and bone marrow.  

One of the simple tubular glands present in the intestinal mucosa. In the small intestine the crypts open between the bases of the villi, and their epithelium includes absorptive cells that produce digestive enzymes, enteroendocrine cells that secrete hormones, goblet cells that produce mucus, and Paneth cells that secrete lysozyme. In the large intestine the…

Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord associated with pernicious anemia.