Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Meaning in life

    The larger understanding, significance, and purpose one sees in one’s life.  

  • Meaningfulness

    One of three factors that comprise Antonovsky’s construct of sense of coherence that refers to one’s ability to emotionally make sense of demands and to perceive these demands as worthwhile investments of energy.  

  • Mantra meditation

    A form of concentrative meditation in which a word, sound, or phrase is repeated during the meditative session.  

  • Manageability

    One of three factors that comprise Antonovsky’s construct of sense of coherence that refers to one’s ability to access internal and external coping resources and use them when needed.  

  • Maladaptive attitudes

    Enduring dysfunctional cognitive structures in Beck’s model that serve as wellsprings for automatic negative thoughts.  

  • Low decision latitude

    A worker’s experience of having insufficient skills or authority over one’s job to autonomously complete the assigned job tasks.  

  • Limit setting

    Delineating what one will agree to or accept from others and what one will not.  

  • Learned optimism

    Acquiring an ability to generally expect positive outcomes.  

  • Lacto-ovo vegetarians

    People who eat a plant-based diet that also includes milk and eggs.  

  • Job stress

    The roles, tasks, or demands of one’s work exceeding one’s capacities.  

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