PARMJIT SINGH, PhD

Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Harvard, whose research has illuminated the brains areas which change with the practice of meditation was speaking to The Washington Post last year about her experience of doing meditation and the benefits she accrued from it. She is the same lady whose studies have shown that regular practice of meditationRead more

I am sure you have been pestered by your own wandering mind when it refuses to stay focused on the object(s) you are trying to pay attention. In some sense, it is not entirely personal: for some, mind wanders a lot and for others it wanders little less. It does wander nonetheless. In addition toRead more

Attention is the backbone of our life. And the way we pay attention and where we pay attention long enough largely determine the curvature, depth and richness of our life.  I was invited as one of TEDx speaker by McMaster University students in the March of 2013 to speak. I chose to speak on theRead more

Is your self worth feeling low? Have you ever thought that if you had better self-esteem, your life would be different? If so, think again, writes Hamilton’s Dr. Parmjit Singh in the current issue of The Health-Q, an online wellness newsletter. Singh says recent research suggests self-esteem may not matter much. “Self-esteem,” he writes, “hasRead more