Christopher McLeod

Father to Two Strapping Lads, Informed Progressive Voter, Rugby Coach, Lecturer at Royal Military College of Canada. All views expressed are my own.

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

I don’t understand the hate @jengerson @Justin_Ling I’ve been a listener from the getgo & I like @OPPOcast, awkward Jen interview and all 😳 I don’t exactly align /w either of your perspectives, but I enjoy hearing them & expanding my understanding of the topics discussed 👨🏻‍🎓

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

Emerson speaking the truth https://t.co/w8AfktmK4q

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence… I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them.”

Happy birthday, Emerson https://t.co/x784OC95Du

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

Just submitted final grades for this winter semester! #proflife

[Andy Puddicombe @andypuddicombe]

Forgiveness and compassion (towards both self and others) are perhaps the least talked about benefits of meditation and mindfulness - and yet they are arguably the most life changing #headspace

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The MBTI is astrology for nerds.
Say it with me again: personality types are a myth, traits are on a continuum, and the major dimensions include extravert-introvert, agreeable-disagreeable, reactive-stable, open-traditional, conscientious-spontaneous.
https://t.co/CZXnqZqTWN

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@EasternShoreDHS @GoSchoons @smuhalifax Good luck ladies!!

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears."

For #NationalPoetryMonth, some of the finest life-advice you'll ever receive, from poet Jane Kenyon https://t.co/UTlasnAZ7f

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@Stevieleejean The truth is it all starts with loving yourself ❤️

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@katedentremont It is 100% Bullshit - you should be able to take the time you need.

[Emma Seppälä, Ph.D. @emmaseppala]

#Meditation may improve mood regulation, and help with anger management https://t.co/gwsJsHT1Ca

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

How Maria Merian, born on this day in 1647, changed the course of science through art with her extraordinary butterfly drawings https://t.co/IRE1AmmMgE #InternationalChildrensBookDay

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“If I could attach a small tag to each of the atoms of my body and travel with them backward in time, I would find that those atoms originated in particular stars in the sky. Those exact atoms.” https://t.co/r4JggMqX0z

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@morganfitzz Sometimes you need to put healthy boundaries even around relationships with your own family. #sadtruth

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@JulieSLalonde Well, if men treated women /w respect & dignity, as people, & not as objects to control or vehicles for their own gratification there wouldn’t be any cause for fear. Maybe it’s more about a threat 2 a perfectly cultivated self-narrative caused by including external perspectives?

[Jesse Brown @JesseBrown]

About Patrick Brown's story, that some shadowy puppeteer "put them up to it" & convinced women to make up "absolute lies"... Anything's possible but I can't get over how hard that'd be to actually DO & keep hidden. Look at the difficulty Trump has paying women to just keep quiet!

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@brandy_doan Sorry that is what I implied, I meant non-clinical student (non-post secondary) populations :)

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@brandy_doan Awesome - looking forward to seeing. By sparse do you mean with samples in that age group?

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@brandy_doan Hmm, do you have it written up? I’d like to take a look it. Was there any thought as to why it might increase anxiety? Since that seems to go against a rather large body of literature?

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@brandy_doan Hmm, I have never really been a supporter of the prosocial - mindfulness relationship. However, I do wonder if decreases in stress, depression and anxiety associated with mindfulness do contribute increases prosocial behavior - more of a indirect effect.

[Christopher McLeod @McLeod_Chris]

@brandy_doan Plus I think that meditation and mindfulness are often conflated. Most mindfulness research is conducted on attention & not on cultivating interconnectedness. I do find it interesting that increases in compassion and empathy do not relate to decrease in aggression.