Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• such as: For example; like
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• on a daily basis: Happening every day.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• meditate: To think deeply and quietly to calm your spirit
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• amount: Quantity of something
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• conduct: Your behavior
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• blow: To move something using air
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• reap: To harvest or to cut and collect crops
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
• mindfulness: Paying attention to your responsibilities
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• meditating: To think deeply and quietly to calm your spirit
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• icon: Small image on a computer screen
• prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• temporal: Concerning time
• parental: Concerning, or provided by, a parent
• antidepressant: Medicine used to treat depression
• junction: Place where streets, highways, or roads meet
• posterior: Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
• hypertension: Condition marked by abnormally high blood pressure
• bandwagon: Idea or activity that becomes very popular
• gamma: Third letter of the Greek alphabet