by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 18, 2026 | Crisis, Decisions, Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
Kindness As Kind. Kindness As Mean? National Random Acts of Kindness Day is February 17th. A couple of weeks ago in January, we had that great big snowstorm. The pre-storm line at Trader Joe’s was a maze. I could see the end of it, by the cash register, but not the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jan 11, 2026 | Emotion, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
Living well is the best revenge, meaning what? There’s a well-known Hebrew saying: Living well is the best revenge. It’s often misunderstood, as if thriving were meant to provoke or diminish others. It isn’t. It’s moral. It’s strong. And in a world where envy,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Dec 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sharing light and love during tender times. May the coming year bring comfort, clarity, and joy to you and all those you hold dear. 🧡
by Madelaine Weiss | Nov 19, 2025 | Decisions, Attention, Emotion, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Sleeping, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
How Heavy Is It? Maybe you’ve heard this story. It’s so good. Bears repeating. Here goes… A professor once held up a glass of water and asked the class that very question. “Eight ounces?” someone guessed. “Maybe twelve?” another said. The teacher smiled and replied,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Oct 24, 2025 | Leadership, Mind Mastery, Talking, Well-Being
To Speak or Not to Speak? That was the question raised by a lovely, sophisticated physician at a brunch I attended recently. A medical student she was otherwise quite fond of had said something racist to her, to which she said nothing. Years later, she still wondered...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 29, 2025 | Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Success, Talking
Why it’s Not Always Rude—Especially if Someone’s Wired for Depth. The other day, I interrupted someone mid-sentence. She was talking—I can’t remember what it was about—when we walked right past a jazz club in our neighborhood that I’d noticed many times but never...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 27, 2025 | Decisions, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Uncategorized
Why Should You Make a New Habit? This post refreshes and updates one I shared last year for Self-Improvement Month, with the latest market numbers and insights for 2025. Now more than ever, with everything going on in the world — this is the perfect time to upgrade...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 28, 2025 | Crisis, Emotion, Life, Love, Mind Mastery, Stress, Talking, Well-Being
What do you do when the people you love most seem blind to what matters most to you? I have written before on the intensifying differences in our lives today. And I write again because I find one of the hardest emotional challenges in life—when we find ourselves on...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 2, 2025 | Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being
What is Comfort Zone? Have you been feeling different lately—but can’t quite explain how? You’re not alone. Big things are happening in the world. Some see progress. Others see peril. Maybe you see both. Either way, we’re all feeling it. It’s like the ground is...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 3, 2025 | Emotion, Happiness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being
A Simple Act That Stopped Me Cold Last week, I joined a group effort to pack medical supplies for people in urgent need. It was a simple operation—assembling kits, labeling boxes, lining things up so they could be delivered as efficiently as possible. The room was...
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