by Madelaine Weiss | May 3, 2021 | Decisions, Emotion, Life, Love, Stress
One study* finds that participants who either had their pets with them or only imagined their pet were able to generate more life goals and have more confidence in their ability to achieve these goals than participants without pets. This is Rafael Leonardo, who hit...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 26, 2021 | Decisions, Life, Mind Mastery, Play, Stress, Time
Deep Time, a $1.5 million research project on human adaptation to 40 days in a damp, dark cave with no clocks, no phones, no contact with outside world—finds 67% of subjects wanted to stay in isolation longer. Staying Connected While Staying In No surprise to me. It’s...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 19, 2021 | Attention, Decisions, Life, Mind Mastery
Researchers find that most people add something—rather than take something away—to solve a problem. I never gave that much thought before. Did you? Subtractions But now that I do think about it, I can see that there have been many times when my life improved greatly...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 12, 2021 | Decisions, Life, Mind Mastery, Storytelling Animal
Aging Now A Good Thing Did you know that aging is a good thing now? That’s right, a new study found that 71% of American respondents are not only accepting but embracing aging, now more than ever. And, 57% consider the pandemic a wake-up call that has turned...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 5, 2021 | Fitness, Life, Mind Mastery, Talking
Roughly 66- 82% of workers already don’t always take their breaks, a growing trend here in the U.S. This includes not taking lunch, applies in lockdown too, maybe even more. 3 Downsides of Not Taking Breaks 1.One downside of not taking breaks is SITTING. Excessive...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 29, 2021 | Decisions, Emotion, Mind Mastery, Stress
That’s the goal, but here’s the thing: “I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am ” (Thomas Cooley, Chief Justice of Michigan Supreme Court, 1800s) Sartre called it “the look of the other,” which you can read all about in...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 22, 2021 | Decisions, Mind Mastery, Money, Talking
One study found that 86% of employees would like help with financial wellness, but financial wellness doesn’t even appear among the 7 types of wellness we typically hear about (physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, occupational, the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 15, 2021 | Decisions, Emotion, Life, Mind Mastery
International Day of Happiness is March 20th. But happiness isn’t something that happens to us once a year on the calendar. Happiness is something we do, and there is plenty good reason to do it more often than many of us do. Who Cares About Happiness? Aristotle...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Not what you thought? You had a problem to solve and thought if you got into your comfort zone the new solution would more likely come? I have beginning clients and colleagues who think this. And science says they would be wrong. Hmmm…maybe that’s why they haven’t...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 3, 2021 | Attention, Decisions, Emotion, Fitness, Life, Love, Mind Mastery, Stress, Talking, Work
Here comes “Getting to G.R.E.A.T.” and I am thrilled to announce that time limited 99 Cent pre publication Kindle Sale. Yes it has been a labor of love, and I hope that you will have a chance to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it for you. Please do...
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