by madelaineweiss | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
All day long now we are making decisions about things we barely had to think about before. How will we get to work when the office opens? When is it okay to visit with family members? How often to go to the grocery store? Whether and when to wear your...
by madelaineweiss | May 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Jessica feels “desperate” at the thought of going back to the office. Like the majority of Americans working from home (WFH), she wants to keep WFH going. Maybe not 100% of the time, but certainly more of the time than before Covid. So now what? Truth is...
by madelaineweiss | May 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
5 Head Games That Worked: – Prisoners found post-prison golf scores improved by visualizing great swings during prison time. – People increased muscle strength by doing virtual workouts in their heads. – Hotel...
by madelaineweiss | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is Your Brain on Multitasking: “Stop It! I Can’t Do That! And You are Going to Pay!” That’s right, there is no such thing as multitasking, precisely because the brain can’t do that. The best your brain can do is to spend large amounts of energy going...
by madelaineweiss | Apr 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Maybe someday the lines between ‘man and machine’ will be so entirely blurred that a platform like Zoom could become Time’s Person of the Year. Zoom is an extension of the Human Social Brain that has, so far in this crisis, played a major role...
by madelaineweiss | Apr 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Before Corona, I had myself framed essentially as a lover of humanity, a woman who stretches herself to understand, rather than judge, the annoying, if not outrageous, behavior of other people. Then one day last week, I saw an online advertisement for a tank top that...
by madelaineweiss | Apr 6, 2020 | Uncategorized, Work
https://tomkiesche.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bed-head-crop.jpg This is how my client, Frank, looked 2 sessions ago at 4:45 in the afternoon. He was clearly trying to pat it down so I figured it was okay to say something. “Is that your bedhead,” I asked. And...
by madelaineweiss | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Homeostasis, from the Greek words for “same” and “steady,” refers to any process that living things use to actively maintain fairly stable conditions necessary for survival. Space in couples and families is one of those conditions. A...
by madelaineweiss | Mar 29, 2020 | Crisis
Hello, Here I am working from home, but then for me this is not new. For many of you, however, the extent of it is pretty much a first. And now, people who typically do not work outside the home, are…let’s say ‘visited upon’ by the people who do—the people who used to...
by madelaineweiss | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
The stress that First Responders endure can lead to anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, cognitive impairment, substance abuse, relationship difficulties, physical illness… Read more to learn more here. Even so, First Responders typically do not pay a...
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