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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 12, 2025 | Decisions, Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being
What is going on? So many are asking. It reminds me of something someone once told me—that I was much better in a crisis than when things were just swimming along. I’ve evened out emotionally over the years, so I’m not sure if that’s still true. But I do see it in...
by Madelaine Weiss | Dec 27, 2024 | Emotion, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Well-Being
What if fear, instead of being your enemy—or your protector at best—could be your Energizer Battery this January? January can feel like a weird in-between time. The holiday buzz has faded, maybe the weather is dreary, and many people are left staring at the daunting...
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