by Madelaine Weiss | Nov 5, 2023 | Emotion, Happiness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
Why Not Anger? I once left a school I otherwise loved because they thought and taught that anger was bad. Their idea, it seemed to me, was that anger is an emotion we should work to get rid of, as if that is even possible, which I do not believe it is. In The...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 29, 2023 | Emotion, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Talking
Who Has Negative Thoughts? I am going to guess that everybody has negative thoughts, at some point or another. I’m guessing because studies are fuzzy on the details. There is a widely quoted study, supposedly from the National Science Foundation, suggesting that...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 24, 2023 | Fitness, Happiness, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
What’s Great About Walking? Agency, among other things. Humans love agency. So many clients use the word. Merriam-Webster defines it as “the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.” A new study tells us that babies birth their agency very early...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 17, 2023 | Emotion, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Uncategorized, Well-Being, Work
What Can Be Wrong with Being Nice? Nothing is wrong with being nice unless we are too nice, and then there really can be problems. Last week, we addressed how normal (and toxic) rudeness has become. But if rudeness is a lack of consideration for other people and...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 10, 2023 | Crisis, Happiness, Life, Mind Mastery, Stress, Well-Being, Work
Why Are We So Rude? “I couldn’t resist. You understand. I just couldn’t help myself.” That’s how one woman explained her rudeness as she closed a door in my face just for fun. Actually, I didn’t understand, any more than some of my clients this week understood why...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 2, 2023 | Decisions, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Sleeping, Stress, Success, Well-Being
Why Should You Make A New Habit? Here’s why: September is Self-Improvement Month, and making new habits is a really great way to improve yourself and your life. Maybe you thought you had ‘til January 1st to upgrade yourself and your life. But the National...
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