by Madelaine Weiss | May 7, 2026 | Decisions, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Sleeping, Stress, Success
Could overstimulation or understimulation be affecting your sleep, stress, and relationships? Modern life is filled with stimulation. Phones buzz. Screens flash. News alerts arrive nonstop. Calendars overflow. Conversations overlap. Even moments meant for rest often...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 11, 2026 | Attention, Happiness, Leadership, Stress, Success
What Is Phubbing? Phubbing — short for phone snubbing — happens when someone shifts attention to their phone when they are with other people. It might be answering a call, replying to a message, scheduling something quickly, or simply keeping the device visible and...
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 | 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...
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