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3 Surprising Reasons We Don’t Connect—Even When We Want To

by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 26, 2026 | Decisions, Happiness, Life, Mind Mastery, Success, Talking, Well-Being

Have you ever thought about someone you haven’t spoken to in a long time? Maybe an old friend crosses your mind. You wonder how they are. You remember something you once did together. You may even pick up your phone and think, I should text them. And then you don’t....

5 Ways Your Mind Uses Other People to Tell You Who You Are

by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 2, 2026 | Emotion, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success

What Would the Camera See? Imagine wearing a tiny camera around your neck every day. It records everything you do, but unlike your mind, it never judges, interprets, or jumps to conclusions. It simply captures what happened. The camera would record that you walked...

Belonging: 3 Powerful Lessons About Feeling Seen and Remembered

by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 6, 2026 | Emotion, Life, Mind Mastery, Storytelling Animal, Stress, Well-Being

Sometimes the deepest lessons about belonging come from the most ordinary moments—and the most extraordinary ones. Whether we’re eight years old or eighty-eight, most of us still wonder: Do I belong? Do I matter? Will I be remembered? I was reminded of these...

4 Necessary Truths About the Most Difficult Emotions

by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 1, 2026 | Emotion, Attention, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success

What If the Emotions You Like Least in Yourself Are Trying to Teach You Something? During a recent discussion group, we found ourselves exploring a topic that many people would rather avoid: The uncomfortable reality that human beings naturally possess capacities for...

3 Powerful Reasons to Cry — and Why We Won’t

by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 10, 2026 | Crisis, Emotion, Life, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being

What Happened? The other night I watched a strong and wise man tear up in the middle of his remarks. And I completely fell apart. It felt like something that had been building for a long time, with everything going on in the world — the noise, the uncertainty, the...

3 Ways to Stand Down for National Random Acts of Kindness Day

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...