by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 31, 2023 | Emotion, Happiness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
What is Happiness? Happiness is something that happens in the brain involving the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, anterior cingulated cortex, and insular cortex, and neurotransmitters such as endorphin, dopamine, serotonin, nor-epinephrine, and melatonin....
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 12, 2023 | Attention, Decisions, Emotion, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
My Amazing Mistake I just made an amazing mistake—in an art museum. The docent asked us to think about what in our own experience draws us to any one of the three pieces she specified. I was already captivated by the one to the right of those three and said, “That one...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 9, 2023 | Emotion, Happiness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being
The Inner Critic and Gravity For years, people have been telling me about the negative thoughts in their heads. Just this week, a client and I noticed together that it tends to flare up every time she is about to take a leap forward in her life, with something like:...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 27, 2023 | Attention, Emotion, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being
Why Does Your Ego Care What Other People Think? Easy. Let’s begin with an answer to this question from an earlier post: Well, for one thing, it is about our very survival! That’s why we care. Back in the day, millions of years ago when the modern human brain was...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jan 9, 2023 | Mind Mastery, Stress, Time, Work
Getting Stuff Done One Touch Method, Huh? Well, this week a colleague posted a question on Linkedin about productivity strategies. I said that I try to knock off as much of the simpler stuff as I can, as soon as I can, because then I feel free and clear for the more...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jan 3, 2023 | Emotion, Happiness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
Why January Blahs? Did you say more yesses than usual over the holiday season to people wanting to connect with you professionally, or otherwise too? It just started rolling off my heart, “Sure, how about after the first of the year.” And now that we are getting...
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