Well-Being - Mind Over Matters

7 Brave Ways to Face AI Anxiety: Who’s in Charge?

by Madelaine Weiss | Nov 8, 2026 | Crisis, Decisions, Mind Mastery, Storytelling Animal, Stress, Success, Uncategorized, Well-Being

Will artificial intelligence take our jobs? Make us less capable of thinking for ourselves? Replace human relationships? And what kind of world will our children and grandchildren inherit? These are reasonable questions. And with artificial intelligence developing so...

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....

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...

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...

How Heavy Is It? 5 Science-Backed Tips to Fix Stress Load

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,...

To Speak or Not to Speak: 3 Things to Consider Before You Open Your Mouth

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...