by Madelaine Weiss | Nov 12, 2023 | Attention, Emotion, Happiness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Well-Being
What are Intrusive Thoughts? I heard that there was a shortage of social workers in Israel, so I asked my dear Israeli friend and colleague how I could help. By the end of this conversation, we had settled on a webinar on Intrusive Thinking, so I began to read. This...
by Madelaine Weiss | Oct 28, 2023 | Emotion, Leadership, Life, Love, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
What is a Promise? I just made a promise not to say anything else about something I have already said enough about, for now anyway. 😉 First and foremost, this is a promise I made to myself. I believe all promises are, first and foremost, promises to oneself to keep...
by Madelaine Weiss | Oct 14, 2023 | Emotion, Mind Mastery, Stress, Well-Being, Work
What To Say in Terribly Tender Times? The past week has been so hard for so many that I could not imagine posting any of the usual on what science can tell us about how to live more satisfying and successful lives. Who cares, I thought, what could possibly seem...
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...
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