by Helen Kain | Changing our Minds, Emotional Intelligence, Flourishing, Gratitude, Happiness, Home, Mind/Body Connection, Resilience, The Mind
Budweiser’s 2015 Superbowl Commercial currently has over 25 million hits on YouTube, and I suspect it’s not because of the beer. Humans require safety, satisfaction and connection, author Rick Hanson points out in his latest book, Hardwiring Happiness. We...
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Changing our Minds, Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Finance, Flourishing, Generosity, Gratitude, Happiness, Learning, Love, Marriage, Perseverance, Positive Core, Relationship with Money, Stress, Team Dynamics, Values, Willpower
Megan and Michael were looking a good deal more relaxed at their next appointment. “Good news!” Megan started off, “We talked with all the parents, and much to my surprise, Michael’s mother was more than willing to cut the guest list once we explained our reasoning...
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Career, Coaching, Conflict, Conflicting Ideas, Gratitude, Happiness, Learning, Love, Marriage, Optimism, Positive Core, Relationship with Money, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Willpower
The next time we got together, Michael and Megan had done their homework. Their combined figures showed that Michael was making $42,000 a year and Megan was earning $55,000. Their total monthly take-home pay was $6,228. Target Percentage Target $ on Combined After-tax...
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Changing our Minds, Coaching, Conflict, Conflicting Ideas, Emergenetics, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, Finance, Flourish, Flourishing, Gratitude, Learning, Love, Marriage, Perseverance, Positive Core, Relationship with Money, Strengths, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Values, VIA
When we met again two weeks later, Megan and Michael were both looking a little frayed around the edges. “Honestly!” Megan exploded, as soon as we sat down. “You’d think it was everyone else’s wedding! Michael’s mother has sent us her guest list of 250 people, every...
by MAI Team | Emotional Intelligence, Gratitude, Strengths, Team Dynamics, Team Performance, The Brain Diaries, The Mind, Values
If there is a human trait that rubs me raw it’s officiousness, and its close cousins, piousness and righteousness. A most unholy alliance. Due to my Scottish ancestry, I’m naturally a dark brunette, or at least I was for the first chunk of my life. Now I owe my...
by MAI Team | Disorders, Flourish, Flourishing, Gratitude, Happiness, Optimism, Physical Health, Positivity, Strengths, The Brain Diaries, Values
In Where is its mind? What the battle over the ‘bible’ says about psychiatry, Ian Brown, feature editor of the Globe and Mail, takes the view that the upcoming fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM V) has inflated the definition of mental illness...
